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Home ownership holds a special place in American culture: It is the nest egg, the lifelong investment and what many see as the key to the American dream. Everyone told Dawn Crowell, a single mother of four in St. Paul, Minn., she would be stupid to keep throwing money away on rent. So she took the plunge -- and regrets it to this day.

"It's fascinating how this guy could be this master draftsman and do hyper-realistic paintings, and then the next he puts the ear on the back of the guy's head."

NASA was looking for help from the public in solving a very specific challenge: How to deal with poop in a spacesuit. The winners included doctors, a dentist, a product designer and an engineer.

The planetarium lecturers at Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles have unionized. They hope that doing so will help preserve their longstanding tradition of live storytelling.

All Things Considered host Robert Siegel interviewed Republican presidential candidate Jon Huntsman in New Hampshire. Huntsman points out how he differs with the other GOP candidates. The full interview will air on ATC Monday.

In her memoir, A Fighting Chance, Warren reveals a childhood brush with bankruptcy and reflects on hard-won political lessons.

She was the West Coast's first female TV newscaster, and was a fixture on Los Angeles TV for decades. She began in radio producing documentaries for legendary broadcaster Edward R. Murrow.

Bruce Talamon has photographed Aretha Franklin, Marvin Gaye, Al Green, Diana Ross, Donna Summer, Barry White, Bob Marley, Patti LaBelle ... the list goes on. A new book shows his work from 1972-1982.

If you're going to bring the K-pop superstars to the spot where The Beatles conquered American TV, you might as well milk it for all it's worth. Welcome to BTSmania, courtesy of Stephen Colbert.

Plus, a goalie in the Mexican soccer league scored on himself when he inadvertently threw the ball into the head of an opposing player and it rebounded into the goal.