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a doctoral candidate in Clinical Psychology, about another pitfall of the internet: the possibility of addiction. Responses to a survey Brenner posted on the world wide web suggest, he says, that some users may be unable to monitor or limit the amount of time they spend in cyberspace.

Robert talks with Doug Cook, the director of the Agency for Health Care Administration in Florida. They discuss why this state agency decided to put the names, discipline records of 949 doctors...as well as the malpractice accusations leveled against them...onto the World Wide Web. (STATIONS: to reach the website discussed in the piece, the address is http://www.state.fl.us./fdhc)

Guest host Sheilah Kast speaks with Jonnie Robinson, curator of the British Library's Collection of Accents and Dialects. The library recently released over 55 hours of audio on their Web site that document the evolution of British English over the past 50 years.

A video posted on a militant Islamic Web site shows the beheading of a man identified as civilian contractor Eugene Armstrong. Armstrong was kidnapped along with one British and one American colleague from their house in Baghdad Thursday. Hear NPR's Peter Kenyon and NPR's Robert Siegel.

Assimilating into South Korean society is rarely easy for North Korean defectors. Top plastic surgeons are volunteering their services to help minimize the scars they bear from painful, abusive pasts.

This year, the NBA welcomed several elite prospects who skipped college to play for a new minor league team. NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with G League President Shareef Abdur-Rahim about the team, Ignite.

The author of Fight Club has a new collection of short stories out, called Haunted. But that's not all he's up to this October. Chuck Palahniuk has a zealous fan base mostly centered around his Web site. But this month, he's vowed to answer fan letters... not e-mail.

Old wives' tales have transformed themselves into Internet rumors, pranks and myths. Reporter Doug Fine talks to David Mikkelson, the co-founder of Snopes.com, a Web site dedicated to busting urban legends.

The joro spider has managed to make its way to the United States from Japan. Those spiders can grow to be about 3 inches long, including a large bulbous body with bright yellow stripes.

The reigning world champion is the first woman to stick the landing after two flips and three full twists. Biles also made history by performing a double-double dismount off the balance beam Friday.