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Attorney Mohammed Mostafaei arrived safely in Norway, and Iranian opposition figures are reporting that his wife has been released from custody in Iran. Despite his troubles, the lawyer told NPR that he still hopes someday to resume his human rights work in Iran.

As an embedded reporter, Noah Shachtman witnessed one of the battles described in classified documents released on Wikileaks. He says the report doesn't reflect the reality of events on the ground. Based on those discrepancies, he explains how he thinks readers should interpret the 92,000 documents.

Call it a very bad case of the summer doldrums. Just as the U.S. emerges from one of the worst recessions in decades, there are signs the economy is once again losing steam. That was all too clear with the release of the June unemployment report Friday, which said private sector job growth remains anemic. And that wasn't the only bit of bad news this week.

M. Night May Not Survive This One

The Justice Department complaints against 11 Russians accused of acting as unregistered foreign agents are filled with spy novel elements such as bag drops and encoded messages. Even 20 years after end of the Cold War, it's not unusual for Russian spies to get caught in Western countries. What makes the current case unusual is the type of information the 11 alleged spies were after.

Tired of watching the World Cup in a pub? Head south to Imperial Beach to catch World Cup Fiebre.

Haiti's recovery from the devastating Jan. 12 earthquake is proceeding — but not fast enough for most. Aid workers say some of the almost 2 million people displaced by the quake will be living in shelters for another year or more. The task ahead remains huge and, in particular, a shortage of equipment is hindering demolition efforts.

NPR News investigation: Ciudad Juarez is ground zero for Mexican President Felipe Calderon's war against his country's ruthless drug cartels. But there's strong evidence that federal forces there appear to be favoring Mexico's largest, oldest and most powerful cartel, the Sinaloa.

The San Diego County Board of Supervisors unanimously voted today to direct staff to develop a plan to implement recommendations in a comprehensive report on area fire preparedness.

Christopher Choy was one of the youngest men on the crew of the Deepwater Horizon, the oil rig leased by BP and anchored in the Gulf of Mexico. When it exploded on April 20, Choy was convinced he wouldn't make it out alive. "This is it," he thought. "We're not gonna get out of here."