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  • Joe Paterno walks the sidelines during warm-ups before a game between his Penn State Nittany Lions and the Temple Owls in Philadelphia last September. Paterno, who died in January, was fired on Nov. 9, four days after Jerry Sandusky was initially arrested on charges of sexually abusing 10 boys.
    Joe Paterno's Legacy: Protect Players At All Costs
    The key to winning as a big-time coach is keeping your players eligible. Commentator Frank Deford says that when Joe Paterno's old assistant was in trouble, his instincts kicked in: Paterno kept Jerry Sandusky eligible.
  • Protesters in Baltimore rally against the kickoff of Fortnight for Freedom, sponsored by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. The bishops say the campaign is a response to government attacks on religious liberty, but critics say it's an attack on the Obama administration.
    Feeling Under Siege, Catholic Leadership Shifts Right
    The Vatican and the U.S. Conference of Bishops are pushing back against what they perceive as threats to the Catholic Church's core beliefs. While some Catholics are uncomfortable with the changes under way, others say they are overdue.
  • Stated: The Declaration Of Independence
    For 24 years, Morning Edition has observed an Independence Day tradition: hosts, reporters, newscasters and commentators reading the Declaration of Independence aloud.
  • The Large Hadron Collider.
    CERN Discovers A New Particle, Likely The Higgs Boson
    The Higgs, credited with giving particles mass, was the missing piece of the Standard Model of physics. Without it, the world would be a massless mess of photons flying at light speed.
  • Designer Of Classic Ferraris Dies At 85
    Sergio Pininfarina died this week in Turin, Italy. His family's design firm was behind the sleek, elegant bodies that became a hallmark of Ferrari automobiles.
  • A Cheesy Twist On This Indpendence Day
    A replica of Mount Rushmore is on display in West Palm Beach, Fla. It is carved out of a 640 lbs. block of cheddar cheese. Troy Landwehr's creation is called "My Country 'Tis of Cheese."
  • <strong>Loosen An Egg From Its Shell:</strong> Why think simple when you can think gloriously complex?
    When It Comes To Invention, This Guy Was No Rube
    Rube Goldberg's name has become synonymous with the American spirit of invention. No wonder: He was born on the Fourth of July. And what's more American than inventing new ways to get the ketchup onto the holiday hot dog?
  • The Highwaymen: Segregation And Speed-Painting In The Sunshine State
    Today, their paintings hang in the White House. But in the 1960s, they sold them, often still wet, from the trunks of their cars.
  • KCRW Celebrates Summer With A Pie A Day
    Evan Kleiman, host of Good Food on member station KCRW, came up with the idea to make a daily pie four years ago, and has been doing it every year since. Her project for this summer kicks off Thursday and goes through the first week of September.
  • Washington Nationals' Bryce Harper walks out of the clubhouse before an interleague baseball game in Baltimore.
    Baseball's Teen Phenom Steals Home, And Hearts
    Bryce Harper was 16 when he made the cover of Sports Illustrated as "Baseball's Chosen One." He was 17 when he was the top pick in the amateur draft. And he was 19 when he made his major league debut with the Washington Nationals. Now, after two months of play, he's measuring up to all the hype.
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