Home                              Feed Categories   What is RSS?   Why use RSS?   Get PHP Code	Category: PEOPLE Title: Click to View Description: People and Places in the news View feed contents    People and Places in the news   NPR Topics: People & Places   Last Galapagos Tortoise May Become Oldest Dad   Scientists have been playing matchmaker for the "rarest living creature" for more than a decade. Now Lonesome George, the last known Galapagos giant tortoise, may soon become a father. George is somewhere between 90 and 100 years old. July 25th, 2009 12:43 AM   Comic Con Is More Than Fan Boy's Feast   The annual Comic Con in San Diego started out as a comic book convention and expanded to graphic novels, comic-inspired films, television series and games of all sorts. It's now all about standing in line to see stars, writers, graphic artists and gaming geniuses. July 24th, 2009 06:13 PM   Miami Proposes Horse Racing At Airport Parking   Miami's city commissioners want to install slot machines at Miami International Airport to generate revenue, but under a Florida statute they must also install horse racing. Writer and humorist Dave Barry says though it would be great to have racing, it would be nicer to get the airport running first. July 24th, 2009 04:55 PM   Jeremy Piven, Looking For A Bad Boy's Good Side   The Entourage star got his start in Chicago, at a well-regarded theater run by his parents. He tells Madeleine Brand that his formative experiences there still inform his work today. July 24th, 2009 04:55 PM   India's Airports A Window Into Its Quirks   NPR's correspondent in India, Philip Reeves, reports on the quirks of Indian airports — and on the pre-flight frisking of a "very, very important person" that sent the media and parliament into a frenzy. July 24th, 2009 06:00 AM   North Carolina Town's Longtime Barbershop Cutups   Lawrence Anthony and David Shirley have spent the past 40 years cutting hair together in a Drexel, N.C., barbershop. Together, the two share memories of their fading town and tapering careers. July 24th, 2009 12:01 AM   ATC Audio Engineer Bill Deputy Leaves NPR   All Things Considered audio engineer Bill Deputy is leaving Thursday after 18 years on the job. Over the years, listeners have come to appreciate the way NPR sounds. That emphasis on good sound means we need the best ears in the business; two of those ears belong to Deputy. July 23rd, 2009 06:17 PM   Lovers Of Trains Converge On Michigan Town   Steam train enthusiasts from around the world are converging on Owosso, Mich., this week for a once-in-a-generation gathering. The Steam Railroading Institute is hosting a train festival it says is unlike anything since the World's Fair in 1984. July 23rd, 2009 04:00 PM   Jeff Daniels And 'The Answer Man'   Actor Jeff Daniels has portrayed dozens of characters on stage and screen. His latest film role is a romantic comedy, The Answer Man. He plays an author who is supposed to have all the answers to life's important questions, but clearly does not. July 24th, 2009 02:12 AM   'Sistas vs. Sistas': Are Black Women At Odds?   A recent piece in Essence magazine, "Black women Behaving Badly," claims African-American women are routinely mean to one another. Author Katrina Bell McDonald, a sociologist, and reality TV star and author Omarosa Manigault Stallworth, debate relations among black women. July 24th, 2009 07:13 AM   Get Your own RSS feed code from Originotions