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California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger will be in Columbus, Ohio this weekend to hand out prizes at the annual Arnold Classic, a bodybuilding competition named for the former bodybuilder. This year's event is prompting new questions about Schwarzenegger's enduring ties to a sport long associated with anabolic steroids.

Singer-songwriter Lucy Kaplansky saw the destruction of the World Trade Center first-hand. It didn't come out in her music until months later. She speaks with Host Bob Edwards about her song that deals with the attacks on Sept. 11.

Robert Siegel sits down with violinist Chien Tan for a performance and chat. Tan plays the violin with the Oregon Symphony; she is also one of just a handful of people playing the treble violin, an instrument about the size of a "quarter-size" standard violin and plays an octave higher.

NPR's Emily Harris in Baghdad reports on U.S. military plans to reduce the American troop presence in Baghdad. U.S. soldiers will be moving to bases on the outskirts of the capital, leaving security duties in the hands of Iraq's police force and the fledgling civil defense corps.

More than 80,000 people were on hand for Barack Obama's history-making speech at Denver's Invesco Field. People in the crowd said they were impressed by his passion, his ability to inspire and his feistiness.

The Deep Dark: Disaster and Redemption in America's Richest Silver Mine tells the story of a deadly fire in Idaho's Sunshine Mine in May 1972. Scott Simon talks with author Gregg Olsen.

During World War II, the United States arrested hundreds of Japanese, German and Italian immigrants from Latin America and deported them to the U.S. where they lived in camps.

A toddler burned his hand on the stove. The pediatrician told mom over the phone to take him to the emergency room. But after a long wait for a doctor who never showed, they left. Then the bill came.

On the second full day of San Diego Comic-Con, highlights include the last-ever (maybe) Game of Thrones panel and the Eisner Awards, celebrating the best work in comics. (Also, some good cosplay.)

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Kylie Minogue about her new album, "Tension," as well as recent health challenges and early life experiences.