Topic: Central Park

Mariah Carey sings track for the Disney film 'Oz the Great and Powerful'

Mariah Carey was chosen to perform the song 'Almost Home' for the 'Oz the Great and Powerful' soundtrack, and her performance of it on 'American Idol' is only one of the ways Disney is promoting the new film. Mariah Carey is currently serving as a judge on the Fox reality juggernaut 'American Idol.'

Top Picks: IntoNow multitasking, running medalists, and more

NPR provides recordings of Newport Folk and Jazz Festival performances, 'The Hunger Games' arrives on DVD and Blu-ray, and more top picks.

Intelligent space dinosaurs: How worried should we be?

An eminent chemist concluded an article in an academic journal with a fanciful note, positing the existence of advanced dinosaurs on other worlds. How plausible is his assertion? 

'Drop Dead Healthy': 8 of A.J. Jacob's unusual get-fit regimens

From a working at a treadmill desk to practicing extreme chewing, here are 8 strategies A.J. Jacobs tried as part of his quest for perfect fitness.

Darlene Love and other traditions return to 'Letterman' (VIDEO)

Darlene Love, the Lone Ranger, and meatball target practice have all become holiday traditions on David Letterman's 'Late Show.'

In the Garden of Beasts

How a cautious American academic and his flirtatious daughter met evil in Hitler’s Germany.

Sunday slow cooked pot roast

Slow cookers are great space and time savers for creating delicious, easy meals.

John Lennon: Yoko Ono reflects on his 70th birthday

John Lennon would have been 70 this year. Yoko Ono thinks he would have been more relaxed about the milestone than he was about his 40th birthday.

Yoko Ono opposes parole of John Lennon assassin

Yoko Ono will again oppose the release of Mark David Chapman, who shot and killed John Lennon on December 8, 1980. Yoko Ono says that, if Chapman were released, herself and John's two sons would not feel safe.

Earth Day: Glenn Beck celebrates by cutting down trees

McCain, Palin, Letterman and SNL - what a week

In Berlin, Obama calls for stronger U.S.-Europe partnership

The Illinois senator addressed an enthusiastic crowd of some 250,000 that stretched for a mile to the storied Brandenburg Gate.

In Berlin, Obama calls for stronger U.S.-Europe partnership

The Illinois senator addressed an enthusiastic crowd of some 250,000 that stretched for a mile to the storied Brandenburg Gate.

"Central Park in the Dark"

Marie Winn writes of the moths, slugs, bats, and other creatures she encounters in nightly patrols of Central Park.

Will new terminal rejuvenate London's Heathrow?

T5 opens after six years and $8.5 billion.