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A federal judge says he intends to force Google to turn over Web search data to the Department of Justice. In January, the department subpoenaed information contained in Google's database, claiming it would help prove the need for tougher laws against online pornography.

In the first day of trading in shares of the Internet search engine company Google, the stock rises to above $100. After much anticipation over the public offering, Google set its initial price at $85 for Thursday's debut. NPR's Laura Sydell reports.

While their parents attend a conference, these kids learn high-tech mapping techniques. An instructor says the camp aims to intersect what kids already know about modern technology with map-reading skills and critical thinking.

Google reduces the amount of stock it will sell and lowers the price range of its initial public offering. The Internet search company will sell 5.5 million shares at $85 a share. The move came on the same day that the Securities and Exchange Committee approved Google's plan to sell stock in an auction process. Hear NPR's Robert Siegel and Raymond Hennessy of The Wall Street Journal.

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A satellite launch North Korea had hailed as a moment of national pride ended in failure Friday when the rocket disintegrated over the Yellow Sea, earning Pyongyang embarrassment as well as condemnation from a host of nations that deemed it a covert test of missile technology.

North Korea is preparing to launch a satellite to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the birth of Kim Il Sung, the country's founder. But the international community has condemned the move as an attempt to test the country's long-range missile capability.

Flip-flops in Iowa keep cropping up like spent corncobs. The recent national debt crisis brought out rampant charges of flip-flopping, too. What's behind all the charges of changeovers? A look at the storied history of the political about-face and what it says about our national character.

Korean Film Transcends Genre

In February, North Korea agreed to freeze uranium enrichment and missile tests and allow international nuclear inspectors — and then immediately announced a rocket launch. North Korea watchers are puzzled by the mixed messages and wonder who is calling the shots in a country with a new, untested leader.