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Some members of Congress are saying an alleged Iranian assassination plot amounts to an act of war. The Obama administration has already placed new sanctions on Iran but is not considered likely to pursue military action.

A new study looks at whether we can feed the world without destroying the Earth. The answer is yes, but how to make it happen is complicated, and will require big changes in the way we practice agriculture.

The Nigerian man charged with trying to blow up an airliner on Christmas Day in 2009 pleaded guilty today. Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab had tried to detonate a bomb hidden in his underwear. Tuesday, on the first day of trial, the government presented its case, including details of what happened on the flight that day. Then Wednesday, Abdulmutallab abruptly pleaded guilty to all eight counts against him. NPR's counter-terrorism correspondent Dina Temple-Raston talks to Robert Siegel.

Responding to a request from Rep. Tim Huelskamp (R-Kan.), billionaire Warren Buffett said he made $63 million and paid $7 million in taxes in 2010. That's a 17 percent tax rate — less than what his secretary pays.

A gunman opened fire on a packed salon, killing at least eight people. Police said the rampage will go down as one of Seal Beach's worst mass killings.

A drilling boom in Pennsylvania is helping the economies of Rust Belt cities long accustomed to bad news. Drilling requires lots of steel and that has manufacturers expanding and hiring new workers.

U.S. authorities have charged two Iranians in a plot to kill a Saudi envoy. Steve Inskeep talks to David Ignatius, a best-selling novelist and foreign policy columnist for The Washington Post, and to Karim Sadjadpour, an expert on Iran and the Middle East with the Carnegie Endowment, about the plot which astonished a lot of people.

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is fighting for the survival of his center-right government as he goes before parliament for a vote of confidence Friday. He faces growing discontent within his own party over his personal lifestyle and judicial woes. The test comes as Italy is increasingly engulfed in the eurozone debt crisis.

Even the state-run media in Syria is mentioning the Occupy Wall Street protests. Syria, facing its own protests, is highlighting American dissatisfaction. Now the U.S. embassy in Syria has responded on its Facebook page. The message acknowledges "unhappiness" about the U.S. economy.

Rob Sloan finished third in a marathon outside New Castle, England. Spectators saw him running through bushes and jumping on a public bus.