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NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with NYU journalism professor Mitch Stephens about the killing of two journalists Wednesday. He says publicizing this type of violence presents a dilemma for news media.

More than 6,000 people were killed in over three days when a Sudanese paramilitary group unleashed "a wave of intense violence" in Sudan's Darfur region in late October, according to the UN.

2: A review of the year's best pop music with critic KEN TUCKER. He'll talk with Terry about his favorites and why: (THIS INTERVIEW CONTINUES THRU THE REST OF THE SHOW)Top Ten Albums:1) "Odelay" by Beck2) "Black Eye" by Fluffy3) "Sheryl Crow" by Sheryl Crow4) "Diary of a Mod Housewife" by Amy Ribgy5) "House of Music" by Tony, Toni6) "Spirit" by Willie Nelson7) "First Band on the Moon" by The Cardigans8) "Just When We're Thinking It's Over" by the Cox Family9) "Grown Man" by Loudon Wainwright, III10) "Call the Doctor" by Sleater Kinney

Syria's Alawite minority has largely maintained its solid support for President Bashar Assad, a fellow Alawite. But recent developments, including the defection of an army colonel, suggest there are now cracks in the Alawite community.

Hopkinsville Mayor Wendell Lynch will appoint a 12-person committee to study nonpartisan elections — a measure that he blocked in July with a rare veto…

As a heavy rain came down over Marshall County Tuesday evening, citizens were at the polls voting to make the county wet, allowing packaged and…

Five booksellers have disappeared. "Everything is normal," one allegedly wrote in a fax to a colleague. But many doubt it, and suspect he and the others have been abducted by mainland Chinese agents.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with co-authors Marjorie Ingall and Susan McCarthy about their new book Sorry, Sorry, Sorry: The Case for Good Apologies.

Is Google an illegal monopoly that's thwarted rivals to remain on top or is it simply a beloved search engine? Now it's up to the judge to decide.

They're activist and advocates from Brazil, Colombia, India, Kenya, Lesotho and the U.S. We wanted to know: How do they stay positive in the face of the world's many problems and woes?