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David Beckham plays his first game for the L.A. Galaxy Saturday. Tremendous media hype has greeted the soccer star's move from England with his "Posh" wife Victoria and family. Will Beckham fill stadiums and bend Americans into soccer fans?

For the Perry siblings of Tupelo, Miss. — ages 9, 14 and 16 — making music involves making unique instruments from car parts. The young family band with astonishingly mature blues chops demonstrates its craft in NPR's Studio 4A.

A new professional women's soccer league kicks off its inaugural season tomorrow. The Women's United Soccer Association hopes to capitalize on the popularity of stars such as Mia Hamm and BrandI Chastain. NPR's Brian Naylor has the story.

Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has announced he will accept his party's nomination in Denver's Invesco Field at Mile High. The rest of the convention will be held at the Pepsi Center, a much smaller venue.

Bats and owls and moths, oh my! A new book by journalist Marie Winn explores New York's Central Park when the sun goes down. She discovers the animals that play in the shadows and the mysteries that make the park come alive in the twilight.

The Pittsburgh Pirates opened their home season today in a new baseball park. The day was marked by tributes to Hall of Fame player Willie Stargell, who died early this morning at the age of 61. Linda Wertheimer talks with Robert Dvorchak, a sports writer for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

The Yankee shortstop and beloved broadcaster died Tuesday at age 89. Rizzuto was the oldest living Hall of Famer, and was fondly known for exclaiming "Holy Cow!" during his decades of radio and TV broadcasts.

NPR's Gerry Hadden reports that El Salvador's ensuing rainy-season threatens to worsen living conditions for thousands of people who lost their homes in two devastating earthquakes earlier this year.

Many students around the country still have weeks left of vacation, but for students in Rockdale County, Ga., the school year began today. The early start is part of a trend of shortened summer breaks in some pockets of the country. Susanna Capelouto of Georgia Public Broadcasting reports.

New York is celebrating 50 years of the Public Theater. What Joe Papp started in a church basement on the Lower East Side became one of the most important theater companies in the world.