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Whether it's a sea turtle, a brown pelican or human skin, if it's coated with oil, the product being used to clean it is likely to be Dawn dishwashing liquid. Ironically, petroleum is a key ingredient in the detergent.

We'll look at how the San Diego Housing Trust Fund has provided funding for thousands of low-income homes in the 20 years since it was created, and the difficulty it is having to find continued revenue for the program.

The military medical system is failing to diagnose tens of thousands of soldiers who suffer brain injuries in Iraq and Afghanistan, an investigation by NPR and ProPublica finds. Brain trauma can cause lasting physical and cognitive damage, but the military continues to overlook the injury, and many soldiers receive little or no treatment.

From the mercurial twists in CPE Bach's keyboard sonatas to the sprawling, nearly empty canvas of Morton Feldman's Trio, NPR Music's Tom Huizenga and Weekend All Things Considered host Guy Raz spin an extra-wide variety of new classical CDs.

Even if the latest plan -- to cut the leaking pipe and cap it -- works, attempts to capture the oil might fall short, and company officials say the spill may not be stopped until relief wells are completed in August. But the prospect of waiting two more months has those who live, work and play along the Gulf Coast fuming.

Like countless beauticians across the country, Ana La Bella has had the hair swept from the floor of her salon, wrapped in plastic bags and shipped off to help contain the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

Brownies are one of the simplest things in the world to bake -- that is, unless you're following the official brownie recipe for our men and women in uniform. The recipe has specifications on everything from nut size to water quality.

Russian President Vladimir Putin signs a law suspending his nation's participation in the Conventional Forces in Europe treaty, a move that would allow Moscow to deploy more troops and military hardware near Western European borders.

Flooding in Tennessee last week took more than 20 lives and wrought billions in property damage. In Nashville, it also took a toll on the city's musical heritage and infrastructure. This includes hundreds of the city's musicians and the treasured instruments they'd stored at Soundcheck, which was under 3 feet of water.

Federal, state and local law enforcement worked together to target online child predators. The effort yielded 25 state and federal prosecutions for possession and distribution of child porn and other crimes, U.S. Attorney Karen Hewitt said today in San Diego.