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Mark your calendars: The world is ending Oct. 21. So says Harold Camping, the doomsday prophet who had said Judgment Day would come May 21. Camping had a stroke a few days after his prophecy failed, his organization is tottering and many followers have fallen away. But some still believe.

In 2006, Malin Alegria's debut novel was unique in the world of young adult fiction: It followed a Mexican-American girl through a quintessential coming-of-age experience — the quinceanera. Today, Alegria's book is still celebrated in Latino communities — and publishers are starting to pay attention.

Israel and the Palestinian group Hamas are carrying out the first stage of a prisoner exchange. On Tuesday, Israel is releasing nearly 500 Palestinian prisoners for Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit. In total, some 1,000 Palestinians will be let go.

She is the highest-level U.S. official to visit Libya since the Gadhafi regime's collapse. Among the initiatives Clinton will announce: Donations of medical equipment to treat the war-wounded.

Limited research on the health effects of indoor cookstoves and lack of affordable stoves and fuel has contributed to the problem of people getting sick and dying from indoor exposure to cooking smoke, say NIH Director Francis Collins and others.

As part of Tell Me More's occasional series "In Your Ear," Nick Austin, host of the show "New Soul Sunday" on WDET in Detroit, Michigan, shares some of his favorite tunes. They include Brand New Heavies' "Saturday Night" and Jazzanova's remix of "Wonderlove."

Tell Me More continues its series on aging and the end of life. Children who care for aging parents may experience a confusing reversal of roles. Also, author and journalist Jane Gross finds that about 28 percent of the U.S. population are unpaid family caregivers, and among them, about 43 million are responsible for an older adult. Michel Martin speaks with Gross, "My Mother's Brain" blog author Beatriz Terrazas and "Speakeasy" blog editor Christopher John Farley.

When a "haboob" blew through Monday, the skies quickly went dark. Locals say it was the biggest such storm in memory.

Gallup has asked the survey question since 1969 and this is first time half of Americans think pot use should be legal.

Many people know how to respond when colleagues hurt themselves, or are felled by heart attack or stroke. But few know what to do in a psychiatric crisis. The Mental Health First Aid program aims to teach people to respond to psychiatric emergencies, from anxiety to eating disorders to psychosis.