Lindsay Cohen:

Public transit in Seattle has gone to the dogs.

Commuters in Belltown report seeing a Black Labrador riding the bus alone in recent weeks.

"She gets on in front of her house and she gets off at the dog park, three or four stops later," said Jeff Young, who owns the dog. "She knows what she's doing."

This American Life:

Lulu Miller tells the story of Daniel Kish, who's blind, but can navigate the world by clicking with his tongue. This gives him so much information about what's around him, he does all sorts of things most blind people don't. Most famously, he rides a bike.

Donna St. George:

It was a one-mile walk home from a Silver Spring park on Georgia Avenue on a Saturday afternoon. But what the parents saw as a moment of independence for their 10-year-old son and 6-year-old daughter, they say authorities viewed much differently.

Danielle and Alexander Meitiv say they are being investigated for neglect for the Dec. 20 trek -- in a case they say reflects a clash of ideas about how safe the world is and whether parents are free to make their own choices about raising their children.

Andrew Keatts:

The idea is to identify people likely to commit serious crimes, and create an opportunity to arrest them for something else before that happens.