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White House officials say Gen. Stanley McChrystal has been summoned to Washington to explain his controversial comments in a Rolling Stone profile that casts him as a lone wolf on the outs with key figures in the Obama administration.

We discuss the consequences adults face for allowing underage drinking on their property and how parents can talk to their teens about drinking and responsible behavior.

Miners from the Upper Big Branch mine in West Virginia tell NPR about persistent problems with airflow before a massive and deadly explosion on April 5. An NPR News investigation has also found that an FBI criminal probe is looking into possible tampering with the mine's safety monitors that detect methane gas.

The new state law requiring police to check the citizenship or residency status of suspected illegal immigrants has triggered lawsuits, protests and boycotts around the country. Nevertheless, polls show most Americans back it. NPR spoke with two supporters of the law for perspective on its potential benefits and intended effects.

The cash payouts would be in addition to death benefits that include health insurance, college tuition, life insurance and continued weekly paychecks. The owner of the Upper Big Branch mine in West Virginia, where 29 people were killed in an explosion April 5, declined to confirm the details of the settlement offers.

A Senate panel on Tuesday holds the first hearing into the April 5 explosion that killed 29 miners in a West Virginia coal mine. Questions have surfaced over whether the Mine Safety and Health Administration needs to make better use of its regulatory powers.

Twenty-nine mine workers are dead, and hundreds of safety citations have been filed against Massey Energy. But Massey and some Wall Street analysts seem to be saying, "Not to worry." Other analysts think the rush to analyze the company's financial prospects is "crass."

A statement filed with the SEC ahead of Massey Energy's annual stockholders meeting shows Don Blankenship was paid $17.8 million last year, nearly double his compensation in 2007. The company, which owns the mine where 29 miners died last week, was assessed $12.9 million in proposed fines for safety violations in 2009.

President Obama issued an order Thursday sending federal mine safety inspectors and enforcement officials into mines with "troubling safety records." The decision follows last week's explosion at the Upper Big Branch Mine in West Virginia, in which 29 miners died.

Traffic cameras are big-time money generators for municipalities: In Culver City, Calif., they raise $2 million a year. They're also big-time anger generators for drivers — so much so that several states have banned red-light cameras, and other places are considering it.