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A new poll by the Pew Research Center shows that many African-Americans say they can no longer be seen as a single race. Work ethic and education are creating a class divide. Nearly 40 percent of low-income blacks say they have nothing in common with middle-income and poor blacks.

Off-Broadway shows had a great weekend as Broadway went dark because of striking stagehands. Tourists and regular theatergoers found their way to off-Broadway theaters, packing those smaller houses.

Steve Martin gave up stand-up comedy in 1981, at the height of his fame. He calls his new book Born Standing Up a biography rather than an autobiography, of a guy he used to know.

Fort Payne, Ala., the world's sock capital, doesn't like competition from Honduras, which has enjoyed duty-free sock exports to the U.S. The tariff is set to be reinstated soon, but some say the town should move away from socks if it wants to compete globally.

As Democratic presidential candidates debated at a forum Tuesday sponsored by NPR and Iowa Public Radio, they sometimes raised more questions than they answered. NPR reporters following along kept track to provide a reality check.

Barry Bonds is charged with perjury and obstruction of justice in the Bay Area Laboratory Cooperative case. Larry Williams, who helped break the BALCO story three years ago, talks about the grand jury indictment.

A new U.S. intelligence report on Iran says Tehran may be able to develop a nuclear weapon between 2010 and 2015. But the National Intelligence Estimate finds that Iran halted its development program in the fall of 2003 — contradicting claims by the Bush administration.

Creating ethanol from corn is less energy efficient than other possible sources, like switchgrass and other "woody" plants. And ethanol is just one part of the alternative-energy mix, which also includes wind power and fuel cells, Ira Flatow says in a new book.

The film adaptation of the epic poem Beowulf hits theaters Friday. The film takes liberties with the ancient story, adding romance and sex, and a nearly naked Angelina Jolie. The movie is also in 3-D. So who's standing in line for a sneak preview?

No new talks are planned on the screenwriters strike, but a new survey shows that the public supports the screenwriters.