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Convinced that signals from Wi-Fi devices and cellphones have been making them sick, dozens of people have moved to a "radio quiet zone" around the National Radio Astronomy Observatory in Green Bank, W.Va.

One customer was nabbed by police for sampling raw meat in a Pennsylvania store. A family of five was living in a car at a Walmart in Florida. And at a store in Missouri, a girl had a run-in with a monkey. At any given moment, there are 850,000 Americans inside a Walmart store. Something weird is bound to happen.

Many people don't want to tell their doctor that they have symptoms of depression. And they've got a variety of reasons: fear of antidepressants, fear of being sent to a psychiatrist and worries about the confidentiality of medical records.

Solyndra got $535 million from the government. It has since failed. The Washington Post says White House officials asked repeatedly how soon its loan would be OK'd. The White House says it expressed "active interest," but didn't pressure reviewers.

Dogs, pigs, monkeys, mice and fish are among animals who have glowed for research purposes. The Mayo Clinic is working to transfer an AIDS-fighting protein from Monkeys to cats. It has added a jellyfish gene (for the glow) to help track what happens.

Washington Post reporters obtained emails that suggest that White House officials did push the Office of Management and Budget harder than OMB officials would've liked to speedily review Solyndra's application to keep on schedule an official groundbreaking event featuring Vice President Biden.

The $18 billion Space Launch System could take its first manned test flight in 2017. And NASA says it could be the spacecraft that takes man to Mars.

An estimated 30,000 mentally ill people in Indonesia suffer in chains and cages due to stigma and lack of access to treatment. In a country of 240 million people, there are less than 600 psychiatrists, many of them based in urban centers.

"There's a long tradition of people who don't like a particular message turning to attack the person delivering the message," he told NPR. "I view it as an honor, really."

Towns and villages in Vermont and upstate New York are beginning to recover from Tropical Storm Irene. But scientists say the widespread chemical and sewage spills, and the cleanup's effect on trout streams, could cause lasting environmental damage.