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NPR Arts Desk producer Felix Contreas shares his picks for the best jazz and Latin music of the year. A reissue of Nat King Cole's piano playing tops his list, but he recommends some new stuff as well: an album from drumming legend Changuito and the latest from Maceo Parker.

Former New York Times reporter Judith Miller on Tuesday bolstered the prosecution of a former top aide to Vice President Dick Cheney. Miller testified in federal court in Washington, D.C., that Lewis "Scooter" Libby had told her of the identity of a CIA agent more than two weeks before it became public in July 2003.

The foiled plot to kill Saudi Arabia's ambassador to the U.S. is not likely to lead to military reprisals, analysts say. But it will increase tension within a set of tangled relationships.

While most of the attention in next month's presidential race is going to incumbent Hamid Karzai and his top two challengers, there will be dozens of other names on the ballot. Abdul Salam is one of them. He earned his nickname "Rocketi" when he was a commander with the mujahedeen fighters and distinguished himself with his uncanny ability for firing rocket-propelled grenades.

As China prepares for a once-in-a-decade leadership transition, pressures are mounting for the party to change. Discontent over stalled political reforms, a U-turn in economic policy, and a political scandal involving murder and corruption suggest change is expected — but it could be only limited in scope.

The Occupy Wall Street movement has been criticized for lacking focus — but its main slogan seems to be resonating. That slogan, "We are the 99 percent," highlights the issue of income disparity. It's something economist Jeffrey Sachs has been tracking for a long time.

As China gears up for a once-in-a-decade political transition, those vying for leadership are backing competing socio-economic models. This year's political debate has sprung out in the open — and it has leaders and constituents considering how to move forward politically.

Long a model for top-notch care for presidents and soldiers alike, Walter Reed Army Medical Center became a byword for bureaucratic bungling in 2007. Army officials are still addressing the failures revealed by an investigation that found wounded soldiers left to fend for themselves.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to Washington Post columnist Alyssa Rosenberg about the all the TV shows featuring scammers and what that says about current culture.

Davos, Switzerland, is the glamorous place where about 2,600 wealthy business executives, top political leaders, central bankers and closely followed economists gather this week. They will discuss ways to hold off a potentially disastrous European financial meltdown that would threaten world growth.