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Sales at the chain's restaurants that have been open at least 13 months fell 1.8 percent in October. It's the first month-to-month decline for the fast-food giant in that important indicator since April 2003.

The micro-blogging service has warned many users that their accounts may have been "compromised" and that they should immediately create new passwords. While details haven't been released about where the threat is coming from, some users are pointing to China.

The election is over and the deadline for the so-called "fiscal cliff" is drawing closer. Host Michel Martin speaks with NPR Senior Business Editor Marilyn Geewax about how the two relate, and what it could mean for America's economic future.

China began its once-a-decade leadership transition as the 18th Communist Party Congress opened Thursday. The message focused on cleaning up government corruption, which President Hu Jintao said could be "fatal" to the party and the state.

Combined spending in the 2012 federal election cycle could top a record six billion dollars, according to a recent estimate. Guests also discuss how newly drawn districts altered the dynamics of several congressional races across the country, particularly in California.

NPR's Neal Conan reads from listener feedback on previous show topics including the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. He also reads updates from listeners on the winter storm that added to the problems across the mid-Atlantic and northeast United States.

It's not morbid! Cookbook authors the Brass Sisters want you to ask your elders for recipes this holiday season, before it's too late and they're gone. And also, try their Aunt Ida's tasty Poppy Seed Cookies.

A Mexican think tank says the marijuana legalization measures that passed in Colorado and Washington state will cut into cartel drug profits, as high as 25 percent in some U.S. states.

A California power crew took on one damaged street on Long Island.

"Our message was rejected by millions of Americans who went to the polls," one leader says. He adds evangelicals now need to approach politics in a fundamentally different way.