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Maryanne Zeleznik of member station WNKU reports that jailers in Kentucky can now charge inmates up to $50 per night plus administrative fees for their stay in the county jail. Supporters say the income will take some of tax burden off law-abiding citizens and hope that the additional penalty will act as a deterrent to potential law-breakers. Opponents believe that the additional financial burden could lead former inmates back to a life of crime to pay for their jail time.

Hundreds gather in New York, at the Pentagon and in Shanksville, Pa., to pay tribute to those killed in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks two years ago. At Ground Zero in Manhattan, a choir sings the Star-Spangled Banner and children of the victims read the names of their loved ones. Hear NPR's Eric Westervelt, Somerset County, Pa., Commissioner Jim Marker and NPR's Nancy Solomon.

Across the country, communities mark the second anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks with candles, silence, church bells and vigils. In New York City, 200 readers, mostly children, recite the names of the 2,792 people who died in the attacks on the World Trade Center. Hear NPR's Nancy Solomon.

Across the country, communities marked the second anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks with candles, silence, church bells and vigils. In New York City, 200 readers, mostly children, read out the names of the 2,792 people who died in the attacks on the World Trade Center. NPR's Nancy Solomon reports.

NPR's Steve Inskeep visits Shenzhen, a city in southern China, where skyscrapers and urban villages teem with life.

The tiny Persian Gulf nation of Qatar has pledged $100 million to help victims of Hurricane Katrina, and the Qatari ambassador will visit New Orleans to find out what more he can do for the storm victims. The ambassador says the motivation is not to improve the image of his Arab nation.

It's a big hit for the international soccer star who had looked forward to playing on his home turf.

In 1979, a pair of teenage brothers recorded an album on their family's farm in rural Washington. This week, Donnie and Joe Emerson's Dreamin' Wild has been reissued.

Journalist Steven Brill's latest book critiques the Affordable Care Act, which he calls "unsustainable." In the next few years, "something is going to snap," he says. "We cannot pay for this."

We've been counting down to the London Olympics, and now we're going to meet two women in rowing. The qualifiction for women's pairs was held recently in Princeton, N.J. Sarah Hendershot and Sarah Zelenka came from behind to win a spot on the Olympic team.

Netflix turned heads in Hollywood by giving Greta Gerwig's Narnia an exclusive theatrical release, a move that could signal a shift in the streamer's relationship with movie theaters.

Time spent behind bars in Mexico can be hard time indeed. Massive overcrowding, corruption and unbearably hot conditions are common. But during a visit to interview American inmates at a prison in Nuevo Laredo, three miles from the U.S. border, NPR's John Burnett discovered visiting families, snack stands -- even pets behind the walls.