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The video game, which was released today and cost as much to make as a big Hollywood blockbuster, is being touted as the heir to the "World of Warcraft" throne.

Something truly nice is happening this holiday season: Strangers are paying off needy families' layaway bills.

Music teachers are heroes, but their trickiest task might be picking songs for the winter concert.

Eight years ago, Martin saved his father from a fire. His untimely death never gave Tracy Martin a chance to pay his son back.

Six of the animals died in a cabin and then froze over the winter. It's in a popular area for hiking near Aspen. But it's hard to get to, and trucks and chain saws can't be used. Now officials are trying to figure out what to do.

We have a new look at the fundraising contest being waged by President Obama and Gov. Mitt Romney. Romney may like to say the president is out of ideas, but Obama's re-election campaign is definitely not out of money.

Two decades ago, the heir to the throne of England foresaw the potential and value in organic agriculture. The first product Duchy Originals launched was the Oaten Biscuit, and it's still a top seller today.

The World Chess Championship, underway in India, features a faceoff between the sport's heavyweights. Guest host Don Gonyea can't help but inject politics to his conversation with NPR's Tom Goldman, as this week President Obama used sports metaphors to talk about the rollout of the Affordable Care Act.

The stories are from a cross section of newspapers around the world. Friday's stories range from a political scandal in Spain to a reunited family in India.

The name of Washington's football team has been hotly debated: criticized for being a racial slur but defended but the team's owner as actually being a kind of tribute to Native Americans. Host Scott Simon talks to Forbes senior editor Kurt Badenhausen about the economics of the Washington Redskins brand.