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NPR's Eric Weiner reports on a bank in Osaka, Japan that encourages employees to perform in a "laughter club" to relieve stress.

NPR's Congressional correspondent Brian Naylor reports that the selection of committee chairmen is shaking up the ranks of the House of Representatives.

NPR's Jim Zarroli reports on this year's drop in the stock markets, particularly tech stocks.

NPR's Christopher Joyce reports that seismologists believe an explosion sunk the Kursk, the Russian nuclear submarine, in August.

NPR's Eric Weiner reports that new alternative schools in Japan are a reflection of a growing trend toward reform of Japan's stultified education system.

Scott Horsley reports the state of California has ordered rolling blackouts for the first time in history to combat the ongoing electricity shortage there.

NPR's Kenneth Walker in Kinshasa reports on the funeral of slain Congolese President Laurent Kabila, killed by one of his bodyguards last week.

NPR's John Nielsen reports the Brazilian highways cutting through the Amazon rainforest no longer stop at the Peruvian border.

NPR's Eric Weiner reports on the transition of power in the Philippines. Former Vice President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo was sworn in as the new president after the resignation of Joseph Estrada.

From member station WNYC, Andrea Bernstein reports on the controversies plaguing Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton in the month since she was sworn-in.