June 11, 2010 | NPR · A rescue effort is under way for Abby Sunderland, 16, who was attempting to sail around the world solo. An Airbus A330 spotted her boat in an upright position and made contact with her via radio. A spokesman says she's doing fine after running into rough seas.

June 11, 2010 | NPR · The federal government has come up with a new estimate of the size of the Gulf oil spill. The figures indicate the blown-out well may have spewed as much as 2.1 million gallons of oil per day. The estimate indicates the leak already has put 4 to 8 times more oil into the water than the Exxon Valdez spill.

June 11, 2010 | NPR · Tension is growing on the border between El Paso, Texas, and Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. An American border agent shot and killed a Mexican teen, who was reportedly throwing rocks. Cell phone video that contains vivid pictures of the shooting has been broadcast by Univision.

June 11, 2010 | NPR · An Army investigation has found more than 200 cases at Arlington National Cemetery involving mismanagement of grave sites. In some cases, graves were marked improperly. In others, remains were found in graves marked as empty. The Army has disciplined the two top officials at Arlington and brought in a new temporary superintendent.

June 11, 2010 | NPR · In an interview with NPR's Steve Inskeep, the California governor said the passage of Proposition 14, which moves the top two vote-getters to the general election regardless of party, will benefit candidates like him.

June 11, 2010 | WCPN · Since his freshman year in college, Duwain Pinder was focused on getting a job on Wall Street. But when the financial crisis shattered that dream, he put all his energy into landing a job in management consulting. His drive helped him land a job as a business analyst for McKinsey & Co.

June 11, 2010 | NPR · Wildlife officials closed an area in the Gulf where oysterman Mitch Jurisich has been farming oysters for years. He sold them to Al Sunseri, president of P&J Oyster. The other six or seven oystermen Sunseri normally buys from had already been shut down by the spill -- Jurisich was his only source left.

June 11, 2010 | NPR · Medical marijuana is legal in 14 states, and advocates would like to expand that or legalize pot altogether. But the judges, lawyers and therapists who work in drug courts say changing attitudes make it harder to convince people that marijuana is a problem.

June 10, 2010 | NPR · Congress has held more than two dozen hearings on the Gulf oil spill. Lawmakers are looking into what happened, who's responsible and what should be changed. They've also found a target in BP, perhaps the only organization less popular than Congress right now.

June 10, 2010 | NPR · Prosecutors have been voicing their fraud and corruption allegations against former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich for more than a year. Now that the trial is under way, the defense will lay out its strategy for avoiding a conviction that brings all but certain prison time.