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Fear turns out be a very good thing for certain businesses. When North Korea or Iran mentions the word "nuclear," orders pour in to NukePills.com — a Web site that sells potassium iodide. The government also stockpiles this FDA-approved drug.

Executives from four U.S. Internet companies get a chilly reception Wednesday on Capitol Hill as members of Congress accuse them of helping China oppress internal dissent. But the companies say their operations in China would foster freedom there, not squelch it.

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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.

Speaking on condition of anonymity, the senior military official told NPR that despite withering coalition airstrikes, Moammar Gadhafi's forces still have the advantage and continue to threaten civilians.

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.

How have modern technologies like computers and cell phones changed the brains of young people? What are the benefits and downsides of the newly evolving brain wired on microprocessors and limitless information? We'll explore these issues with a UCLA brain and memory expert.

In a role reversal, China is flexing its political and economic muscle against the United States by threatening sanctions against American companies involved in selling arms to Taiwan. China is pushing back on a raft of other contentious issues, from sanctions against Iran to President Obama's plan to meet with the Dalai Lama.

One of the largest and potentially most damaging hurricanes to hit the East Coast in decades is heading slowly north. The storm is expected to pass right over New York City and into New England later this weekend. At least four storm-related deaths have been reported, and more than 630,000 homes and businesses are without power.

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