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NPR's Martin Kaste reports that South American currencies are dropping in value, and many are laying blame on Argentina, which is mired in debt and recession.

Commentator Ev Ehrlich says it will take more than a rate cut by the Federal Reserve to keep the U.S. economy out of recession.

NPR's Mary Ann Akers reports on a new FAA study that determines how many flights can be handled at the nation's major airports, without any delay. The report also recommends improvements to alleviate the growing problem of flight delays.

NPR's Patricia Neighmond reports on medical research showing that a drug used to treat obsessive compulsive disorder, can be effective in treating children who suffer from extreme anxiety. The drug is called fluvoxamene. The research is published in this week's New England Journal of Medicine

Managing a Major League baseball team has never been easy. And with skyrocketing salaries and multi-year contracts, star players can often exert more control over the team than the manager can. In part two of our series, The Changing Face of Sports and Society, NPR's Debbie Elliott examines how White Sox Manager Jerry Manuel keeps his players focused on what's best for the team.

NPR's Madeleine Brand reports that while crime rates for boys are dropping, more girls are being picked up for criminal offenses.

The trial of former Ku Klux Klansman Thomas Blanton Jr. is over. The man was convicted of bombing the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, in 1963. NPR's Debbie Elliott reports on the trial and sentencing in this highly publicized case.

NPR's Patricia Neighmond reports on a study which finds a woman need not get a complete physical in order for her doctor to determine whether its safe to use hormonal birth control, like "the pill." The study appears in this week's Journal of the American Medical Association.

NPR's Rachel Jones reports on a study which claims that the use of home monitors to track an infant's heart-rate does not necessarily prevent the occurrence of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, or SIDS. The study appears in this week's Journal of the American Medical Association.

NPR's Rob Gifford reports in a surprising turn of events, the Chinese Communist Party has started quoting Confucius. Most of the last half century, the party has tried to eliminate Confucius from public discourse. The revival of Confucionism might be an attempt to build public confidence in the government, which is riddled with corruption.

Noah Adams talks with NPR's Debbie Elliott about the verdict reached in the trial of a former Ku Klux Klansman for the 1963 bombing of a Birmingham, Alabama church. Thomas Blanton Jr. was convicted of murder in the explosion at the Sixteenth Street Church, which killed four black girls. Adams and Elliott discuss the closing arguments and reaction to the verdict.

In the latest Radio Expedition from NPR and the National Geographic Society, Alex Chadwick examines how an ore used in the production of electronics has been linked to the massacre of wildlife at a national park in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Coltan is a metal used in computers and cell phones. The miners who extract coltan have killed thousands of elephants and gorillas for food. (8:39)(S