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Egyptian Activist: Even The Confusion Is A Success

Dalia Ziada said the joy of being able to elect a president is also fraught with confusion.

New York City's Department of Education issued its first guidelines this spring for how teachers should navigate social media.

Friend Your Students? New York City Schools Say No

This spring, the city's Department of Education issued its first guidelines about how teachers should navigate social media. The rules make it explicit: Teachers cannot friend or follow their students on Facebook or Twitter, but they can have professional accounts and pages for students to follow.

Suspect Arrested In Etan Patz Kidnapping Case

Charges could be filed in the case of Etan Patz, a 6-year-old boy who disappeared from his New York neighborhood in 1979. Pedro Hernandez, who was a bodega clerk when Patz disappeared, has been arrested. Audie Cornish talks to Bob Hennelly of member station WNYC.

Some fear that with rising medical costs and an aging population, the country's nursing staff will be stretched too thin.

Need A Nurse? You May Have To Wait

A new poll finds 34 percent of patients hospitalized for at least one night in the past year said "nurses weren't available when needed or didn't respond quickly to requests for help." We asked nurses why that might be. Stories poured in about being overworked, comparing the job to "spinning plates."

After Harrison Wright was drafted into the U.S. Army as a teenager in 1943, he became a bugler.

The Day Taps Echoed Through Belgium's Hills

During World War II, Harrison Wright served with the Army in Europe. And as he recalls during a visit to StoryCorps with his grandson, he was sent on a very special assignment to mark the end of the war.

After hyperinflation in 2008, Zimbabwe abandoned its own currency, which included notes of 50 billion Zimbabwe dollars and even trillion-dollar notes. The main currency is the U.S. dollar, though the South African rand (on right) is also used in some places.

How Crumbling U.S. Dollars Bailed Out Zimbabwe

Back in 2008, Zimbabwe's inflation rate was estimated at 79 billion percent. To cure hyperinflation, Zimbabwe ditched its own currency in favor of U.S. dollars. There's only one problem: Those constantly circulating dollars are now filthy and falling apart.

SpaceX Craft Docks With Space Station; Commercial Era Begins

The historic first mission to dock a commercial spacecraft at the International Space Station is happening today, and is being webcast around the world.

An Egyptian election official counting ballots from the presidential election.

Egypt May Be Headed To Runoff Between Islamist And Former Mubarak Aide

As officials count ballots from this week's first-ever free presidential election, the Muslim Brotherhood is claiming its candidate got the most votes and will be in a runoff next month against ousted President Hosni Mubarak's last prime minister.

Lost Bike Found After 41 Years; Then, The Story Gets Weird

The spin that one British newspaper has put on this otherwise unremarkable story may give you a laugh. So might the video that the Cape Cod Times produced.

The best thing to do when this gal shows up in your garden is to let her be

Stand Back When Snapping Turtles Crop Up In The Garden

Snapping turtles look to suburban New England gardens to lay eggs as their habitats are increasingly threatened. So the next time you're checking the progress of the peas and lettuce this spring, beware.

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