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Should amateur and professional soccer players wear some kind of head protection to prevent against concussions? We speak to several experts about the frequency of head injuries in soccer, and about the arguments for having players wear some kind of head protection.

This year, the 67-year-old Romero delivers his fifth zombie film, “Diary of the Dead” (opening February 15 exclusively at the AMC Palm Promenade Theaters) so run, don’t “shamble,” over to catch the undead’s latest uprising.

One day before the start flag was to wave, sending teams of race cars heading across the Sahara in the annual Lisbon-to-Dakar race, organizers canceled the event for security reasons after four French tourists were killed in Mauritania, the arid West African nation the race must cross.

And at a time when the image of the United States has suffered in Latin America and in other parts of the world, Castro's tough anti-U.S. stance is likely to ensure him an honored place in the history of Latin America's left -- even if few would wish to emulate his vision of Cuba.

The Federal Trade Commission is opening an investigation into the booming but unregulated "carbon offset" market. People buy these offsets to counterbalance their carbon emissions.

Facebook is at the center of two new films in area theaters. We'll talk about "The Social Network" and "Catfish," and find out why the filmmaker who made "The Sixth Sense" is now so despised by audiences.

The number of daily attacks against U.S. and Iraqi forces has doubled since January, much of that due to an increase in roadside bombs. Michael Gordon, Chief Military Correspondent for The New York Times, says the July total was the highest yet for one month: more than 26,00 bombs planted by insurgents. Of those, 1,666 exploded and 959 were found and cleared.

The summer may be for vacations and trips to the beach, but you'll likely want a good book to accompany you. We'll talk with two local experts who spend their working days reading. They'll give us their picks for the best reads of the summer.

Islamist parties in the volatile Northwest Frontier Province of Pakistan lost seats on Monday to secular parities. Tarek Fatimi, a former Pakistani ambassador to the United States, talks to Steve Inskeep about the implications of the vote.

The U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments Wednesday in a case testing whether workers who claim they are fired for complaining about racial discrimination may sue for damages under a key civil rights statute.