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Chrome Surpasses Firefox To Become Second Most Popular Web Browser

Internet Explorer remained king with 51 percent of the market.

Traveling Russia's Historic Trans-Siberian Railway

Russia is a vast country and a never-ending source of stories. Before he ends his reporting assignment there, NPR's David Greene rides the Trans-Siberian Railway across Russia. The railway stretches from Moscow across the country to the Pacific Coast.

The airstrikes that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers have sparked protests. In Peshawar, Pakistan, on Thursday students shouted anti-U.S. slogans.

U.S. Officials Say Pakistan Gave Go-Ahead For Airstrikes

Twenty four Pakistani soldiers were killed by NATO missiles on Nov. 26. Now, The Wall Street Journal reports, U.S. officials say a Pakistani military official had assured them no such troops were in the area. A Pakistani official disputes the story.

Toppled trees in the Highland Park section of Los Angeles did some heavy damage to vehicles parked along a street.

'Freakishly Powerful Winds' To Ease In Southern California, Utah

But they'll still be blowing pretty hard. And the combination of strong winds and low humidity has raised the danger of wildfires.

A U.S. Army soldier with the 10th Special Forces Group and his military working dog jump off the ramp of a CH-47 Chinook helicopter from the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment during water training over the Gulf of Mexico as part of exercise Emerald Warrior 2011 on March 1, 2011.

Some Combat Dogs Suffer Post-Traumatic Stress, Too

The U.S. military is learning now to treat PTSD in its canines. The shock of war can be just as hard on them as it is on humans. The remedies can be as simple as exercise or involve the same medications given to humans.

Sergei Tarkhov, a geology professor and Trans-Siberian veteran, stands near the zero kilometer mark at Yaroslavsky Rail Station in Moscow.

Russia By Rail: Setting Off From Moscow

NPR Moscow correspondent David Greene, producer Laura Krantz and photographer David Gilkey share their journey along the Trans-Siberian Railroad from Moscow to Vladivostok.

In <em>Shame,</em> Matthew Fassbender plays a sex-addicted New Yorker whose physical and psychological hungers drive him to the point of self-annihilation.

For Fassbender, Two Perspectives On The Perils Of Sex

Critic David Edelstein looks at two current films starring the actor Michael Fassbender — the anti-erotic drama Shame and the biographical drama A Dangerous Method, both of which grapple with the dangers of desire.

Aung San Suu Kyi, right, and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton embraced today when they met at Suu Kyi's home in Yangon, Myanmar (also known as Burma).

Why Burma? Why Myanmar? Why Both?

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton's visit to Myanmar, also known as Burma, has again focused attention on what to call that nation. For some, it's a political issue.

A stock clerk working on Black Friday moves merchandise into position at a Toys R Us store in Fairfax, Va. Retailers added 50,000 jobs in November.

Jobless Dip May Overstate Economic Improvement

The unemployment rate dropped unexpectedly to 8.6 percent in November, in part because hundreds of thousands of Americans stopped looking for work. But analysts said the modest increase of 120,000 jobs created last month points to an economy that's generally still limping.

Deconstructing A Skyscraper

In her new book, The Heights: Anatomy of a Skyscraper, author Kate Ascher sheds light on the infrastructure and services that make life and work possible in a modern skyscraper. She examines everything that goes into designing, building and maintaining these towering buildings.

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