Search results for

The sugar industry in Hawaii dominated the state's economy for over a century. But it has shrunk in recent years. Now, the last of the state's sugar mills has wrapped up its final harvest.

U.S. officials say an unmanned underwater vehicle was seized by a Chinese ship on Thursday, about 50 nautical miles from the Philippines, before the Navy ship operating the drone could retrieve it.

Satellite photos show what analysts say is an array of anti-aircraft guns, cruise missile defenses, in nearly identical emplacements on islands created around large reefs.

Last night's Tony Awards broadcast was evidence — awkward moments and all — that if there's one thing Broadway performers know how to do, it's put on a live show.

It's hard to believe today, but in the mid-1950s, Los Angeles didn't mean much in terms of popular music. But the coming of rock 'n' roll meant an infusion of tiny record labels — and one was Doré, run by a happy-go-lucky guy named Lew Bedell. Ed Ward tells its short, crazy story here.

The same laid-back attitude and openness to outsiders that draws tourists to the peaceful country has also attracted Mexican cartels and their Colombia cocaine suppliers. Costa Rican President Laura Chinchilla says it tests Costa Rica's view of itself as a peaceful country in a violent region.

Iraqi insurgents have upped their attacks in the northern city of Mosul, where bodies of dozens of Iraqi security forces have been found. U.S. troops are trying to counter the insurgents' attempts to prevent the creation of Iraq's new security forces. NPR's Philip Reeves reports.

Food manufacturers are under pressure to replace carrageenan, an ingredient that's widely used in products — from protein drinks to sliced deli meat. The organic industry just moved to ban it.

Exorcism -- an early Eugene O'Neill play about suicide, divorce and alcoholism — was thought to be lost for good. But a manuscript recently turned up in an estate sale, and a revival has been staged. But is it ethical to stage a play O'Neill himself wanted to be forgotten?

The Pakistani parliament passes a bill allowing President Gen. Pervez Musharraf to remain as army chief despite his promises to step down from the post. Hear NPR's Steve Inskeep and NPR's Philip Reeves.