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Companies are doing more temporary hiring, and employees are working longer hours. But as long as employers remain skittish, the recovery will likely be weak. Companies won't add permanent jobs until they see demand growing, economists say.

On opposite sides of the Mekong River, Laos and Thailand also found themselves in different camps after the communist takeover of Laos in 1975. Legacies of that era still affect the countries today in Southeast Asia's "Golden Triangle," as Thailand thrives and Laos struggles to catch up.

The alleged Christmas Day attacker grew up in a strict, well-to-do family in a region of northern Nigeria heavily impacted by religious violence. When he left home for boarding school, he became increasingly troubled by his family's Western lifestyle and turned more ardently to Islam. Part 1 of an NPR News Investigation.

San Diego Gas and Electric does not expect a lawsuit challenging the construction of the Sunrise Powerlink to prevent the project from going forward.

The author of a new book about the process of explaining science to the public says the notion that scientists are unattractive and geeky is a corrosive myth.

How do you bridge science and society? That's the theme of the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science which is taking place in San Diego this week.

Since Arizona deployed speed cameras on highways statewide, traffic deaths are down and the cameras have helped raise millions in revenue. But disgruntled drivers have harassed camera company workers — and the hostility has even been implicated in a shooting death.

On the anniversary of President Obama's $787 billion stimulus, an examination of its impact and public opinion reveals mixed results on both fronts. And three stories show how stimulus funds affected a physician assistant, a youth outreach program and a wind turbine plant.

Toyota, beset by massive recalls, is temporarily closing plants in Kentucky and Texas so dealers can sell vehicles already on their lots. Meanwhile, some consumers in the market for a new car are hoping to save big by buying recalled models.

Fans of his straightforward, unapologetic and occasionally icy analysis will welcome Dick Button's role at the Winter Games in Vancouver. The former Olympic figure skating gold medalist returns to television for NBC's coverage of the games.