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Alzheimer's Potential Missing Link

Reporting in Neuron, researchers write that a protein called mGlu5 may play a role in nerve cell death in Alzheimer's disease. They found that blocking the protein with an existing drug restored memory in mice. Lead author Stephen Strittmatter discusses what this means for future Alzheimer's treatments.

Sandra Boynton's new children's album and songbook is titled <em>Frog Trouble</em>.

A Children's Author Wrangles A Cowboy Soundtrack

Writer and illustrator Sandra Boynton recruited some of rock and country music's finest to create an eclectic collection of tunes for her new album and songbook, Frog Trouble.

Leo del Aguila (from left), Vesa Gashi, Scott Simon, Erblin Mehmetaj and Shawn Fox in 1999 in a housing complex in Pristina. Del Aguila, Simon and Fox were covering the Kosovo conflict for NPR; the children lived in the war-stricken area.

When Weighing Intervention In Syria, Consider The Children

This week, NPR's Scott Simon ran into a young man he knew years ago while covering the war in Kosovo. His friend was just a child during that conflict, and their chance reunion prompted Simon to wonder anew about children trapped in conflict zones and the unknowable consequences of military intervention in Syria.

A protester holds up a sign against U.S. action in Syria during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing Tuesday. The committee ultimately approved a resolution to give President Obama authorization for a military strike on Syria. The full Senate could vote on the measure this week.

Vulnerable Senators Straddle The Syria Fence

The half-dozen U.S. senators, all but one of them Democrats, struggling to make a case for their own 2014 re-election could face a critical vote as early as this week on whether to authorize U.S. military strikes on Syria.

Senate Expected To Announce Deal To Raise Debt Limit

Senate leaders are expected to announce that they have reached an agreement to reopen the government and raise the debt ceiling.

A Lao Airlines ATR similar to the one that crashed on Wednesday.

Passenger Turboprop Crashes In Laos; All 49 On Board Feared Dead

The plane reportedly went into the Mekong River on approach to an airport in the southern city of Pakse.

The FlameStower can charge USB-powered devices with fire.

Innovation: A Portable Generator Charges Devices With Fire

The FlameStower can cook a pot of rice and charge a cellphone at the same time. This innovation has the potential to bring power to people in developing countries who have cellphones but not electricity.

Dominic West and Helena Bonham Carter star as Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor in <em>Burton and Taylor,</em> a new made-for-TV movie from BBC America.

A Peek Into The Private Lives Of 'Burton And Taylor'

A new made-for-TV movie from BBC America dramatizes one particular period in the intertwined lives of Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton. Critic David Bianculli says less is more, and the film's narrow biographic focus is one of its strengths.

Do Bob Filner Or Christine Beatty Have Any Defenders?

Former San Diego Mayor Bob Filner pleaded guilty this week to several charges stemming from allegations against him of sexual harassment. Meanwhile, the mistress of former Detroit mayor Kwame Kilpatrick has told all to Essence magazine. The ladies of the Beauty Shop weigh in on hot topics of the week.

People look at what scientists believe to be a chunk of the Chelyabinsk meteor, recovered from Chebarkul Lake near Chelyabinsk, about 930 miles east of Moscow.

Divers In Russia Dredge Up A Half-Ton Chunk Of Meteorite

The recovery wasn't easy. The space rock ended up breaking into three large pieces as it came up.

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