In Mystery Series's W.Va. River Town, There's No Escape From Terror
When writer Julia Keller talks, you notice a touch of West Virginia — it is, after all, her home state. Her accent may have faded a bit during her newspaper career in Chicago, so she says when she...
View ArticleCarroll, Iowa: Where The Childhood Paper Route Is Alive And Well
This story began in 2012 while I was working on a story in Iowa. I was taking pictures on a foggy afternoon and saw a young girl on a blue bicycle, a newspaper bag slung across her shoulder. She...
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What Makes A Bike Pump Worth $450?
Copyright 2014 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.Transcript MELISSA BLOCK, HOST: If you happen to be thinking about buying a new bicycle pump, you'll soon see a floor pump priced at a...
View ArticleAn Unlikely Friday Night Pizza Cafe Has A Big Heart
Here's what might have sounded like a pretty shaky business plan for a neighborhood pizza cafe: "We'll only be open one day a week. Won't do any advertising. No prices on the menus. We'll serve mostly...
View ArticleAs Bourbon Booms, Demand For Barrels Is Overflowing
If you could make a lot of bourbon whiskey these days, you could be distilling real profits. Bourbon sales in this country are up 36 percent in the past five years.But you'd need new wooden barrels for...
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View ArticleFine Brine From Appalachia: The Fancy Mountain Salt That Chefs Prize
Thanksgiving feasts are always in need of something special.Can a sprinkle of artisanal salt noticeably pump up the experience?Let's meet a new Appalachian salt-maker in West Virginia and find out.J.Q....
View ArticleHow Low Oil Prices Are Changing Career Plans At An Ohio College
Marietta College has earned a global reputation for its program in petroleum engineering, drawing students from as far away as Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and China to this liberal arts school in southeast...
View ArticleMuseum Builds New Hanger To Show Off Former Air Force One
A trusty Boeing 707 is inside a new home at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force in Dayton, Ohio. The plane has graceful lines of color: white, blues and gold. In large letters: "United States of...
View ArticleFrom Farm To Distillery, Heirloom Corn Varieties Are Sweet Treasures
"Knee-high by the Fourth of July" is an old favorite saying, when you'd drive past a field of corn out in the country. And many of the old favorite varieties, called heirloom corn, have lots of new...
View ArticleIn Neville's Thrillers, Belfast's Violent Past Still Burns
At 41, with long black hair, Stuart Neville looks more like the rock guitarist he used to be than the author he is now. He lives in a small town with his family — not in Belfast, Northern Ireland, the...
View ArticleIn Paducah, Artists Create Something From Nothing
How do you fix a neighborhood? What do you do about crime and drugs and the once-lovely old houses that are falling down? The answer in Paducah, Ky., was to turn it into a special place for artists to...
View ArticleA Day With Elmore Leonard And The White Castle That Wasn't
Upon hearing news of the death of Elmore Leonard , NPR correspondent and former All Things Considered co-host Noah Adams recalls a day he spent with the crime writer in his hometown. Three years ago, I...
View ArticleElmore Leonard, The 'Dickens Of Detroit,' Dies At 87
The writer Elmore Leonard has died. He was 87 years old and had recently suffered a stroke. For decades, Leonard — working at the very top of his profession as a crime writer — had been widely...
View ArticleMichigan Apple Harvest Recovers, But Pickers Are Scarce
One year ago the Michigan apple harvest, hurt by a late winter warm-up and a spring freeze, was almost nonexistent at 3 million bushels. This fall, the crop is projected to yield a record-setting 30...
View ArticleWant A Shot At $10,000? Solve Kentucky's Great Bourbon Mystery
Saturday marks the 140th Run for the Roses: the Kentucky Derby. Great horses, great hats — but where's the Pappy Van Winkle bourbon for the mint juleps? Last October, more than 200 bottles of the...
View ArticleIn Mystery Series's W.Va. River Town, There's No Escape From Terror
When writer Julia Keller talks, you notice a touch of West Virginia — it is, after all, her home state. Her accent may have faded a bit during her newspaper career in Chicago, so she says when she...
View ArticleCarroll, Iowa: Where The Childhood Paper Route Is Alive And Well
This story began in 2012 while I was working on a story in Iowa. I was taking pictures on a foggy afternoon and saw a young girl on a blue bicycle, a newspaper bag slung across her shoulder. She...
View ArticleWhat Makes A Bike Pump Worth $450?
Copyright 2017 NPR. To see more, visit MELISSA BLOCK, HOST: If you happen to be thinking about buying a new bicycle pump, you'll soon see a floor pump priced at a whopping $450. The brand name is...
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