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The country's economy has not only been slowing down recently — it's been slowing faster than expected. That's due largely to overly effective efforts by Beijing to rein in earlier blistering, and unsustainable, growth. Many say the downshift will continue unless the economy undergoes serious reform.

A catchy, crazy little song for one sweet voice, accordion and recorder has enraptured a country — and more than one American listener.

The youth groups that were so crucial to the overthrow of Mubarak feel "they may have lost the revolution," NPR's Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson reports from Cairo.

Soul music is rooted in gritty perseverance, so pairing up stalwarts Bettye LaVette and Charles Walker works on so many levels, it's a miracle it hasn't happened until now. "Yours and Mine" is an exhilarating affirmation of the power to prevail.

It turns out he's not a 17-year-old boy who was living in the woods with his father until dad died — the story he told German police. He's a 20-year-old Dutch man with personal problems.

Summer dust storms that blow through Phoenix have a funny name — haboobs — but they can be deadly. This summer, Arizona's transportation officials turned to poetry in their safety campaign, encouraging Twitter users to tweet haikus. This one came from Mindy Lee: "Haboobs blow through town / In one instant it is dark / Pull over and wait."

The Associated Press Stylebook is the media's go-to guide for things like grammar and punctuation, and it's often revised to keep up with vernacular. Its 2012 edition includes a chapter on fashion, and in a Twitter chat this week the AP declared "jeggings" an OK word for the trendy hybrid of leggings and jeans. It added that "jorts" is not an OK term for jean shorts.

Controversial court rulings on presidential and parliamentary elections sparked protests Thursday. Many in Egypt worry that this brings to a head the battle for power between the country's ruling generals and the main Islamist party, the Muslim Brotherhood.

With the country also known as Burma taking steps toward democracy and respect for human rights, Coke is returning after a 60-year absence. What are the two nations where it still won't be doing business?

The head of the U.N. Supervision Mission in Syria said Friday that there appears to be a "lack of willingness" on the government and anti-government sides to see a peaceful transition in the country.