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A joint inquiry by NPR's Planet Money and Investigations teams found that more than $1 billion of unused dollar coins are the wasteful byproducts of another failed congressional effort to replace the dollar bill in everyday commerce.

Politicians in Washington hardly let a few minutes go by without mentioning how broke the government is. So, it's a little surprising that they've created a stash of more than $1 billion that almost no one wants.

The photographer captured some of the most enduring images of the Great Depression. Linda Gordon, author of Dorothea Lange: A Life Beyond Limits, says Lange had the power to draw people out, but she herself was very private.

Food Network star Paula Deen loves bacon, butter and, of course, Southern cooking. In her new cookbook, Paula Deen's Southern Cooking Bible, Deen explores the regional variations of Southern food.

Barbara Mori seduces the unsuspecting Marcelo Mazzarello in Ugly Me (Arcangelo Entertainment)

With war raging this Christmas weekend, Jacki Lyden speaks with three people who minister to the wounded in war zones. Dr. Najib Hanoudi is an eye surgeon in Baghdad; Air Force Maj. Janis Dashner completed two tours of duty in Iraq as a chaplain in military hospitals; and Father Louis Iasiello, a Roman Catholic priest and former head of Navy Chaplains, speaks about ethics in a war zone.

Experts say the way law enforcement gathered evidence against Najibullah Zazi may be a textbook case of how to conduct a terrorism investigation. The FBI used a blend of wiretaps and subpoenas, search warrants and local police, among other things, to build its case.

Six unemployed residents of the area have vastly different backgrounds. But they all share one goal — finding a job. In St. Louis, the labor market and unemployment rate are very similar to the rest of the nation. NPR begins a year-long journey, following these residents in their quest for work.

Six men will enter a mock interplanetary spaceship in Moscow, close the hatch and then live inside for more than 500 days. They'll conduct the first ever full-duration simulation of a mission to Mars.

To privatize or not to privatize Balboa Park? That is the question being asked by a citizens group concerned with regional planning and the physical environment. Joanne Faryon has the story.