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Capping out-of-control oil wells and snuffing gas leaks around the world have produced strange results, and equally strange efforts to fix them. The Soviets nuked some leaking wells. In other parts of the world, the oil is simply allowed to ooze.

Rain-soaked rescue crews worked through lightning and strong winds to dig through splintered homes, crumpled businesses and crushed cars in the Missouri town. And fresh tornadoes struck Tuesday afternoon in Oklahoma.

Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi has already made his mark on the country with controversial decisions regarding domestic policy and international diplomacy. NPR foreign correspondent Leila Fadel and Steven Cook of the Council on Foreign Relations talk about the first months of Morsi's presidency.

Cindy Vong is taking the state to court after the cosmetology board pulled the plug on her fish-pedicure business. The board says the practice is unsanitary, but Vong's attorney disputes the claim the spa fish put anyone at risk.

Prime Minister Brian Cowen resisted pressure to resign immediately after his coalition partner, the Green Party, said it would quit the government and force an early election in January. Cowen said he did not want to delay Ireland's deficit-slashing 2011 budget and the bailout negotiations.

Clive Owen Plays a Single Dad

NPR producer Art Silverman uncovers New Jersey's filthy situation: the Passaic River. U.S. manufacturing was jump-started along its banks. Now the river is so toxic, part of it is a superfund site, and much of the rest is, as one writer puts it, "a toilet."

45 miles east of San Diego, the potential roar of gunfire, noisy helicopters and traffic jams has jolted awake the tiny, rural town of Potrero. That's where Blackwater USA - a private military contrac

ANALYSIS: Republicans argued that the American people had overwhelmingly rejected the health care bill that the House passed Sunday night. But the poll numbers are less clear. And if the bill proves popular in implementation, the GOP may be left looking for another argument against President Obama's signature initiative.

Back in 2007, Hollywood was suffering from serious battle fatigue. But a new surge of war movies has come out — Green Zone takes on the search for WMDs; The Hurt Locker follows a bomb squad; and The Pacific is a 10-hour HBO World War II epic. These aren't battle-strategy flicks — they explore the brutality of war on an individual scale.