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Over the past few months the NPR Cities Project has asked for pictures and sound from the "Heart of your City." Featured in the final edition are sounds of construction, a food truck, parks and more.

Audie Cornish talks with Ari Shapiro about Mitt Romney's campaigning in the Midwest on Tuesday.

Robert Siegel talks with Scott Horsley about President Obama's campaigning in Ohio on Tuesday.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel got a hostile reception in a visit to Greece on Tuesday, her first since the debt crisis developed three years ago. Tens of thousands of Greeks took to the streets to protest the deep austerity measures the German-led eurozone has imposed in exchange for multi-billion dollar bailouts.

Thousands of Coptic Christians marched through central Cairo on Tuesday to demand justice for the more than two dozen Copts who were killed a year ago when army units moved in to stop their protest.

Robert Siegel previews the Supreme Court's arguments over affirmative action at the University of Texas with legal affairs correspondent Nina Totenberg.

The BBC is apologizing to women who claim they were sexually abused decades ago by one of the broadcaster's top entertainers. Jimmy Savile had been knighted for his charity work in 1990. He died last year. The number of women alleging abuse could be more than two dozen and the scandal has dominated Britain's media.

Former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky was sentenced on Tuesday to at least 30 years in prison for sexually abusing 10 boys.

In Michigan, unions have bet big on ballot proposals to stem a tide of Republican legislation curtailing organized labor's ability to bargain contracts, collect dues, and raise money for political races. Their top goal is to make sure the state legislature cannot pass a so-called right-to-work law that outlaws compulsory union membership. They also want to reverse a law that allows the state to temporarily take over financially struggling local governments and scrap public employee contracts.

Wal-Mart and American Express have teamed up to offer a new prepaid card. The two companies say it will act like a checking account, but without the many fees that frustrate customers. Audie Cornish talks with Stephanie Clifford, retail reporter for The New York Times.