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To examine the turn global stock markets took this week, Linda Wertheimer talks to David Wessel, director of the Hutchins Center at the Brookings Institution and a Wall Street Journal contributor.

The Washington Post reported the mistake. But officials contend it was really a brilliant ruse to get attention and fight voter apathy.

Also: Russia says talks with Ukrainian and European leaders were full of "misunderstandings"; a genocide trial resumes in Cambodia; and the U.S. warship, "Old Ironsides", will be refurbished.

Officers moved into the camp in the city's congested Mong Kok district, rousing sleeping protesters and clearing the road of metal and bamboo barricades set up by pro-democracy demonstrators.

Phil Mortillaro dropped out of school and became a locksmith. Now he owns a Manhattan locksmith shop with his son, Philip Jr. Philip says his dad and the store have become neighborhood institutions.

"I've got to stay 100 percent present," Keaton says. He is currently starring in Birdman, a dark comedy about an aging movie star who once played a superhero — a role he can't quite get over.

The biographical drama tells the story of a Chinese novelist and poet who spent her brief life in so-called "interesting times."

President Obama has selected former White House adviser Ron Klain to coordinate the U.S. response to the deadly disease.

NPR film critic Bob Mondello says Birdman is an entertainingly complicated jigsaw puzzle — in both storytelling and technique.

Our recurring puzzler for careful listeners, this week featuring a selection of fills handpicked by All Songs Considered co-host and producer Robin Hilton. Hear the fill and match it to the song.