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A maker of is recalling a slew of birth control pills because a mistake in the factory put the pills in the wrong place inside plastic packages. The error could leave women taking the pills at risk for unintended pregnancy.

They are one of the most damaging land snails in the world, and could devastate agricultural areas. So far, about 1,000 have been found in just one square mile. It cost $1 million to remove a previous invasion.

A man arrested Monday at an airport in Brazil had quite a bit of undeclared carry-on luggage: 72 bags containing almost a kilogram of cocaine inside his body.

One of the worst droughts on record is straining endangered species of minnows, so biologists are taking action. They plan on catching the fish to move them to a hatchery.

The Obama administration has courted the world's emerging powers. But now that India, South Africa and Brazil have rotating seats on the U.N. Security Council, U.S. officials and human rights activists complain they're not living up to expectations.

A World War II-era fighter plane crashed into the stands at an air show in Reno, Nev., late Friday afternoon. At least three people were killed and more than 50 injured, many severely. From Reno Public Radio, Brandon Rittiman reports.

After more than three decades of peace between Israel and Egypt, relations are fraying. A cross-border attack last month left five Egyptian police officers dead. Protesters last weekend stormed Israel's embassy. This week, most Israeli diplomats fled Egypt. Things have gotten so bad that Egypt's prime minister this week said even the 1979 peace treaty wasn't sacred. NPR's Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson joins host Scott Simon from Cairo to talk about the latest there.

Across the country, a group of education administrators, known as regional superintendents, are seeing their budgets shrink. These administrators are involved in providing services like teacher certification and other support for school districts. In Illinois, the state's 44 regional superintendents have been working without pay since the governor zeroed out their funding in July. Maria Altman of St. Louis Public Radio reports that the issue of whether or not these officials are needed at all is coming to a head.

Baseball fans are cheering in Detroit and heaving a sigh of relief. But in New England, pro basketball fans are bracing for the sounds of silence. NPR sports correspondent and noisemaker Tom Goldman talks host Scott Simon through all this and more.