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U.S. gymnast Jordyn Wieber performs on the beam during the women's qualification of the artistic gymnastics event of the London Olympic Games on Sunday.

Disappointments: Gymnast Weiber Fails To Qualify; Marathoner Radcliffe Injured

Radcliffe is the fastest female marathoner in the world, yet she has never won an Olympic medal.

Empty seats and spectators are pictured during the dressage event of the eventing competition at the London 2012 Olympic Games in Greenwich Park, London on Sunday.

Empty Seats Have Olympic Committee Playing Defense

The committee said people should be careful not to come to judgment based on first-day attendance.

Spectators at the 2012 Olympic Games in London are likely to hear one of DJ Earworm's pop pairings that span genres and generations.

Olympic officials asked sound artist DJ Earworm to create themed mixes to be played at venues, stadiums and arenas throughout London during the 2012 Games. The result: some unlikely pop pairings that span genres and generations.

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney places a prayer note as he visits the Western Wall in Jerusalem on Sunday.

Eye On The Jewish Vote, Romney Commits To Israel

Mitt Romney is in Israel this weekend, in part to drum up support from pro-Israel groups living in the United States. The Jewish vote makes up only 4 percent of the American electorate, but it's where those votes are located that has both sides spending millions to woo them.

A <a href="http://visualscience.ru/en/projects/hiv/illustrations/" target="_self">3-D model of HIV</a> peeled back to show its layers. HIV's genetic material sits inside a spherical shell (gray matrix) studded with spikes (dark gray and orange). The sphere pops open when a T cell tugs on a spike.

How HIV Hijacks The Immune System

HIV is like a jack-in-the-box. When the viruses bump into particular cells in the immune system, the viruses' shells pop open and their genes enter the cells. Experimental therapies for HIV could stop the virus from getting in.

Emmy Nominations Are Out: 'Mad Men' Will Go For Record

If the show about Madison Avenue in the '60s wins again, it will be the first to have been honored with five "best drama" Emmys.

Anti-AIDS posters at the Eshowe public health clinic in Kwazulu Natal, South Africa. Clinicians there are hoping to slow the spread of HIV by getting more people treatment.

How HIV Treatment Can Curb The Spread Of AIDS

Clinicians on the front lines say HIV treatment could help end the AIDS pandemic by curbing infections. Studies have found that HIV drugs make a person less likely to transmit the virus to others because they decrease the level of virus in the body.

Ford's Escape was redesigned for the 2013 model year. Last month, this one rolled of the assembly line in Louisville, Ky.

Ford Recalls Some 2013 Escapes, Tells Owners Not To Drive Them

A problem with a fuel line could lead to an engine fire, the company warned. The recall affects 2013 Escape models with 1.6-liter engines. Ford will deliver a loaner vehicle to owners and take the Escapes to its dealers for repair.

What To Say In The Face Of Offensive Remarks

On a recent routine stop at his local dry cleaners, Keith Woods encountered a racist remark and he wrestled with how to respond. NPR's Vice President for Diversity in News and Operations talks about facing stereotypes and the difficult conversations precipitated by offensive remarks.

An industrial shredder at International Shipbreaking Ltd. in Brownsville, Texas. The landlocked city has become the hub of the U.S. ship-recycling industry.

When The Ship Comes In To Brownsville, Rip It Up

Over the past two decades, the landlocked city of Brownsville, Texas, has become the hub of the U.S. ship recycling industry. Ships from tankers to aircraft carriers are dismantled and stripped of reusable metals. And despite the world economic slowdown, it's still a highly lucrative business.

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