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In what may be an unprecedented collaboration, a rare and as yet incurable illness has brought together two unlikely communities: parents of children, and owners of dogs. The two groups are linked by the fatal illness, Batten disease.

In Port Arthur, Texas, an oil refining town that was in the direct path of Hurricane Rita, officials are now assessing the damage to pipelines and refineries. Almost every building in town has had some damage.

Mechanics are threatening to walk off the job Saturday unless Northwest Airlines drops its demands for job and wage cuts. The carrier says it has replacement workers ready, and that it needs to dramatically cut costs to stay afloat. From Minnesota Public Radio Jeff Horwich reports.

NPR's Adrian Florido talks with Benjamin Torres Gotay, a reporter and columnist for Puerto Rico's El Nuevo Dia, about recent arrests of elected officials related to corruption.

Preliminary results from Haiti's presidential elections show former President Rene Preval with a substantial lead. International election observers sharply criticized Haitian election officials for poor organization, but said the vote generally appeared to be free and fair.

New fines were issued Wednesday by the Federal Communications Commission. The fines are aimed toward indecent programming on broadcast television.

Many businesses have relied on high sales volume to make a profit, but higher costs for wholesale goods and dwindling inventory because of supply chain disruptions are forcing them to raise prices.

The nation's emergency rooms are crowded and overwhelmed. A major investigation says hospital ERs, which can barely handle daily 911 calls, are far from ready to handle the mass casualties that a flu epidemic or terrorist strike might bring.

Everyone suddenly wants to learn Mandarin Chinese. The problem is that there are few credentialed teachers. Now the Chinese government is making plans to develop teaching partnerships with U.S. public school districts.

April 25 is Yom Hashoah, an annual remembrance of the Holocaust. It is still used as a touchstone for modern-day genocide. For NPR's Jeffrey Katz, it is more than a day of remembrance