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Scientists have shown that deep brain stimulation during sleep can help people retain new information. The approach could help people with memory problems related to disorders like Alzheimer's.

Saturday marks the 30th anniversary of the Oklahoma city bombing. The city held a commemorative service for the 168 victims.

Patagonia remains a pioneer in outdoor clothing design and alternative corporate culture after decades in business. Company founder Yvon Chouinard discusses his business philosophy in his new book, Let My People Go Surfing: The Education of a Reluctant Businessman. In the second part of our profile, Alex Chadwick further explores Chouinard's eccentric approach to running a company.

The Patagonia company is a pioneer in outdoor clothing design and "alternative" corporate culture — the legacy of founder Yvon Chouinard. In the first of a two-part profile of the pioneering businessman, Chouinard discusses his offbeat business philosophy. It's all detailed in Chouinard's new book, Let My People Go Surfing.

Jeanne Dumestre is one of the founders of Tipitina's, the New Orleans club that remains one of the city's musical landmarks. Since 1985, Dumestre has worked as a nurse in the city, helping people who have HIV/AIDS -- but don't have insurance.

Confirmation hearings are taking place on Capitol Hill for the next attorney general. Former federal Judge Michael Mukasey was nominated by President Bush to replace Alberto Gonzales.

A Wisconsin man has been formally charged with manufacturing thousands of vaping cartridges laced with THC oil and selling them.Prosecutors say the man…

Commentator Kristine Holmgren says that she is concerned about the effect that the new welfare reform bill will have on the poor families at her church and around the country. She says the bill's supporters, who assume that private charities will increase services to offset welfare cuts, haven't taken into account one important factor. After 10 years of working with the poor, Holmgren says, she has learned that the poor are proud -- maybe too proud to ask for help from people in their communities, whom they have to face every day.

NPR's Julie McCarthy reports from The Netherlands that defense attorneys abruptly closed their case today in the trial of two Libyans accused of killing 270 people in the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland. The court reconvened after a month-long recess that was called to give the defense time to collect information from Syria that would supposedly implicate Palestinian militants. But the evidence did note materialize and so, after briefly calling a final witness, the defense ended its case. After both prosecution and defense make their closing arguments, the Scottish judges hearing the case are expect to return a verdict within ten days.

NPR's Michele Kelemen examines international reaction to a United Nations report about fighting in the Darfur region of Sudan. The U.N. cites "systematic abuses" by the Sudanese government, but does not characterize government actions as genocide. Ethnic Arab militants have been accused of attempting to "cleanse" black Africans from Darfur, and the violence has spurred a refugee crisis as people try to flee the area.