Search results for

Crowds cheered as the first woman to manage an MLB-affiliated team took home a victory for the New York Yankees-affiliated Tampa Tarpons on Friday.

Two months after Apple Computer launches its subscription-based iTunes Music Store, analysts praise the service and say it represents the future of music on the Internet. Many music fans and analysts say the service, which allows users to buy songs over the Internet legally for 99 cents, is a model for legal distribution of music online. Hear NPR's Rick Karr.

Former Iraqi information Mohammed Saeed al-Sahhaf has surfaced on Arab television, claiming he turned himself into U.S. troops but was let go. Sahhaf's wildly implausible claims of victory during the war earned him a cult following of sorts online. Hear D.J. Lachapelle, co-creator of WeLovetheIRaqiInformationMinister.com.

A crowd of Iraqis is killed in an explosion at a mosque in Fallujah. Iraqi civilians say the blast was caused by a U.S. bomb or missile, but American military officials deny involvement and say it was likely caused when explosives stored near the mosque went off. In Baghdad, at least four U.S. troops are wounded when their vehicles explode. Hear NPR's Deborah Amos.

The bodies of two American military guards who were missing since Wednesday are found 25 miles northwest of Baghdad. Another U.S. soldier died in a grenade attack on a military convoy Friday night. Hear NPR's Steve Inskeep and NPR's Kate Seelye.

Alan Cheuse reviews The Colour by Rose Tremain. Set in New Zealand in the 1800s, the story centers around the Gold Rush there.

Chicago's notorious public housing high-rises — longstanding symbols of poverty, crime and neglect — are being torn down. It's part of an ambitious citywide initiative to improve the lives of Chicago's public housing residents. But for those who've only known life in the projects, the transition isn't always easy. Independent producers Dan Collison and Elizabeth Meister follow the story of one family making the move.

Film critic David Edelstein reviews the new film 28 Days Later. The movie is based on the best-selling novel The Beach, in which animal-rights activists break into a lab and free infected monkeys, letting loose a virus that puts people into a permanent state of murderous rage.

British commanders in southern Iraq give local Iraqi leaders 48 hours to hand over the gunmen responsible for two incidents Tuesday that left six British soldiers dead and eight others wounded. Local Iraqis say the attacks came in response to heavy-handed British rule. NPR's Deborah Amos reports.

Appearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee, President Bush's nominee to replace Gen. Tommy Franks as head of the U.S. Central Command defends the pre-war intelligence the administration presented on Iraq's weapons of mass destruction. Lt. Gen. John Abizaid says he expects U.S. forces to remain in Iraq "a long time" but declines to offer specifics. NPR's David Welna reports.