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Getty Images photographer Chris Hondros was killed while documenting the uprising in eastern Libya on April 20, 2011. These are some of the last photographs he took that day.

In John le Carre's latest novel, a young British couple vacationing in Antigua become embroiled in deception and corruption as they try to help a charismatic Russian oligarch escape his mafia past. Our Kind of Traitor debuts at No. 10.

This Saturday, comic-book stores worldwide will be giving away comic books ... free. It's called Free Comic Book Day and it's helping comic book stores grow, despite the rise of e-readers.

The termite queen may be the mother who makes the ultimate sacrifice for her swarms of children. Isolated in an earthen capsule, she lays more than a quarter-billion eggs in her lifetime. On the eve of Mother's Day, NPR honors this species' story of struggle, rebirth and death below ground.

Montana leads the country in the proportion of people who have signed up for the health law's insurance program for those with pre-existing conditions. But that amounts to only 198 people.

Just as everyone thought that no babies would hatch, a couple of hawks surprised the world.

She says Gibson was her first choice for the role. His humor is balanced by the fact that he "understands struggle from a very personal place and a very thoughtful place." And she says she will continue to support the controversial actor. "I'm not interested in running away from him," she says. "The Mel Gibson that I know, that I've experienced, and that I know intimately — and I think I can probably say you don't know — is an extraordinary man. And no one can take that away."

As world grain prices hover near record highs, a new study finds that rising temperatures have already harmed corn and wheat production. Analysts predict even higher food prices due to damage from climate change, and the poor in developing countries will be hurt the most.

May 21, 2011, according to some Christians, is Judgment Day, when the true believers will fly up to heaven while destruction befalls the rest. Disciples of this message are spreading the message of God's imminent wrath — and feverishly preparing for the Final Day.

It isn't easy to transition from teen idol to Hollywood star — and while heartthrob Rob Lowe may have succeeded, that's not to say his career hasn't seen some historic highs and lows. He chronicles his journey from the Brat Pack to The West Wing in a new memoir, Stories I Only Tell My Friends.