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This year's Caldecott medal went to a book about an older sister frustrated when her baby brother "helps." The Newbery went to a middle-grade tale about a time traveler at the turn of the century.

This week marks the 25th anniversary of the first real web browser, Mosaic, the tool that opened up the Internet to widespread use.

David Greene talks to Wired magazine's Steven Levy about his story on Healthcare.gov 2.0 and the "tech surge" team that's parachuted in to build it. The next generation launches on Nov. 15.

Passengers can hail the popular three-wheeled vehicles using an Uber app. Fares are set by the state.

A deputy editor for social media at Reuters has been indicted by the Justice Department for helping the hacker group Anonymous gain illegal access to the Tribune Company's servers. During the period in question, Matthew Keys had just been fired from a Tribune-owned TV station.

NPR's A Martinez talks to Dr. Rahul Gupta, the director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, about the record opioid overdoses in the country.

Dorothy Holm of Minnesota couldn't speak in the weeks before her death in 1996. She spent some of that time writing capital letters on the fronts and backs of 20 index cards. Her family couldn't figure out what she might have been trying to say. Crowdsourcing on the Web led to an answer.

There's new information in the investigation of Secret Service misconduct involving prostitutes before President Obama's visit to South America last week. Audie Cornish talks to Ari Shapiro for more.

Cressida Dick, 56, a former beat cop in London's West End, on Wednesday was named the first female police commissioner in the organization's 188-year history.

Also: "Devastated" Quebec town waits for word about missing; 10 die in crash of small plane in Alaska; Teresa Heinz Kerry is hospitalized; and Eliot Spitzer explains his return to politics.