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More than a dozen states have passed new voting regulations this year. Kris Kobach, the Republican secretary of state in Kansas, says his state's voter ID law will cut down on fraud. But Rolling Stone's Ari Berman, who has covered the laws extensively, says fraud isn't widespread and the laws disproportionately affect certain groups.

Millions of cats suffer and die from feline AIDS every year. Scientists have found a way to prevent infection by injecting cat eggs with monkey genes that block HIV infection. And to help identify cats with the special genes, they added jellyfish genes to the mix.

A Miami neighborhood has been invaded by giant African land snails, 10-inch long creatures that eat everything from garbage to the stucco on the sides of houses. "It's us against the snails," says the local official leading the eradication effort.

The death toll rises to 9 in Friday's plane crash at a Reno, Nevada, air show. The pilot and at least eight other people died when a World War II-era plane crashed into the crowd. Weekends on All Things Considered host Guy Raz gets the latest from Brian Duggan, a reporter for the Reno Gazette Journal, who's at the site of the crash.

From a back-of-the-pack start, the Tea Party favorite won an upset victory in the Iowa straw poll but lost ground when Texas Gov. Rick Perry got in the race. A feisty debate put her back on an upswing, but how long she can keep that momentum remains to be seen.

The administration has promised to veto any resolution before the U.N. Security Council to recognize an independent Palestinian state. But many of America's closest allies support the Palestinians' bid, setting the stage for a messy diplomatic situation in New York this week.

Jimmy Carter, the first U.S. president to call for a Palestinian homeland, urges the U.S. to not veto Palestine's statehood vote at next week's U.N. meeting. There's "no downside" to it, he says, as international recognition could reinvigorate failed peace talks between Israel and Palestine.

Some public health experts believe vaccinating girls as young as 11 against HPV is crucial to preventing cervical cancer later in life. But some parents struggle with the decision to get their daughters vaccinated because the virus is sexually transmitted.

The state will pick up four new U.S. House seats next year, thanks to a soaring Latino population. But civil rights groups and the U.S. Justice Department are signaling they may have some concerns about the redistricting process. A court case could force the state to draw new boundaries.

The creators of the eurozone stopped halfway: The participating countries would use a common currency, but they wouldn't have common tax and spending policies. In other words, it was a monetary union but not a fiscal one. The debt crisis has now shown governments it's hard to have it both ways.