Weekend Edition Sunday for October 28, 2012
The John B. Hayes Federal Building in Wilkesboro, N.C., is among several federal courthouses being closed in the South. Michael Tomsic/WFAE hide caption
The John B. Hayes Federal Building in Wilkesboro, N.C., is among several federal courthouses being closed in the South. Michael Tomsic/WFAE hide caption
After a leg injury didn't heal well earlier this year, Lou has difficulty walking. He and his partner, Bill, will be slaughtered at the end of the month, and their meat will be used to feed students at Green Mountain College in Vermont. Nina Keck/Vermont Public Radio hide caption
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney lived in Stevens Hall while he was attending Cranbrook School in Bloomfield Hills, Mich. Bill Pugliano/Getty Images hide caption
Kyle Glusenkamp pilots Gamera, a human-powered helicopter. Maggie Starbard/NPR hide caption
A good number of dwarves will fill the screen in the upcoming movie, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, but they're just a few of the hundreds of characters J.R.R. Tolkien created for Middle-Earth. AP Photo/Warner Bros. hide caption
Supporters watch Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney speak on Friday in Abingdon, Va. Romney started off his campaign calling for big tax cuts, but has backed off that somewhat. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images hide caption
Wetlands are returning naturally at Liberty Island in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta in California. The state plans to restore more than 100,000 acres of habitat in the area. Lauren Sommer/for NPR hide caption
Wedding party, 1914. A still from the film In the Land of the Head Hunters, in which Curtis sought to re-create a mythic story of the Kwakiutl. Edward Curtis/Library of Congress hide caption
Mohammed Naeem, a driver, holds up a framed photo of two relatives he says were killed by militant leader Abdullah near the western city of Herat. Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson/NPR hide caption
Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain waits backstage before the presidential debate with Obama in 2008. Scott Olson/AP hide caption