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A developer wants to knock down a remnant of the Berlin Wall to make way for luxury apartments. Some Berlin protesters — and actor David Hasselhoff — have been trying to stop it.

Also: The EU approves the merger between Penguin and Random House; Lemony Snicket describes the dangers of mayonnaise; and the best books coming out this week.

"This little baby — what my wife used to call my 'pretend money project' — is really going mainstream," says the chief scientist at the Bitcoin Foundation.

The National Confectioners Association says weather was one factor in keeping Halloween candy sales flat for the last two years. But could consumers also be heeding the messages to cut back on sugar and empty calories?

The suit is the first direct challenge to the FISA Amendments Act, the statute the government relies on to collect international communications in bulk.

A suicide attack at a Kabul restaurant popular with foreign nationals killed at least 21 people on Friday, including a senior official with the International Monetary Fund and four United Nations employees.

How many ads have you encountered today? On this week's radio show, we discuss the insidiousness of advertising in American media.

When you have a voice like Brittany Howard, just about anybody looks good singing along. But when that person is Terry Crews, it's even sweeter.

Scientists have developed promising clock-turning treatments for mice. Could pills that mimic the benefits of exercise help humans? In this Future You: the effort to stop the symptoms of growing old.

NPR's Scott Simon remembers journalist and friend Cokie Roberts, who died this week at the age of 75.