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The London Olympics have produced lots of fascinating moments in its early days. Records have been shattered, rules have been broken. And it's only the first week. NPR's Mike Pesca has been covering the games and joins Steve Inskeep.

A NASA rover called "Curiosity" is approaching Mars. After a more than eight-month journey, it's set to land on Mars late Sunday night. Steve Inskeep and Renee Montagne report.

Kofi Annan will step down at the end of the month from his post as UN-Arab League envoy for Syria. Annan's resignation is the latest blow to the faltering efforts to find a solution to the crisis in Syria. Steve Inskeep talks about the implications with Robert Malley of the International Crisis Group.

Sprint-Nextel Corp. says it's cooperating with a Securities and Exchange Commission investigation into its collection and remittance of state and local…

Local officials in the Town of Fishkill have asked federal representatives in Washington to seek a delay in flood insurance requirements.Town Supervisor…

The General Assembly is expected to pass a measure that reprimands the Assad regime. But it's being viewed as a largely symbolic gesture. Meanwhile, fighting continues. And neither side may be strong enough to win any time soon.

The dispute among Ulster County officials concerning the procedure to redistrict the county legislature may be resolved. County lawmakers and…

Patricia Krentcil became a national story when her obsession with tanning led to charges that she had also taken her 6-year-old daughter into a tanning booth (Krentcil says she didn't do that). But now, her skin is practically fair.

While job growth was the best it's been in five months, there weren't enough new positions added to payrolls to bring down unemployment. The jobless rate has been just above 8 percent each month this year.

The big news on Day 7 of competition in the 2012 Summer Olympics is that Track and Field events — or, "Athletics," if you're an Olympic scheduler — finally get on the track and field. Here's a look at Olympic highlights for Friday