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This week, San Francisco re-opened its restored Ferry Building, the landmark that symbolized the city before the Golden Gate Bridge was built. NPR's John McChesney reports on the renovated building for All Things Considered. See a photo gallery of the Ferry Building and its famed clock tower.

Central Grocery, one of New Orleans' best-loved specialty foods stores, had to close for a few months after Hurricane Katrina hit. But one of its owners forged ahead to re-open in time for Mardi Gras and the Central Grocery's 100th birthday.

Next month, Cory Booker will officially become mayor of New Jersey's largest city, Newark. The 37-year-old Rhodes Scholar, already a veteran of one of America's nastiest election battles, will have some monumental challenges to address.

Satellites allow hundreds of channels to choose from all across the Arabic-speaking world -- and some entertainment programs are posing a real challenge to conservative Islamic traditions.

Those with clear skies and reduced light pollution will get the full effect as the moon appears to turn red at about 11:29 p.m. Eastern Time.

Millions of people listen to J. Ralph's music, yet he's far from a household name. The 29-year-old musician's dreamy, hypnotic compositions have become seemingly ubiquitous in commercials, appearing in ads for Volkswagen, Nike and others. Now they are collected on a new CD.

Fifteen years after her hard-hitting hip-hop debut, All Hail the Queen, Queen Latifah has a new CD of jazz, soul and pop standards covering artists as diverse as Dinah Washington and Al Green.

An exploration of the world of jousting finds a curious rivalry between "serious" jousters and the entertainers who perform for the crowds at the popular Medieval Times restaurant chain.

His parents were blind, but he grew up with music everywhere. And after years as a mental health therapist, he's returned to the aesthetic of his mother's favorite folk records. Fitzsimmons discusses the music and heartache of his latest album.

The jet based at Naval Air Station Lemoore went down Friday in the area of Trona in San Bernardino County, the Navy said. The pilot's identity and details of the crash weren't immediately released.

Yuli Wexler, a Soviet refusenik, economist and friend of NPR, has died at 74.

Williams' announcement marks her return to professional competition since sustaining an injury at the tournament last year. It's also another chance for her to win her 24th Grand Slam singles title.