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Morning Shots: Reading This Roundup, Pursued By A Bear

Today: A zombie movie with real nightmare elements, awards for shows that aren't on yet, Hugh Laurie in RoboCop, and lots more.

'Pets,' 'Pizza' & 'Porn' Among New Internet Domain Names Sought

Those, and others such as ".sex," may be among suffixes such as ".com" at the end of Internet addresses.

A money transfer shop sports a broken window in front of a poster of euro banknotes on June 12 in Athens, Greece. The Greek electorate will go to the polls in a re-run of the general election on June 17 after no combination of political parties were able to form a coalition government. That vote could determine whether Greece retains the Euro as its currency.

Foreign Policy: 12 Signs of the Europocalypse

Amidst the glut of headlines and speculations about the future of the European experiment, Douglas Rediker and David Gordon of Foreign Policy outline 12 factors that could send the continent and the common currency over the edge.

A frame grab from a video taken by U.N. observers as smoke rose over the Syrian city of Homs earlier this week. The observers said Homs had been shelled by Syrian government forces.

Russia Says It's The U.S. That's Sending Weapons To Syria

One day after Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Russia is sending attack helicopters to the Assad regime, Russia's foreign minister said the U.S. is supplying weapons to the opposition. That's something the U.S. has denied.

Quintron (at left, in suit and shorts) conducts while Lady Tambourine plays at The Music Box on Saturday night.

A Night Out In New Orleans' New Bohemia

In New Orleans, music is a daily practice, a fantasy and forum for community building. In recent months, a sound-based art installation called The Music Box has been making those ideas into an experience.

Gov. Rick Scott On Florida Showdown With Feds

Florida's controversial voter eligibility program is intended to purge non-citizens from its rosters. State election officials say it's necessary to protect the integrity of elections. But the U.S. Justice Department has filed a lawsuit, saying eligible voters could get caught up. Host Michel Martin talks to Florida Governor Rick Scott.

"Not one U.S. citizen has been eliminated from the voter rolls," Florida Gov. Rick Scott tells NPR's Michel Martin. "Not one."

Fla. Gov. Rick Scott Defends Efforts To Clear Noncitizens From Voter Rolls

Democratic critics say Florida's Republican governor is purging eligible voters to give his party an Election Day advantage. Scott denies the accusation in an interview with NPR's Michel Martin on Tell Me More. "Not one U.S. citizen has been eliminated from the voter rolls," he says. "Not one."

Blinded By The Light, Birds Crash Into Radio Towers

Audie Cornish talks to Travis Longcore, associate professor of spatial sciences at the University of Southern California, about bird collisions with communication towers. Longcore co-authored a study that found 6.8 million birds die each year in the U.S. because they fly into communication towers.

A voter casts her ballot in Stow, Ohio, during the March 6 primary.

Romney, Obama: When Wooing Female Voters, Check Marital Status First

Will unmarried women, representing about a quarter of the nation's eligible voters, retain their ballot-box ardor for President Obama? And will their married counterparts give Republican Mitt Romney more electoral love than they gave John McCain in 2008? The answers could decide the election.

Climate Change May Spark More Wildfires In Future

A new study shows that in coming years, the frequency of wildfires will increase because of climate change. Audie Cornish talks to Max Moritz, lead author of the study at University of California-Berkeley.

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