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Susanna Moore tells the saga of an ambitious girl, a family's artistic fortune and a world at war. Young heroine Beatrice Palmer is whisked off to Berlin where she is put to work packing up priceless artwork in a wealthy family's mansion.

Mitt Romney's comments from a secretly-taped video at a May fundraiser create more challenges for a campaign already facing a dip in the polls. NPR'S Ken Rudin and Politico's editor-in-chief, John Harris, talk about the Romney campaign and how the tapes may affect it, and a new poll of voters.

Texas was once the center of the movement to safeguard gun rights. Today, nearly every fight has been won in the state, and indeed around the country. While gun owners in East Texas celebrate and cherish their rights, they remain distrustful.

The leaked photos came just before a visit by U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta. Last year, the Chinese tested a stealth plane while the previous defense secretary, Robert Gates, was visiting. The moves are seen as an attempt by the Chinese to show off their rapidly expanding military technology.

This summer, a businessman in an Oregon college town commissioned a huge mural depicting a Tibetan monk setting himself on fire. Soon after the mural went up, the Chinese consulate in San Francisco sent a letter to the city's mayor insisting it be removed before it "tainted" U.S.-China relations.

For the first time since 2007, the United States saw a rise in government restrictions on religion.

But White House spokesman Jay Carney stopped short of saying the attacks were planned in advance.

For Jews, Yom Kippur marks a time for atonement, reflection and repentance. But people of many faiths — as well as those who aren't particularly religious — have different ways of thinking about atonement, what it takes to achieve it and how it affects their lives.

In his new book, The Fine Print: How Big Companies Use "Plain English" to Rob You Blind, author David Cay Johnston examines the fees that companies have added over the years that have made bills incrementally larger. He tells Fresh Air that companies are misusing language to "confuse people."

Minnesota gamblers no longer have to rip paper pull-tabs to see if they've won cash: As of this week, they can use an iPad to play games that give them instant feedback. The venture was sparked by a need to raise money to help for an NFL football stadium costing an estimated $975 million.