President Bush campaigns for Republican candidates around the country as Tuesday's midterm elections near. At stake is control of a narrowly divided Congress. Listen to NPR's David Welna.
The U.S. is seeing a surge in avian flu. It's in chickens and cows and even sickened a few humans. Here's how other countries have dealt with the virus.
On Thursday morning, Mike Mills said that it would take "a comet" for R.E.M. to get back together. But on Thursday night, R.E.M. got back together to perform the band's unexpected 1991 hit at the Songwriters Hall of Fame induction ceremony.