All Things Considered
After Superstorm Sandy, the Food Bank of Monmouth and Ocean Counties in Neptune, N.J., is filled with water bottles, canned food and other goods. But these supplies are going out almost as fast as they come in. Amy Walters/NPR hide caption
California begins a new plan to ration greenhouse gas emissions from large companies on Wednesday. Big companies must limit the greenhouse gases they emit and get permits for those emissions. Above, the Department of Water and Power San Fernando Valley Generating Station, in Sun Valley, Calif., in 2008. David McNew/Getty Images hide caption
Tony Landenwish loads ammunition with cremated remains for Holy Smoke in Stockton, Ala. The bullets are used as an alternative to scattering a loved one's remains in a special place or putting them in an urn on the mantel. DAPD/AP hide caption
President Obama speaks during Veterans Day ceremonies at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia on Sunday. Brendan Smialowski/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
David Petraeus, then-CIA director, testifies before the Senate Intelligence Committee in January. Petraeus resigned Friday after acknowledging an extramarital affair. Karen Bleier/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
An Afghan refugee girl walks back to her home in a slum on the outskirts of the Pakistani capital, Islamabad, in August. She is one of an estimated 1.7 million mostly Afghan refugees in Pakistan. Muhammed Muheisen/AP hide caption
Olga Veloso protests banking giant Bankia last month in Madrid. Veloso and her neighbors have twice blocked bailiffs from evicting her from her apartment after she lost her job and stopped paying the mortgage. Juan Medina/Reuters/Landov hide caption
Guitarist and songwriter Keith Richards calls "Street Fighting Man" one of his favorite Rolling Stones songs. MJ Kim/Getty Images hide caption
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