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Tell Me More's end-of-life series continues with Washington-area 80-somethings talking about the realities of retirement with Michel Martin.

The birth marks the first for a sitting French head of state in 155 years. The last time this happened Empress Eugenie gave birth to Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte.

Three months ago, the southern Afghan city of Kandahar looked to be dangerously unstable after the murders of Kandahar kingpin Ahmed Wali Karzai and the city's mayor. Despite fears of a struggle to fill the leadership vacuum, some Kandaharis say life is better without those power brokers.

The man who ruled Libya from a fortress-like compound in the heart of Tripoli reportedly spent his last moments holed up in a culvert under a road in his hometown of Sirte. The exact circumstances of his death remained as murky as his whereabouts since the capital fell in August.

The host of the NPR-distributed show has drawn criticism for her role in an offshoot of the Occupy Wall Street protests. Simeone was fired as host of Soundprint, a separate, independently produced documentary radio program.

As the nation's student-loan debt climbs toward $1 trillion, many students face 20-year repayment plans. The average debt is $24,000, but some owe far more and say this burden influences life decisions, from buying a house to whether to have children.

One day after Moammar Gadhafi's death, Libya is celebrating. But questions persist over exactly how he died — and how to bury him. And the Texas Rangers and St. Louis Cardinals are tied in the World Series, 1-1.

The second game of the World Series came down to the ninth inning Thursday night, as the Texas Rangers used base hits, sacrifices and a stolen base to beat the St. Louis Cardinals, 2-1. The series is now tied, 1-1.

With a book about Steve Jobs' life set to hit real and virtual shelves soon, his official biographer, Walter Isaacson, is appearing on 60 Minutes. The book reveals that Jobs waited months before having surgery on a tumor — and unknowingly met his biological father.

When researchers dug into Danish cancer data, teasing out cases involving people who'd had cellphones with those who hadn't, they found no increased risk of brain tumors. Swedish researchers also noted in an editorial that national rates of glioma, a brain cancer, hadn't increased since the 1970s.