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  • Update: Several readers commented on the route shown in the map above. Lisa Chow took the car for purposes of this story, and chose a route that began and ended near NPR's New York offices.
    When A $65 Cab Ride Costs $192
    NPR's Lisa Chow was in the car for about an hour, rolling around Manhattan in the middle of a snowstorm. She got the car through Uber, the new service that charges more when demand spikes.
  • Shoppers at a department store in Sochi, Russia, pass an information banner with photos of suspected terrorists wanted by police. The color photo shows Ruzanna Ibragimova, the 22-year-old widow of an insurgent. Police say she has been spotted in recent days in central Sochi.
    Russians Fear A Sochi Legacy Of 'Black Widows,' Not Gold Medals
    Two weeks before the Winter Olympics, Russian security forces are reportedly searching for potential suicide bombers, at least one of whom may already be in the host city of Sochi. The suspects are thought to be linked to Islamist militants who want to create a fundamentalist Muslim state in Russia's North Caucasus Mountains.
  • A man carries an Egyptian police officer to an ambulance after Friday's blast at the Egyptian police headquarters in downtown Cairo.
    Mobs Blame Muslim Brotherhood After Bombs Rock Cairo
    A huge explosion outside a security headquarters killed at least four people and wounded dozens. Three smaller explosions later left at least two more people dead. Cairo is on edge this weekend, which marks the third anniversary of protests that led to the toppling of President Hosni Mubarak's regime.
  • Rafael Nadal of Spain celebrates after defeating Roger Federer of Switzerland during their semifinal Friday at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne.
    Nadal Sweeps Federer To Advance To Australian Open Final
    Spain's Rafael Nadal reaches his third Australian Open championship after defeating his longtime Swiss rival 7-6(4), 6-3, 6-3 Friday in Melbourne. Nadal faces Stan Wawrinka in the final.
  • Pakistani Judge Orders Death For Man Who Claimed To Be Prophet
    The 69-year-old British national, who had been treated for schizophrenia, was convicted under the country's strict blasphemy laws.
  • Egyptian security forces close Tahrir Square to disperse protesters in December.
    Three Years Later, Tahrir Protesters Drained And Defeated
    On Jan. 25, 2011, millions of Egyptians took to the streets of Cairo to demand President Hosni Mubarak step down. Now those who led the revolution have all but disappeared, and iconic Tahrir Square is a bitter place for many — a reminder of a momentary high in a battle they say they have lost.
  • A Ghost Ship With Cannibal Rats? A Story Too Grim To Be True
    Newspapers from the U.K. to the U.S. were reporting a sensational story this week about an abandoned cruise ship drifting across the Atlantic with a crew of cannibal rats aboard. It sounded too outrageous to be true, so we dug into the story and smelled, well, a rat.
  • Prediction
    Our panelists predict what will be the big surprise at President Obama's State of the Union.
  • Limericks
    Carl reads three news-related limericks: The Lesser of Two Evils, Your Wedding's in Good Hands, and From the Icebox to Your Inbox
  • An Admitted 'Ham' Shares Slices Of Show-Biz Life
    Sixteen short stories of a triumphant, tragic, and most of all, hilarious life in show business make up Sam Harris' new memoir, Ham: Slices of a Life. NPR's Jacki Lyden speaks to Harris about his rise to fame after winning the first season of the 1980's hit TV show Star Search.
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