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A bite-sized look at what we’re hearing: Connecticut police departments may be audited for false tickets soon. Smoking and vaping in Westport just got harder.

In an NPR interview, a former Bush administration official says a decision by Tehran to recount some ballots in last week's disputed election is a positive step, but is ultimately aimed at keeping incumbent leader Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in power.

The Girl Scouts have launched a major makeover to revitalize their brand and boost their membership, especially among minorities. The group hopes to debunk the image of girl scouting as making crafts, camping and baking cookies.

While the Democratic presidential candidates are campaigning down to the wire in the important states of Texas and Ohio, the GOP presidential frontrunner took the weekend off. Sen. John McCain returns to the campaign trail Monday in Texas, where he's hoping to solidify his party's nomination.

Many listeners wrote in about Wade Goodwyn's story on UFO sightings in Texas, and one pointed out that we missed a teaching opportunity about superior mirage phenomenon. Robert Siegel talks with Christine Pulliam, a spokeswoman for the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, to find out more.

Republican Pete Domenici announces he won't seek re-election because of a progressive brain disease.

The government rescue of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac sent mortgage rates plunging on Monday. Some bond investors say this is a positive first sign. But the future of these two mortgage financing giants depends on what happens when a new administration takes over in Washington.

A helicopter crash and a separate collision involving two other choppers killed 14 Americans today. It was one of the deadliest days for U.S. troops in the war in Afghanistan.

President Obama travels to Fort Hood, Texas, Tuesday to attend a memorial service for the victims of the shooting rampage that took place there last week. The massive Army post is taking time to honor those who lost their lives and were wounded, but it is still going about the business of getting soldiers ready to deploy in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Forty years ago today, astronaut Neil Armstrong took that fateful first step onto the moon, effectively putting an end to the space race and expanding the boundaries of science and engineering.