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Inflation has eased - though consumers in the U.S. are still looking for ways to trim expenses.

Dr. Magnus Ranstorp, chief scientist at the Centre for Asymmetric Threat Studies at the Swedish National Defense College, talks to Ari Shapiro about the U.K. terror plot. Ranstorp says that this is not the first time terrorists have thought to use liquid explosives.

For years, nuns at the 85-year-old Monastery of the Angels in Los Angeles have helped pay the bills by selling pumpkin bread. But now their oven is broken — and they're broke. The nuns are praying for a new oven to help relieve the financial distress.

Among the victims of a powerful earthquake near Chengdu, China, are hundreds of young students who are feared dead after being trapped in the rubble of their middle school.

Amazon's annual two-day sale for Prime members is here. Not all deals are as good as they seem, however. It pays to do some research to ensure you're getting the best price.

Sen. Barack Obama told the American Israel Public Affairs Committee on Wednesday that he is a "true friend" of Israel. At the same event, his rival, Hillary Clinton, did not concede her role as the Democratic presidential candidate, but said she shares his support of Israel.

Kids love to do things on repeat. The same books read over and over, the same games, the same questions. It can be exhausting for parents, but researchers say repetition is key to childhood learning.

Feeling under the weather is never enjoyable, but being sick in a combat zone is wretchedly miserable. Stuck with bronchitis, Capt. Nate Rawlings is reminded of why sometimes, when you can't be sure of the outcome, all you can look forward to is the end.

Israeli warplanes pounded the Gaza Strip for a third day Monday. The death toll in Gaza surpassed 300, with at least 1,000 wounded. U.N. officials say more than 80 of the Palestinian dead are civilians. Two Israeli civilians are known to have died so far in Hamas rocket attacks.

There is still no sign of a cease-fire in Gaza after more than two weeks of fighting. Sporadic gunbattles between Israel and Hamas continue, and the U.N. says tens of thousands of internally displaced Gaza civilians are struggling to find shelter from the fighting.

President Obama hosted Thursday a bipartisan health care summit, in a bid to bridge deep divisions between the two parties on health care.

NPR's Scott Simon talks to Gail MarksJarvis, personal finance blogger for the Chicago Tribune, about her recent post, "Is my money safe in a bank?"