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There's so much good jazz coming out on DVD now (old stuff, new stuff, TV concerts and documentaries) that it's more than anyone can follow. But Kevin Whitehead says that a few recent releases really caught his eye and ear.

In light of Miss USA getting to keep her crown after a run of under-age binge drinking, commentator and fellow naughty girl Elizabeth Wurtzel says that going into rehab after you've seriously screwed up is the only way to show contrition in the public eye. A simple apology is not enough anymore.

The Central Florida 7th grader, Dreyton McDonald, has been in the snow cone-selling business going on three years and hopes to expand his empire.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with journalist Michael Isikoff about the death of Ken Starr, who became a household name for investigating then-President Bill Clinton's affair with Monica Lewinsky.

Tennis player Minorka Miranda talks about how her school's new marketplace platform helps student athletes profit off of their name, image and likeness.

Debut author Siobhan Fallon writes about the lives of soldiers and their families in her new short story collection, You Know When the Men Are Gone. Families, she says, take the strangeness of deployment and learn how to create a new normal.

The food memoir now has a major shelf in most big bookstores. We asked Ruth Reichl, the editor of Gourmet magazine and the author of two food memoirs, to talk about some of her favorite books about food.

The Big Ten recently signed an exclusive broadcasting deal that's reportedly worth $7 billion. But none of that money will go directly to the athletes.

It's a busy week in the sports world. The NBA season has tipped off and the MLB postseason is in full swing.

You've likely heard lots this week about how rare the repeated failed Speaker votes have been. But is this a new level of dysfunction for Congress?