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Virginia is the first state to require public schools to teach Internet safety. The mandate is in response to concerns about sex offenders and other adults preying on young people they've met through MySpace and other social-networking Web sites.

At 141 minutes, Sam Raimi's latest supe-opera is seriously overextended, with four distinct subplots and way too much hand-wringing over things like the heroine's singing career.

Working from a Greenwich Village storefront, Bonnie Slotnick helps reconnect people with rare and out-of-print cookbooks... and their own childhood memories.

Defensive end Mario Williams of N.C. State is the first pick. Then what? Chicago Sun-Times columnist Ron Rapoport tells Scott Simon why he thinks the NFL draft captures the imaginations of so many Americans.

Apart from its better-known roles in bluegrass and Dixieland, the banjo was once a sought-after status symbol in late 19th-century America. Young ladies learned to play parlor music on the banjo; there were banjo societies and banjo virtuosi; and manufacturers fought wars over who could make the fanciest banjos. On top of that, this was primarily a northern phenomenon. It's chronicled in a new book, America's Instrument: The Banjo in the 19th Century, by Philip Gura and James Bollman. Paul Brown reports. (7:45) (America's Instrument: The Banjo in the 19th Century is published by University of North Carolina P

President Obama described an America ready for the daunting challenges it faces, from an economy in crisis to wars and terrorist threats from abroad. In his first speech to a joint session of Congress, the president called on politicians and the public to embrace shared sacrifice and new efforts to improve health care, schools and the environment.

61st Day of 2012 / 305 Remaining19 Days Until Spring BeginsTo the Romans, March was Martius, named for Mars, the god of war. On the ancient calendar,…

The seemingly intractable differences between liberals and conservatives may have an evolutionary basis, argues Jonathan Haidt in his new book, The Righteous Mind.

A 16-year-old from Michigan named Claressa Shields is the youngest fighter competing for a place on the first-ever U.S. Olympic women's boxing team. She's facing fighters almost a decade older and much more experienced — but she's beaten the odds before.

There are just two weeks until Selection Sunday, the day the teams and seeds of the NCAA basketball tournament are announced. By then, three pairs of age-old rivals will have squared off in what may be their last games ever.

Until recently, it was hard for political comedians in India to lampoon their own government. Now, an Indian comic who usually targets American politicians is going after the leaders of his own country — even though he's facing an uphill battle.

In many ways, Spike Lee's film Inside Man is reminiscent of an earlier heist flick called Quick Change. Scott Simon discusses both movies with Elvis Mitchell, host of The Treatment on NPR station KCRW in Santa Monica, Calif.