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If you listen carefully, you'll catch phrases in Downton Abbey that are ahead of their time. Linguist Ben Zimmer points out snippets of dialogue that Lord Grantham would have been unlikely to say.

In a city not far from Beijing, authorities have been seizing iPads from retailers. Not because they're fake but because a Chinese company claims it owns the iPad name. Apple did buy the rights to the name, but from an affiliate in Taiwan. The mainland Chinese company maintains it still owns the name in China.

Midwest Property Services is testing the DNA of 200 dogs. Their owners live in apartments around Sioux Falls, S.D. The Argus Leader reports the DNA will go into a database. That will make it possible to identify which owners fail to clean up after their dogs.

Riots break out after the Greek parliament passes harsh new austerity measures aimed at saving the country from default.

Grammys honor Houston, as officials say singer's cause of death will have to wait toxicology reports that could take as much as two months.

The president proposes a budget aimed at cutting $4 trillion over a decade, but it increases spending in some areas to boost the economy.

We've gone through angry times before in this country: Vietnam, Redbaiting, the Depression, Reconstruction and the Civil War. But historically, eventually, we always seem to sort of get over it. What can we learn from the anger-recovery periods of American history?

Taking the primaries handily, Henrique Capriles said it was time to end Chávez's socialist experiment. Capriles says he admires Brazil's "modern left" economic model.

For some people, Feb. 14 is not all hearts and candy. Without a sweetheart, the holiday can be dreary. For those not in love this year, author Alex Gilvarry prescribes three books that will cure the worst of those Valentine's Day blues.

NPR reporters break down the president's budget proposal, exploring where he wants to spend and where he wants to make cuts.