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She received a telephone bill, and immediately noticed something wrong. The number showing how many euros she owed had the decimal point in the wrong spot and an extra 12 zeroes added. She owed 11 quadrillion euros.The company finally relented it was a mistake.

The admission marked a reversal for Tokyo Electric Power Co., which had defended it preparedness before the 2011 tsunami.

In a congressional debate in Los Angeles, a uniformed officer had to put daylight between the candidates. Things got ugly when the two Democrats discussed immigration.

A child's question and an old paradox: If the sky is filled with stars, why is it dark at night? Physicists say the answer lies in those deep dark spaces between stars — evidence of our expanding universe.

Fifty years after Cesar Chavez created a farm workers union, President Obama dedicated the labor leader's home as a national monument. But a new book calls Chavez a "tragic hero." Matt Garcia wrote From the Jaws of Victory: The Triumph and Tragedy of Cesar Chavez and the Farm Worker Movement, and he speaks with guest host Celeste Headlee.

Malarkey is "meaningless talk, nonsense." Vice President Biden said that's what GOP vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan was spreading. Where the word came from is a bit of a mystery.

The right to choose the school you want your child to attend has been the subject of court battles and bitter political debates. Still, both President Obama and Mitt Romney have made school choice a cornerstone of their efforts to reform public education.

The Iron Curtain fell more than two decades ago, but one capital in Europe remains divided: Nicosia, in the tiny island-nation of Cyprus. A 1974 war between Cyprus and neighboring Turkey left the two ethnic populations on the island — Greek and Turkish Cypriots — separated and embittered.

Why is insurance employer-based? What kind of health care options would young women face under a President Romney? NPR's health policy correspondent breaks down the issues you want to know about leading up to the election.

A reporter's quest to understand differences in regional recipes of the Middle East staple yields homespun stories about their provenance.