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Guy Baker of England's Marine Biological Association tells the story of a postcard his group recently received. It was addressed to George Parker Bidder — the MBA's esteemed former president, dead for more than 60 years — and had been found in a bottle dropped in the North Sea more than a century earlier.

Days after students were shot at a school Mass, an outpouring of flowers, ribbons, and grief are bringing people together to support victims and each other.

Daniel talks with former State Department spokesperson Margaret Tutwiler about the art of 'shuttle diplomacy'. Tutwiler travelled extensively with former Secretary of State James Baker who was attempting to lay the groundwork for a Middle East peace accord during the Bush Administration. Tutwiler says Baker developed strategies for dealing with tough negotiators such as knowing when to play hardball and when to sit back patiently and wait. She says Syrian President Hafez el Assad is one of the toughest negotiators and that often sessions with him would last 9 to 10 hours without a break.

A sound montage of some of the voices in this past week's news, including Leon County Circuit Court Judge N. Sanders Sauls; Ben Ginsberg, attorney for Governor George W. Bush of Texas; Senator Joesph Lieberman; David Boies, attorney for Vice President Al Gore; Barry Richard, attorney for Governor Bush; Craig Waters, spokesman for the Florida Supreme Court; former Secretary of State James Baker; Bill Daley, campaign chairman for Vice President Gore; Secretary Baker; David Boies.

Baylor University professor Lori Baker and forensics student Audrey Murchland have been exhuming and identifying bodies in Falfurrias, Texas.

A local florist says she's putting aside sunflowers for one of the victims, the daughter of one of her high school classmates. "Their baby's favorite was sunflowers," Kelly Baker said.

Former NSA general counsel Stewart Baker tells Morning Edition that Edward Snowden "did the crime — he should do the time" for leaking classified material to the media.

China's one-child policy often means that parents will abandon any child that is not physically perfect. An American aid worker is helping build a "children's village" that takes in unwanted babies and gives them a chance at adoption. NPR's Rob Gifford has the story, the latest in an occasional series on Americans living abroad.

Police arrested Trevis D. Baker for swearing but New York's highest court threw out the charges. Because the arrest was invalid, the court disallowed a search police conducted after the arrest. Baker walks away with freedom of speech, and no charges for possessing 25 bags of crack.

The Trump administration has levied new sanctions against Russia, targeting the country's oil industry. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with journalist Stephanie Baker about the implications.