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Airs Saturday, September 3, 2011 at 3 p.m. on KPBS TV

The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell more than 600 points and sank well below the 11,000 mark as U.S. markets closed Monday. Jittery investors reacted to the first-ever downgrade in U.S. credit and financial storms sweeping through Europe.

At the request of U.S. authorities, Thai police continue to hold a teacher in connection with the 1996 murder of 6-year-old JonBenet Ramsey. A district attorney in Colorado, where the much-publicized case unfolded, is taking a cautious approach to details in the case.

Mingei Director Says Conversation with Undercover Agent Recorded

The tsunami cost tens of thousands of people in Thailand their jobs and their homes. Some 8,000 people died. A special multimedia presentation explores life in Phuket, one year later.

Myanmar is a place of misery for many of its citizens. The repressive, often brutal military rulers of the country see to that. Political dissent isn't tolerated. And neither, it seems, is the country's ethnic Muslim minority, known as the Rohingya. NPR's Michael Sullivan offers this personal look at their plight.

The World Health Organization has announced a new program to increase smoking prevention efforts in the developing world, where tobacco companies have focused their marketing efforts as developed countries place strict restrictions on the sale and promotion of tobacco.

Most people only eat a few different vegetables on a regular basis. But urban foragers say most areas of the United States have at least 75 edible, wild vegetables available for picking through the year. Adding wild foods — especially greens — to the typical American diet can provide flavor, nutrition and variety.

Federal agents are searching four museums in Southern California, including the Mingei International Museum in Balboa Park, looking for possibly stolen artifacts.

As it winds its way to the South China Sea, the Mekong River runs along Myanmar's remote and often troubled Shan state. The repressive military government in Yangon controls parts of the state, while ethnic militias and warlords rule the others.