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While on her visit to Myanmar, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton met with Nobel Peace Prize winner and opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi at her home. She has been freed from house arrest after many years, and says she trusts the new government's changes enough to run for office in upcoming elections.

Maker's Mark, the Kentucky bourbon, comes in a bottle sealed using red wax. The company considers that a trademark, even though no two bottles are exactly the same. So Maker's Mark was not happy when the makers of Jose Cuervo tequila tried to sell bottles the same way.

Some time ago, a restaurateur made a bet with Leon Panetta, then head of the CIA, that if the U.S. found Osama bin Laden, he would open a bottle of wine from 1870. Panetta said this week that he has collected on the bet. After the raid, Panetta sent word to Ted Balestreri to watch TV and prepare to deliver the $10,000 bottle of wine.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.