A few weeks ago, at about 6:45 in the morning, I was at home, waiting to talk live on the air with Morning Edition host Michel Martin about a story I'd done, when I suddenly heard a loud metallic ...

Q. The metal chimney cap fell off my chimney. It is not rusting. Do I have to replace it? Should I put it back? What is it for? A. The cap is stainless steel; that is why it did not rust. It was put ...

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When an NPR reporter heard a startling loud metallic noise in her house, she was about to get an interesting lesson in animal behavior. 'Chimney caps, vent pipes, gutters': Why some woodpeckers are ...