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A bad restaurant write-up couldn't have been real as the restaurant had yet to open, a French court ruled.

The prepaid debit card company, co-founded by hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons, will compensate customers who suffered a "financial setback" due to a technical problem earlier this month.

A Michigan artist is creating improvised sculptures out of merchandise inside big box stores. He wants to jolt people out of their everyday surroundings. But store workers have to clean up after him.

Credit (or blame) goes to France, which wanted more babies in the 19th century. Like most government plans to influence birthrate, it didn't quite work.

Umberto Eco's new novel centers around a fictional Italian newspaper in the '90s. Its editor believes a conspiracy theory about Mussolini's murder. NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Eco about Numero Zero.

The USS Rafael will be christened on Saturday. The Navy warship was named in honor of Marine Rafael Peralta, who died in Iraq. NPR's Scott Simon speaks with his brother, Sgt. Ricardo Peralta.

Michael Fitzgerald Wilson was one of 6,000 non-violent offenders released from prison as the U.S. reconsiders sentences for non-violent drug crimes.

Trivia expert A.J. Jacobs tells NPR's Scott Simon that Frankenstein may not have been such a brute after all. And Dracula was just misunderstood.

A crowded club in Bucharest became the scene of tragedy Friday night, after a fire broke out, spreading flames and smoke and causing a panic among the young patrons.

While it's a popular sport overseas, rugby has struggled to get a strong foothold in the U.S. One program in Memphis, Tenn., is now having a lot of success, earning even international attention.