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U.S. border czar Tom Homan says 700 federal agents will be leaving Minnesota. And, the New START Treaty between the U.S. and Russia expired today.

The uniquely Alaskan sled dog race now draws scrutiny, protest and even allegations of doping and sabotage.

2009's top works of foreign fiction, as picked by critic Jessa Crispin, feature a geography as wide ranging as their topics: genetic research, civil unrest, sibling resentment, and fairy-tale depictions of government corruption.

Top stories in the news this week included the conviction on terror conspiracy charges of Jose Padilla in federal court, turmoil in the world's financial markets, staff changes at the White House and more trouble for Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards.

Having learned to operate without Osama bin Laden's regular leadership, al-Qaida and its affiliates will continue to launch attacks, analysts say. But some say the group's ambitions and its ability to recruit may be diminished by his death.

A security guard at the Tops market tried to fire back at the shooter, but his fire struck body armor instead. Experts say use of body armor by mass shooters has trended up in recent years.

Gen. Stanley McChrystal, the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, is not the first general to get in hot water for disparaging a president and his policies. There's a long line of others who did that and lost their jobs.

The information, from a former al-Qaida member once detained at Guantanamo Bay, allowed U.S. investigators to disable a plot to place package bombs on cargo planes bound for the U.S.

Democrats debated in Las Vegas, the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency issued a report on Iran's nuclear program, and the Senate deadlocked on a funding bill for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Scott Simon discusses the week's top stories with NPR Senior News Analyst Dan Schorr.

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Graeme Wood, staff writer at The Atlantic, about his profile of Mohammed bin Salman, the crown prince of Saudi Arabia.