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The Federal Reserve's response to the crisis in the housing market was Chairman Ben Bernanke's biggest move since he took office. It comes in a week of publicity about his predecessor Alan Greenspan. But the real pressure stemmed from an economy at risk and the lives of consumers disrupted.

Along with the news about the Gen. David Petreus scandal, we've been hearing about lavish social events given in the Tampa, Fla., area. A lot of military brass from MacDill Air Force Base, where U.S. Central Command is headquartered, go to these events. Linda Wertheimer talks to Ben Montgomery, a reporter with the Tampa Bay Times, about how the scandal is playing out around Tampa.

On Saturday, Cambodian-Americans in Southern California are celebrating their new year festival with cultural dances, day-long picnics and visits to local Buddhist temples. But one group is also using the occasion to educate a new generation about the Khmer Rouge genocide.

In NPR Ed's latest Long Listen, we explore innovative schools that tap into the power of student-directed learning.

Wildfires that spread quickly in Northern California meant that hospitals had to evacuate on the fly. One woman in the middle of childbirth tells her story.

The Army's decision to look for an alternative route for the Dakota Access Pipeline comes with less than two months left in the current administration.

Stiller performed in a comedy duo with wife Anne Meara and appeared in films and on Broadway and television. Onscreen, he was George Costanza's father; in real life, he was dad to actor Ben Stiller.

NPR's Rachel Martin talks to McClatchy investigative reporter Ben Wieder about newly released records related to the case against Ghislaine Maxwell, a close associate of Jeffrey Epstein.

A number of major airlines have suspended service to and from Tel Aviv as the fighting between Israel and Hamas in Gaza intensifies. That's leaving passengers to find other arrangements.

As a year of conflict in the Mideast comes to a close, we look back at how Israeli and Palestinian parents explained the Gaza war to their children as the rockets flew.