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To date, the civil war in Syria has claimed tens of thousands of lives and, according U.N. estimates, has caused more than a million refugees to flee to neighboring countries. As part of TOTN's "Looking Ahead" series, NPR foreign correspondent Deb Amos discusses where the conflict may go.

San Diego public school students posted gains on state standardized tests last year, despite a district budget that's been slashed by more than $300 million over the past few years.

This year marks the 100th anniversary of the classic young adult books featuring boy inventor Tom Swift. A convention will be held in San Diego, and will include live radio dramas based on the books. Culture Lust's Angela Carone went to a rehearsal and brought back this audio postcard.

Prime Minister Naoto Kan has announced that the country will no longer seek to build 14 more nuclear plants. He also convinced the operators of a plant west of Tokyo to suspend operations. Kan's decisions came after an unusual number of public demonstrations.

Secret recordings of hedge fund boss Raj Rajaratnam allowed prosecutors to demonstrate his intent to break the law and helped lead to his conviction on insider trading charges. The verdict sent a powerful message to prosecutors: Use more wiretaps to build business fraud cases.

China is criticized for being the world's largest producer of carbon dioxide, but a new report shows that a quarter of that is emitted while making things for Western consumers. Researchers say that climate policy must account for emissions resulting from trade.

Peter Spiegelman worked on Wall Street for 20 years before becoming a writer. In his new novel, Thick as Thieves, he brings that Wall Street experience to stories of capers, heists and double crosses.

Twelve Democratic and Republican lawmakers will have until Thanksgiving to figure out how to slash $1.5 trillion from the federal budget. If their plan isn't adopted by Congress, some very unpopular cuts will be automatically enacted. So what are their odds of success?

Depression tends to run in families, and even one depressed family member can cast a big shadow on how the family functions. As scientists work to figure out the genetics of the illness, some therapists say treatment works best if the whole family is involved.

Rome may have fallen hundreds of years ago, but much of the civilization the Romans built still dots the landscape today. One team of scientists recently unearthed a different kind of Roman artifact that may hold a surprising clue to the empire's downfall.