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Earlier this week, two women took a new approach to raising awareness about Syria's crackdown. The wives of the British and German ambassadors to the United Nations appealed directly to Syria's first lady with a video on YouTube. The narrator calls on Asma Assad to "stop being a bystander" — and to stop her husband and his supporters from continuing the conflict.

Drummer and singer Levon Helm was a founding member of The Band. Helm and his group played as a backup band for Bob Dylan in the 1960s. Later the band became famous enough to simply be called The Band.

The new book, China Hand, details the life of John Paton Davies, a U.S. diplomat who served in China during World War II. After China fell under Communist control, Davies was repeatedly investigated for Communist ties. Davies never finished writing his autobiography — he died in 1999. Steve Inskeep talks to his daughter Tiki Davies.

The Post published a photo of Gov. Chris Christie at a Bruce Springsteen concert. His head was back, his eyes closed and the Post said he fell asleep. The governor insists he was just listening.

A video that caused a sensation in Mexico for using child actors to highlight social and political challenges has been removed from both YouTube and the website of the group that produced it. Despite being online for less than a week, "Niños Incómodos" was viewed more than 1.8 million times.

The photograph seems to support Zimmerman's claim that Trayvon Martin slammed his head against concrete.

An odd story and two weird questions on the New York state English exam are causing laughter and consternation.

The accident happened after a trailer came loose and hit a bus carrying agricultural workers headed to work.

Hear the Icelandic folk-pop group perform songs from its debut album, My Head Is an Animal.

The conflict over publishing controversial bird flu research may come to a head next Monday, as the Dutch government meets to consider whether it should lift controls that have kept a scientist from openly discussing his work with the deadly virus.