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President Obama and former Gov. Mitt Romney headed for the politically important states of Iowa and New Hampshire Friday. With the political conventions over and the jobs numbers out, Iowa Public Radio's Sarah McCammon checks in with voters in the swing state of Iowa to see how they're feeling about the candidates.

Both presidential candidates were in New Hampshire Friday. Even though the state has weathered the recession relatively well, you might not know it from talking to voters. Josh Rogers of New Hampshire Public Radio reports.

After two decades of the Dave Matthews Band, the singer-guitarist says working with the same people remains an engaging challenge.

As the NFL regular season opens this weekend, place-kicker Jason Hanson is preparing for his 21st consecutive season with the Detroit Lions. That's a record in the league — no small feat in an industry where a missed kick can cost you your career.

Are you better off than you were four years ago? That's the question first posed by Ronald Reagan in 1980, and one that Republicans are again using as one of their main arguments against the re-election of President Obama. Weekends on All Things Considered host Guy Raz puts the question to two economists, Dean Baker of the Center for Economic and Policy Research, and Douglas Holtz-Eakin of the American Action Forum. NPR's Don Gonyea also has the latest from the campaign trail in Florida.

If 25,000 teachers walk out in President Obama's home turf Monday, it could present problems for his re-election campaign. The teachers union is at odds with Mayor Rahm Emanuel, who touted his plans for change at the Democratic National Convention.

Membership of Veterans of Foreign Wars has been dropping off as World War II vets pass away. But with more female soldiers returning from overseas, small-town posts have new hope.

The Democratic Republic of Congo has been awash in rebel groups for nearly two decades. An emerging force, M23, controls a large swathe of territory in Congo's troubled east.

Ensemble Theatre of Chattanooga opens 'Macbeth' on September 14th. This theatre-in-the-round production runs in the black box space at St. Andrew's…

Michael Chabon's eighth novel, Telegraph Avenue, delves deeply into issues of art, race and sexuality. The book started with a "very tiny world," Chabon says, a vinyl record shop not unlike a Berkeley store that inspired him in the late '90s.