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In today's Internet age, even pizza is political. When a photo of a Florida pizza shop owner giving President Obama a bearhug went viral, so too did the backlash against his restaurant — in the form of Yelp reviews.

Generations of tourists saw a map at Gettysburg, Pa., 29 feet on each side, laid on a floor. The relief map features electric lights to show the battle. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette says after building a new visitors' center, the National Park Service is auctioning off the map.

Excitement over the launch of Apple's sixth-generation iPhone might seem like a no-brainer. But since when did the announcement of a new smartphone become a national event by default?

Ambassador Chris Stevens died Tuesday after an angry mob descended on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi in protest of an amateur American film that mocks Islam. The U.S. Embassy in Egypt was also attacked, and security is on high alert in both countries.

President Obama has joked that he should appoint former President Bill Clinton as his "Secretary of Explaining Stuff." That's basically the job Clinton is embracing on the campaign trail after playing the role at the Democratic convention.

As conservative advocacy groups ike Americans for Prosperity shuffle their ad dollars, they are focusing on key swing states like Colorado. Americans for Prosperity president Tim Phillips says states like Colorado, Nevada and New Mexico "haven't seen the results from the president's policies."

Some grocery chains are now offering free atorvastatin, the generic version of Lipitor, at their pharmacies. The cholesterol drug requires a prescription, but now you don't need insurance or cash to get the pills.

In Austin, Texas, Baldomero Frank Alvarez Cuellar of Rancho Alegre Radio, is working to bring Conjunto music back to the life of the city. He held a three-day Conjunto festival at the Moose Lodge. Conjunto has roots in German Polka as well as Mexican folk music. This City Life Snapshot comes from the Austin Music Map project at member station KUT in Austin. It's part of the Localore project, a nationwide effort from the Association of Independents in Radio.

The Spanish-language network will host candidate forums with President Obama and Mitt Romney next week. The network scheduled the events after finding out there would be no Latino moderators during the presidential debates, says host Jorge Ramos.

NPR's Political Junkie Ken Rudin, Vin Weber, former Republican congressman and adviser to the Romney campaign, and Anna Greenberg, democratic pollster and senior vice president of Greenberg Quinlan Rosner, discuss the convention outcomes and what each campaign must do in the months before the election.