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Shocked by the poverty he saw on a reporting trip, a Chinese journalist set up a program to provide meals to 25,000 poor children in rural China, many of whom suffer from malnutrition. Indirectly, his efforts have prompted the government to ramp up its efforts to feed the country's most vulnerable.

Tuya (Yu Nan) is a survivor and she'll do whatever it takes to keep her family together. Her husband Bater, a herdsman, injured his legs trying to build a well years ago. Having a well is a necessity in the Mongolian grassland that is fast drying up. While trying to help a neighbor in trouble, Tuya injures her back and is told by doctors that she can no longer do the physically demanding tasks that she has been. This forces her to seek a divorce so that she can marry someone who can better provide for her than Bater. But Tuya is stubborn and loyal. As she seeks a new husband, she tells her suitors that they must be willing to provide not only for her and her children but also for Bater.

When a body washed up on the shores of New York's East River in 1897, the race to solve the murder sparked one of the country's first great newspaper wars. Weekend Edition's literary detective Paul Collins tracks that war's progress in his new book, The Murder of the Century.

Starting next year, Medicare will pay for all sorts of preventive services and recipients won't have to shell out a dime. But workouts, aren't on the list.

Was Homer Simpson Running The Fukushima Power Station?

In many parts of the U.S., it's hot. People are thirsty. But if you're Muslim, you can't drink from sunup to sundown during Ramadan. A comedian, an athlete and two imams describe how they cope without water — and coffee and soda. It's a "fight, trying not to grab a pop out of the refrigerator," one says.

The director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) says America's investment in science is key to stimulating the economy. Francis Collins is in San Diego for the conference of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

The man who admitting raping and murdering North County teenagers Amber Dubois and Chelsea King began serving his lifelong prison term today.

China has been plagued by political scandal and controversy, just as the Communist government prepares for its once-a-decade transfer of power. It's an important moment for the government, which faces questions about how its economy will be governed and how it will handle deal with foreign powers.

The disaster in Japan, which has the third-largest economy in the world, could have ripple effects around the globe, including the United States. But economists say it's much too soon to say whether the worst-case scenarios will actually come to pass.