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  • Homeowners Weigh Options As Lawmakers Try To Delay Flood Insurance Rate IncreasesThousands of coastal residents in New England could soon see their flood…
  • The game Continue?9876543210 explores what happens in the final moments in a video game character's life and their ultimate deletion from the system that spawned them.
  • Do boundaries meant to protect patients and staff outside abortion clinics violate the free speech rights of anti-abortion protesters? In 2000, the Supreme Court said no in a case involving "floating" buffer zones. But the issue is back before the court — which now has more conservative justices.
  • Computer scientist Peter Stone has taken his passion for soccer into the lab. He's developing robots that can play soccer. The work requires expertise in computer vision, robotics and understanding about how autonomous agents work together.
  • Commentator Frank Deford ponders why individual women's sports continue to be popular fare, while women's team sports simply never manage to attract much attention, let alone success.
  • Circuit boards and USB cards were implanted surreptitiously in the computers when they were shipped overseas from the manufacturers,The New York Times reports. The program, called Quantum, allows intelligence agencies to alter data and insert malware.
  • Also: How to tell whether you're in a Brontë novel; Simon & Schuster launches a new sci-fi imprint.
  • Senators couldn't reach agreement Tuesday on a way to restore benefits for 1.3 million people who have been out of work for extended periods. With the Senate planning to go on a recess next week, it's looking like any action will be put off.
  • Emergency personnel had known a Chinese teenager was lying on the ground at San Francisco International Airport near the wreckage. But as they spread foam on the area, she was covered up. Tragically, two fire trucks later ran over the girl. A coroner says those blows caused her death.
  • Every day this week, illustrator Maria Fabrizio will be creating an illustration inspired by a story she hears on Morning Edition.Today, she chose a story by Joe Palca about a computer scientist who is developing robots that can play soccer.
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