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On a recent vacation, Web consultant Subha Subramanian came across this picturesque gas station in Gustavus, Alaska. It's a tiny community, accessible only by air and sea. Here is her "story behind the picture."

Roger Cohen's book Soldiers and Slaves tells the story of 350 American GIs sent to labor camps by the Germans during World War II. They were Jewish or suspected of being Jews. More than 70 died in captivity. Cohen and camp survivor Gerald Daub discuss the book.

United Airlines has reached agreement with its mechanics' union, averting a threatened strike. Mechanics ratified a new contract Tuesday, and the machinists' union has agreed in principle to a new deal.

NPR's Puzzlemaster Will Shortz quizzes one of our listeners, and has a challenge for everyone at home. This week's winner is Mary Sheedy from Hollidaysburg, Pa. She listens to Weekend Edition on NPR station WPSU in State College, Pa.

It's summer and that means it's time to pull the flip-flops out of the closet and put them on your feet, notes commentator Ed Cullen.

The Delaware State Police earn kudos as "best-dressed state agency" by a uniform maker's group. But are the stylish togs ready to make the move from the freeway to the runway?

An independent commission votes Wednesday on a list of military bases slated for closure. Anthony Principi, chairman of the Base Closure and Realignment Commission, talks about striking a balance between saving tax dollars and maintaining military preparedness.

Stalin, a biography by Oxford University historian Robert Service, adopts a new view of the Soviet leader. Service says Josef Stalin was not the uneducated and coarse man he was often perceived to be. In fact, Service says, Stalin deliberately fashioned that image for himself.

Stuntwoman Jeannie Epper is featured in a documentary on her craft called Double Dare. Now 64, Epper did the stunts for Lynda Carter in the Wonder Woman TV show, among countless other jobs. She comes from a family of stunt artists; her father doubled for Errol Flynn.

In 1965, Robert Moog invented the Moog synthesizer, an electronic keyboard that creates otherworldly sounding electronic music. His instrument went on to usher in a new era of rock and electronic music. The Beatles used a Moog synthesizer on their 1969 Abbey Road album.