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A new North Carolina government program subsidizes people who want to become beekeepers. The initiative is an attempt to address a nationwide bee shortage that threatens the future of American agriculture. NPR's Adam Hochberg reports.

Both the earthquake and the tsunami damaged buildings and killed people in Indonesia's Aceh province. Many houses are chest-deep in mud. NPR's Melissa Block talks to reporter Paul Dillon.

A growing number of psychologists have set out to determine what makes the heart sing. Scientists are using Palm Pilots to gauge people's moment-to-moment levels of happiness.

Officials in Atlanta have arrested the man who escaped from the Fulton County courthouse on Friday after a shootout. Brian Nichols is suspected of killing four people and critically injuring one. NPR's Kathy Lohr reports.

Criticism about low voter turnout among young people may miss a larger point... and some fear it could have a chilling effect on participation in elections yet to come. Youth Radio's Belia Mayeno reports.

In the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, more than 100,000 people have been displaced because of a surge in fighting between rival militias. The unrest also has sparked a cholera outbreak.

A swarm of tornadoes killed at least 10 people across the Midwest over the weekend. At the University of Kansas, officials called off classes Monday after 60 percent of the buildings were damaged by a storm. Missouri was the worst hit state with nine storm-related deaths.

Americans spend a good deal of money eating out, a habit tied to the nation's obesity epidemic. Researchers say the less people can pay for food, the more calories they consume. NPR's Patricia Neighmond reports in the first of a two-part series.

At least three people died in an explosion at the Iraqi Parliament in Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone on Thursday.

An earthquake off the Indonesian island of Sumatra badly damaged buildings along the coast, killing several people and triggering tsunami warnings for much of the Indian Ocean region.