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  • Say cheese? A sampling of smiling mug shots posted to the Mecklenburg County Sheriff's website during the past three weeks.
    Mug Shot Time? Wipe That Smile Off Your Face
    In a world of Facebook and TMZ, mug shots are as popular as ever. There are entire tabloids dedicated to the latest arrest snapshots. But in one North Carolina county, mugging too much for a mug shot can get you locked in a cell indefinitely.
  • Medical Research And The End Of Privacy
    Scientists can no longer guarantee privacy for patients donating tissue and DNA for medical research. NPR's Arun Rath talks with Jennifer Couzin-Frankel of Science Magazine.
  • Twitter CEO Dick Costolo says the company has to bridge the gap between the brand's global awareness and user engagement.
    Twitter CEO Hopes To Attract Users By Clearing The Clutter
    Dick Costolo calls the @ sign "scaffolding" that gets in the way of clear communication. And he says Twitter has to bridge the gap between the brand's global awareness and user engagement.
  • Proponents of open Internet access protest in front of the FCC headquarters in Washington, D.C. The commission votes Thursday on its proposed rules amid debate about network neutrality.
    FCC To Unveil Proposed Rules To Govern Internet Traffic
    The suggestion last month that the FCC might let Internet providers charge companies more for faster service prompted a firestorm of protest. The commission votes Thursday to begin debate on the plan.
  • Islamaca International, Local Volunteer Respond to Allegations
    By Angela Hattonhttp://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/wkms/local-wkms-923077.mp3Mayfield, KY – Since late August, when the Mayfield zoning…
  • The Great Generational Divide
    The Great Generational Divide: Technology
    By Chris Taylorhttp://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/wkms/local-wkms-853766.mp3Murray, KY – 25-year-old Adam Shull is representative of…
  • Maga Barzallo Sockemtickem, 16, received a bone-marrow transplant at Seattle Children's Hospital in 2011 for leukemia and returned in July 2012 for follow-up treatment. On July 25, an artist at the hospital set up a cat photo installation in her room.
    Internet's Cat Obsession Justifies Itself In Cancer Ward
    An artist at a Seattle hospital turned a teenage leukemia patient's room into an art installation using nearly 2,000 photos of cats solicited through social media. "In the hospital, you feel cut off," says the patient. "So the photos made me feel like I was part of the world again."
  • Protests Dwindle In Brazil Due To Lack Of Leadership
    Small-scale protests are continuing in Brazil but the massive movement has died down as quickly as it flared up. One of the reasons is protest confusion. The perils of having no leadership are that people don't know what protests are real.
  • Long John Silver's Big Catch platter will net you 33 grams of trans fats in one meal.
    'Heart Attack On A Hook': Meet America's 'Worst Restaurant Meal'
    Long John Silver's Big Catch platter has plenty of fans. But the limited-time seafood dish is anything but healthful: The fish dish, complete with onion rings and hush puppies, comes in at a whopping 33 grams of trans fats — more than two weeks' worth, according to a nutrition watchdog group.
  • Spoiler Alert: Spoilers May Not Be That Bad
    There's nothing the Internet hates more than a spoiler. (This story originally aired on All Things Considered on July 26, 2012.)
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