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In Farmington, N.H., cops cruise the streets looking for good behavior. When they see it, they hand out restaurant coupons. And in Finland, fines are based on income — some can really add up.

Here & Now's Jeremy Hobson gets the latest on North Korea stepping up its rhetoric against the U.S. from NPR's Mary Louise Kelly.

Anti-American anger in the Arab world is at an all-time high, shaped by the Iraq war -- and a perception that U.S. foreign policy is hostile to Arab and Muslim concerns. NPR's Deborah Amos concludes her series on Iraq's Arab neighbors.

From the 1950s through the 1970s, millions of students in driver's education classes watched films that offered a grisly brand of highway safety education -- they used actual footage of bodies twisted by car crashes to instill the fear of reckless road behavior. A new documentary called Hell's Highway tracks the history of these shock-value films. NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with director Bret Wood.

A half century ago, American and British physicians started a medical service called the "Flying Doctors" to airlift people out of remote eras in medical emergencies. It has now become a way to reach out to Kenyans who have long gone without medical care.

Our own Day to Day technology contributor reports on Star Wars director George Lucas' new home for creating films, the Letterman Digital Arts Center in San Francisco -- a "campus" of virtual studios at the base of the Golden Gate Bridge.

The ongoing conflict in Iraq dominates a discussion with the press held by President Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair at the White House. The leaders held a joint press conference at the White House.

Researchers at North Carolina State University have developed a dog harness, equipped with speakers and vibrating motors, that could be used in search and rescue or to improve dog training.

The Environmental Protect Agency has drafted regulations on Ozone pollution. The latest move exposes divisions between the Obama administration and leading Republican lawmakers over the environment.

Secretary of State John Kerry took a surprise trip to Somalia on Tuesday. The visit is a first for a U.S. secretary of state. For more on Kerry's visit, Steve Inskeep speaks with NPR's Gregory Warner.