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For 2,000 years, Egypt's city of Alexandria was a haven for people from around the Mediterranean and beyond — a center for intellectual life that first defined the word "cosmopolitan."

Gun-rights advocates say Virginia Tech students would have had a better chance of survival if they had been allowed to carry guns on campus. One student at George Mason University in Virginia talks about why he thinks the university should change its weapons policy.

This week's allegations that Herman Cain harassed two women during his tenure at the National Restaurant Association are far from the only obstacle he faces in his quest for the Republican nomination. In presidential elections, Americans rarely elect someone who has never held public office.

Local businessman Shlomo Gruer taps into customers' shopping habits and is rewarded with loyal customers.

Since the U.S. invasion, 4 million Iraqis have had to leave their homes. An additional 2 million have left the country entirely, and many are still outside its borders. NPR's Deborah Amos tells the story of these displaced Iraqi citizens in her new book, Eclipse of the Sunnis.

In recent years, Iran has seen defections, assassinations of nuclear scientists and bombings in ethnic areas. Whether it's an orchestrated campaign or a set of unconnected acts is unknown, but there is no doubt it is contributing to the destabilizing of Iran's government.

What role do the oceans play in sustaining life on Earth? How have humans altered the oceans and will they, and us, survive? We'll talk with ocean expert Paul Falkowski about the once and future oceans.

Clay Treska: The Most Courageous, Inspirational Person I've Ever Met

Catching Up With Author At WonderCon

Alabama farmers are facing a labor crisis because of the state's new immigration law. So far, piecemeal efforts to match the unemployed or work release inmates to farm jobs are not panning out, and farmers are asking state lawmakers to do something before the spring planting season.