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AOL Time Warner says Walter Isaacson, head of its 24-hour news network CNN, is resigning. That follows Sunday's announcement that Steve Case, AOL Time Warner chairman, would resign. Shareholders are irked that the marriage of old and new media never delivered on its promise to supercharge growth, and many blame Case. NPR's Jim Zarroli reports.

The United States now says it is willing to talk to N. Korea to try to resolve the crisis over the North's nuclear weapons program. Previously, Washington had ruled out direct talks until North Korea abandoned its efforts to build the bomb. The new U.S. position represents a minor compromise. The State Department still says the U.S. will not make any concessions to get the North to freeze its weapons program. NPR's Vicky O'Hara reports.

A look at the controversial term of the departing director of the World Health Organization, Dr. Gro Harlem Brundtland. The former prime minister of Norway is credited with rehabilitating an organization whose reputation had been tarnished by charges of corruption and mismanagement. But in the more than five years since she took charge, the burden of disease and health conditions among the world's poor has gotten worse. NPR's Brenda Wilson reports on how Brundtland dealt with the challenges of her job.

Paul Zaloom's zany one-man shows of political satire earned him a cult following in New York's downtown performance art scene in the 1980's. After success wit the anti-nuke/anti-war troupe Bread and Puppet Theater, Zaloom starred in a children's TV show, Beakman's World. He's returned to puppetry with a solo show focused on the brave new post-Sept. 11 world. Jon Kalish reports.

NPR's Nina Totenberg reports on today's arguments before the Supreme Court. The case involves a man who invested in property in Rhode Island more than 40 years ago, knowing that wetlands regulations legally limited what he could build there. Now, after selling off some of the land and unsuccessfully challenging the restrictions on the rest, the man is trying to force the state to pay him millions in compensation. The state says the man, who paid $13,000 for the land, knew from the start about the wetlands building restrictions, and should not make a windfall profit at the taxpayers' expense.

Researchers adapted human tests for cats, Vice reports. Owners answer yes or no to statements like: My cat meows loudly for no apparent reason or my cat doesn't appear to act guilty after misbehaving.

The comedian testified in 2005 he got the sedative with the intent of giving it to women with whom he wanted to have sex.

A three-part report follows the recovery of two Marines wounded in Fallujah. 1st Sgt. Brad Kasal and Lance Cpl. Alex Nicoll were seriously injured in one of the fiercest battles of the Iraq war.

Behind the fight over possible legislation to overhaul Social Security is a battle for the allegiance of older voters -- and it's turning nasty. A conservative group called USA Next surprised a lot of people by running an online ad attacking the senior citizens' group AARP. The ad charged that AARP's "real agenda" wasn't Social Security or any other seniors' issue, but rather an alleged opposition to the troops in Iraq and alleged support for gay marriage. NPR's Peter Overby reports.

A new book compiles U.S. memos and reports on the interrogation and treatment of detainees in Afghanistan, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison. The Torture Papers: The Road to Abu Ghraib was edited by Karen J. Greenberg and Joshua L. Dratel.