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Williamstown Theatre Festival in western Massachusetts offers a summer program that has been called "theater boot camp." British-trained actor Roger Rees is the company's new artistic director.

The American company Chevron faces disruptions -- big and small -- in its oil operations on a regular basis. The source of the trouble is a Niger Delta population that says it is not benefitting from the oil industry. Locals say the government and multinationals are colluding to keep the spoils for themselves.

In Seoul, three stories above street level, a cafe caters both to people and to dogs. As the human clientele sip drinks and slurp noodles, the canine clientele eat dog food and just about anything else.

Atlanta's City Council passes an ordinance to ban panhandling within part of downtown Atlanta. Business leaders urged the ban, saying they want more tourists to visit downtown Atlanta. Homeless advocates say the ban is unconstitutional and the city should be doing more to help the homeless. Susanna Capelouto of Georgia Public Broadcasting reports.

On the 60th anniversary of V-J Day, the Japanese people are of two minds, willing to acknowledge, as Prime Minister Koizumi did, that Japan inflicted great harm and suffering on the people of Asia during World War II. But many also admit to feeling pride in Japanese accomplishments before and after the war.

United Airlines has reached agreement with its mechanics' union, averting a threatened strike. Mechanics ratified a new contract Tuesday, and the machinists' union has agreed in principle to a new deal.

NPR's Puzzlemaster Will Shortz quizzes one of our listeners, and has a challenge for everyone at home. This week's winner is Mary Sheedy from Hollidaysburg, Pa. She listens to Weekend Edition on NPR station WPSU in State College, Pa.

Stalin, a biography by Oxford University historian Robert Service, adopts a new view of the Soviet leader. Service says Josef Stalin was not the uneducated and coarse man he was often perceived to be. In fact, Service says, Stalin deliberately fashioned that image for himself.

On a recent vacation, Web consultant Subha Subramanian came across this picturesque gas station in Gustavus, Alaska. It's a tiny community, accessible only by air and sea. Here is her "story behind the picture."

It's summer and that means it's time to pull the flip-flops out of the closet and put them on your feet, notes commentator Ed Cullen.