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The president returned from vacation to take to the road, touring college towns in New York and Pennsylvania to talk about higher education. He's proposing a system that would rank colleges' affordability, which could then be tied to federal aid — but in Washington, a budget battle is waiting.

Host Scott Simon talks with coach Don Shula, who led the 1972 Miami Dolphins to an undefeated season. Shula and 31 members of that team visited the White House Tuesday.

Five friends reunite for an epic pub crawl in the latest from Simon Pegg, Nick Frost and Edgar Wright. Thicke's album "Blurred Lines" reveals he's an earnest nostalgist. And David Epstein explores the science behind athletic skill.

Evan Roth knows how to get a rise out of the people and organizations he targets: Google, the Transportation Security Administration, and — most bravely of all — Justin Bieber's fans.

Suffolk County, on Long Island, is giving enforcement authority to a victims' advocacy group. Lawmakers call it a cost-effective way to keep citizens safe. But a local attorney who often represents sex offenders calls it a "vigilante exercise."

As a leading public intellectual at the University of Chicago, Jean Bethke Elshtain was known as a political theorist and ethicist who wasn't afraid to talk about God. Elshtain died this month. University of Chicago professor William Schweiker offers a remembrance of his friend and colleague.

The towering sequoias only grow on the western slopes of the Sierra Nevada and are among the most ancient living things on Earth.

Trump University, the lawsuit claims, was an "elaborate bait-and-switch" that made "false promises." The lawsuit seeks restitutions of at least $40 million.

The 197-year-old publication is predicting a bitterly cold 2013-2014 winter.

Shahnameh is the Persian Odyssey, with ancient legends and myths put into verse. A new English language version brings the 1,000-year-old text into the modern age, with ornate recompositions of Persian miniature paintings.