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San Diego scientists have identified the gene that leads to the creation of antibodies. They say that will make it easier to create effective vaccines.

Most people consider a high school prom as a rite of passage. But that experience of glitz and glamour is often denied to students whose families are living in poverty. But a group of fashion-savvy women in San Diego County are trying to change that by trying to create new memories using donated dresses.

A week after a massive earthquake rocked southwest China last year, NPR aired a poem called "Elegy," by Chengdu poet He Xiaozhu. One NPR listener was so inspired by the poem that he decided to make a sculpture based on it.

The hostage drama involving ship Capt. Richard Phillips is over, but there's no sign that the piracy problem is going away in the Gulf of Aden. This has made ship owners and the companies that insure them worried about conducting business in the high seas.

In the wake of multiple congressional corruption scandals, the appetite for lobbying reform in Washington is growing. Capitol Hill reporter Laura Strickler has more on newly proposed reforms.

Members of Congress are under pressure to draw up new regulations for banking and investing in a matter of months. It's a scary and complicated task, they say, and the stakes are enormous.

The New York Times foreign correspondent Dexter Filkins reports that the Taliban are waging an increasingly aggressive campaign in Afghanistan — a fact evidenced by a 40 percent increase in Afghan civilian deaths in 2008.

Oakland made headlines recently when protests against the fatal shooting of an unarmed black man by a white police officer escalated into violence. But as cities everywhere grapple with a tough economy, racial tension isn't the city's only problem. Oakland Mayor Ron Dellums tells how he's working to keep his city stable.

Pan's Labyrinth

"Today I say to you that the challenges we face are real. They are serious and they are many. They will not be met easily or in a short span of time. But know this, America -- they will be met," President Barack Obama said in his inaugural address.