NPR : National Public Radio : News, Arts, World, US. Skip Navigation archives | transcripts | stations | npr shop | about npr | contact us | help Programs and Schedules All Programs A-Z All Schedules SELECTED PROGRAMS All Songs Considered All Things Considered Car Talk Day to Day The Diane Rehm Show Fresh Air with Terry Gross From the Top Morning Edition The Motley Fool Radio Show News & Notes with Ed Gordon On the Media Performance Today Talk of the Nation Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! Weekend Edition Saturday Weekend Edition Sunday World Cafe SCHEDULES NPR Stations' Schedules NPR.org Program Stream NPR Worldwide NPR on Sirius Satellite Radio Reuters Senate Panel Questions High Court Nominee Members of the Senate Judiciary Committee begin questioning Supreme Court nominee Judge Samuel Alito Tuesday. Democrats have promised to press Alito on abortion and other topics. Full NPR Coverage Of Alito Hearings   Top News Stories Dow Breaks 11,000 for First Time Since 2001 American Reporter Kidnapped in Baghdad Turkey Confirms Another Case of Avian Flu 'Phantom' Breaks Record Andrew Lloyd Webber's Phantom of the Opera has become the longest-running show in Broadway history. Web Extra : Music from the Show     Hourly Newscast Five-minute news summary NPR Program Stream 24-hour schedule   Top E-Mailed Stories When Ordinary People Achieve Extraordinary Things Touring Cezanne's Cultural Roots 'Misirlou,' from Klezmer to Surf Guitar Editor's Picks Growing Up in a Coal Town: Stay Home or Leave Staving Off Panic in a Flu Pandemic John Sayles on His Work in Print and Celluloid     The Quest for Reliable Directions As the world grows more complicated, so do methods for navigating through it. The Internet is often more reliable than a human when it comes to giving directions. But in some areas, that's not the case. One Los Angeles man found out the hard way.   A Life 'Not Afraid' in a Hardscrabble Mining Town Like his coal miner father, October Sky author Homer Hickam says his values - to trust in God but rely on oneself - come from deep underground. He grew up in Coalwood, a mining town in West Virginia. Web Extra : Read Hickam's Essay   When Ordinary People Achieve Extraordinary Things Jody Williams believes extraordinary things can happen when ordinary people decide to take action. Her own activism led to a 1997 international treaty banning landmines and to a Nobel Peace Prize. Web Extra : More in the 'This I Believe' Series   Touring Cezanne's Cultural Roots Master painter Paul Cezanne grew up in Aix-en-Provence in the south of France. He died 100 years ago, and Susan Stamberg went to his hometown to learn about the mercurial artist's local life and inspirations. Web Extra : See the Paintings   Life in a Mining Town Retired coal miner Charlie Malcolm and his family sit down in West Virginia to discuss their community, the tradition of mining they know, and last week's tragedy at the Sago Mine. Web Extra : Photo Gallery   What's New, Bacharach The composer's lush love songs were a staple of popular music in the '60s and beyond. Now he says he's writing from a sense of outrage at the state of the world. The result is the CD At This Time . Web Extra : Hear the Music, Take a Quiz   Okkervil River's Music: