AP - 2/4/2012 9:06 AM
NEW YORK (AP) -- If you're expecting to be shocked by all the Super Bowl ads, don't hold your breath: There won't be many surprises....
AP - 2/4/2012 8:12 AM
NEW YORK (AP) -- Facebook's billionaire CEO Mark Zuckerberg calls himself a hacker....
AP - 2/4/2012 6:25 AM
MOSCOW (AP) -- Russia's state-controlled Gazprom natural gas giant acknowledged for the first time Saturday that it had briefly reduced gas supplies to Europe amid a spell of extreme cold....
AP - 2/4/2012 6:18 AM
STOCKHOLM (AP) -- A group linked to the hacker network Anonymous says it has attacked the Swedish government's website and shut it down by overloading it....
NPR - 2/4/2012 5:00 AM
- Business
In an about-face, the Susan G. Komen for the Cure foundation announced Friday that it is not cutting off funding for Planned Parenthood. Komen is one of the nation's most prominent breast cancer groups. They came under intense criticism for their initial decision to cut off some funding for Planned Parenthood. Guest host David Greene talks with NPR's Julie Rovner and Rob Stein, who have been covering the story.
NPR - 2/4/2012 5:00 AM
- Strange News
The Chinese automaker JAC unveiled their latest design this week, and it bears a rather notable resemblance to the Ford F-150. Though the engine is much smaller, the JAC 4R3 will go on sale across China and in Africa and Latin America, after its debut at the Beijing motor show in April.
NPR - 2/4/2012 5:00 AM
- Business
One employer just starting to come back from the brink is Majestic Yachts Incorporated, a houseboat manufacturer in Kentucky. Guest host David Greene checks back in with the CEO, Jim Hadley. He last spoke to Hadley in February 2009 as part of NPR's First 100 Days Project about the impact of the recession.
AP - 2/4/2012 4:27 AM
HEBRON, West Bank (AP) -- Hundreds of Palestinian protesters have called for their prime minister's resignation over recent tax and price increases....
AP - 2/4/2012 3:08 AM
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama is rallying support for his plan to expand government assistance to homeowners, pressuring Congress to help lower lending rates for millions of strapped homeowners....
NPR - 2/4/2012 3:08 AM
- Politics
President Obama wants Congress to end certain tax breaks for the very wealthy. In response, Senate Democrats introduced legislation that would require those earning $1 million annually to pay no less than 30 percent in taxes. The bill faces Republican opposition, and is likely to be an election year issue.
AP - 2/4/2012 1:22 AM
MUNICH (AP) -- Italy is now a "safe place" amid market turbulence, Premier Mario Monti said in an interview published Saturday, pressing for Europe to turn its political energy to generating growth rather than further plans to strengthen budget discipline....
AP - 2/3/2012 4:16 PM
TORONTO (AP) -- Canada's prime minister heads to China next week where he'll discuss Canada's vast oil reserves in a visit that's being viewed as an "open warning" to the United States, which rejected a pipeline from Canada to Texas....
AP - 2/3/2012 3:55 PM
ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- "Crucial" issues remain to be resolved in Greece's critical negotiations over a second multibillion euro international bailout, and talks would continue into the weekend, the country's Finance Minister said early Saturday....
AP - 2/3/2012 3:52 PM
COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho (AP) -- Some shareholders have sued Hecla Mining Co. for stock losses they endured after the federal government shut down the Lucky Friday Mine for safety violations....
NPR - 2/3/2012 2:33 PM
- Planet Money
Lard didn't just fall out of favor. It was pushed. It was a casualty of a battle between giant business and corporate interests.
NPR - 2/3/2012 12:23 PM
- Health
The breast cancer organization has suffered one of the worst public relations disasters in recent memory. Komen relies heavily on positive associations with its cause, but restoring its luster will be quite a task.
NPR - 2/3/2012 12:00 PM
- Economy
Friday's lower unemployment figures are good news for the Obama administration early in an election year.
NPR - 2/3/2012 12:00 PM
- Business
The social network filed to go public earlier this week and is hoping to raise $5 billion in a huge IPO. The markets are buzzing, but what might it mean for an individual investor? Melissa Block gets the story on how high profile IPOs work from Dennis Berman, Marketplace editor at The Wall Street Journal.
NPR - 2/3/2012 11:30 AM
- The Salt
At the Fife and Drum Restaurant, located in a Massachusetts minimum-security prison, inmates learn to cook and wait tables. Regulars praise the tasty lunches served up at bargain prices. Prison officials say such job training reduces the chances prisoners will re-offend.
NPR - 2/3/2012 10:53 AM
- Economy
Five years ago, Federal Reserve head Ben Bernanke said the housing sector wasn't a major economic concern. In fact, most experts failed to see the looming subprime mortgage crisis that sank the U.S. economy. If they were so wrong about the Great Recession, it's possible they could also be blind to a "Great Recovery."
NPR - 2/3/2012 10:53 AM
- Pop Culture
Watching the Super Bowl ads every year has become not only a parlor game but an annual checkup of the national zeitgeist. Research shows that more than half of those tuning in want to see the commercials as much as ? or even more than ? the game itself.
NPR - 2/3/2012 9:56 AM
- Health Care
After a national backlash, the Komen for the Cure breast cancer foundation says it will continue its funding to Planned Parenthood. Earlier this week, Komen said it would cut support for affiliates of Planned Parenthood, which performs breast cancer screenings, amid an investigation by GOP lawmakers into Planned Parenthood and its funding of abortion services.
NPR - 2/3/2012 9:45 AM
- Business
The Labor Department said the economy added 243,000 jobs in January, well beyond many economists' expectations. The unemployment rate fell to 8.3 percent.
NPR - 2/3/2012 7:35 AM
- The Two-Way
Fans hoping to toast a Giants or Patriots Super Bowl win in Indianapolis will need to stock up early on their champagne supplies ? Indiana bans the sale of alcohol on Sundays. A patchwork of similar laws are in effect across the country.
NPR - 2/3/2012 2:14 AM
- Author Interviews
Some believe America is in decline. But author Robert Kagan disagrees. He talks to Steve Inskeep about his new book The World America Made." President Obama recently discussed an article Kagan wrote for The New Republic called "The Myth of American Decline."
