NPR Topics: NewsNPR news, audio, and news podcasts. Coverage of breaking stories, national and world news, politics, business, science, technology, and extended coverage of major national and world events.A Day of Olympic Upsets for Top Names in Tennis- August 14, 2008 America's James Blake eliminated Roger Federer of Switzerland in the men's singles quarterfinals in tennis. The top-seeded Swiss gave a spiritless performance in his bid for a first Olympic singles medal.http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=93586747&ft=1&f=1001 Court: Steinbeck Heirs Don't Have Publishing Rights- August 14, 2008 A federal appeals court has reversed a ruling that awarded John Steinbeck's son and granddaughter publishing rights to 10 of the author's early works, including The Grapes of Wrath.http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=93585691&ft=1&f=1001 Calif. Realtor: Job Now Centers On Foreclosures- August 14, 2008 Bill Santoro works in one of the areas hardest hit by the foreclosure crisis — Riverside and San Bernardino, Calif. Housing prices have dropped as much as 50 percent in some areas, and his business now consists solely of homes in foreclosure.http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=93585684&ft=1&f=1001 McCain Touts Foreign Credentials; Obama On Break- August 14, 2008 With Barack Obama on vacation, John McCain has the campaign trail and the airwaves largely to himself. The presumptive Republican presidential nominee has been displaying his foreign policy credentials on the Georgia-Russia conflict.http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=93585678&ft=1&f=1001 Gates: U.S. Won't Use Military Force To Aid Georgia- August 14, 2008 U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Thursday that Russian forces appear to be pulling back from positions inside Georgia and dismissed questions about whether U.S. troops might aid the pro-Western Georgian government.http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=93585920&ft=1&f=1001 |