Feb 3, 2012 — 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.
Feb 3, 2012 — 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.
Feb 3, 2012 — Police in Wisconsin have charged a woman with theft over accusations she tried to profit from Facebook's initial public offering. Authorities say she sold fake stock in the social media giant.
Feb 3, 2012 — Police have apprehended a man accused of stealing five tons of ice from a glacier in Chile. The Guardian reports police nabbed him with the illicit ice in his refrigerated truck. They believe he planned to sell it as designer ice cubes to the trendy bars of Santiago.
Feb 3, 2012 — Poet Wislawa Szymborska of Poland died this week at the age of 88. Renee Montagne talks to Lawrence Weschler about her death. He covered Poland in the 1980s and '90s as a staff writer for The New Yorker. And Weschler has written about her in his books including his latest Uncanny Valley.
Feb 3, 2012 — 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."
Feb 3, 2012 — Justice Department and Pentagon officials have worked to create a military commission system that mirrors federal courts in the U.S. One way they're doing that: Justice Department lawyers are teaming with military prosecutors at Guantanamo, preparing the cases against the alleged Sept. 11 conspirators.
Feb 3, 2012 — The measure would explicitly prohibit members of Congress, top aides and senior administration officials from using nonpublic information to trade. The Senate passed its version of the bill Thursday.
Feb 3, 2012 — The Transportation Security Administration says it has zero tolerance for agents who steal from passengers. At New York's JFK airport on Thursday, police say an agent was caught stealing $5,000 from a passenger's jacket as it was going through the X-ray conveyor belt.
Feb 3, 2012 — Super Bowl XLVI is this Sunday in Indianapolis. The New York Giants face the New England Patriots in a game that features two top quarterbacks — Eli Manning and Tom Brady. Madonna will perform at halftime.
Feb 3, 2012 — An IPO filing provides a window into wealth. In the case of Facebook, the wealth will likely be enormous and spread across hundreds if not thousands of early investors and employees. The number of millionaires and billionaires in Silicon Valley grew noticeably Wednesday.
Feb 3, 2012 — In the race for the Republican presidential nomination, a number of contests are awarding delegates on a proportional basis. That fact, combined with a back-loaded calendar, may stretch out the nominating process until the party's convention in August.
Feb 3, 2012 — The U.S. unemployment rate fell to 8.3 percent, its lowest rate in nearly three years, the Labor Department reported Friday. Nearly a quarter of a million jobs were added to payrolls in January — almost double what the market was expecting.
Feb 3, 2012 — Greece is trying to make a deal to slash the amount of money it owes bondholders. Hedge funds will take significant losses. But the International Monetary Fund also loaned Greece a lot of money, and it will be paid back in full. If the IMF isn't paid back, most countries will not lend Greece any more money.
Feb 3, 2012 — Senators on Capitol Hill have criticized Edward DeMarco for the investment practices of Freddie Mac. DeMarco heads the federal agency that controls Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae. NPR and ProPublica reported that certain trades at Freddie Mac amounted to bets against homeowners being able to refinance their mortgages. DeMarco tells Morning Edition's Steve Inskeep that the trades were not particularly risky, and would...
Feb 3, 2012 — Real estate mogul and Apprentice star Donald Trump endorsed Mitt Romney for president in Las Vegas Thursday. Analysts suggest Trump's endorsement could hurt Romney since he is trying to fend off accusations that he doesn't care about the poor.
Feb 3, 2012 — United and Continental Airlines have been engaged in the enormous task of merging. Drake Bennett writes for Bloomberg Businessweek magazine, and he tells Renee Montagne that merging means "endless decisions, from uniforms to coffee."
Feb 3, 2012 — Connecticut is one of two states that ban the sale of alcohol on Sundays. That means residents have to plan ahead for Super Bowl parties. Governor Dannel Malloy says lifting the Sunday ban would make the state more competitive with its neighbors.
Feb 3, 2012 — A study of cocaine addicts finds that they have abnormalities in areas of the brain involved in self-control. And these abnormalities appear to predate any drug abuse.
Feb 3, 2012 — Republican strategists say it's not clear yet whether the primary battle will help or hurt Mitt Romney if he becomes the nominee. He emerged from his win in Florida with both his strengths and his weaknesses on display. Plus, some Republicans worry that the race's negative tone will turn off voters.
Feb 3, 2012 — It used to be unthinkable for high-end designers to sell their clothes at mass retailers. Now they regularly team up with Gap, Macy's and Target to bring fashion to the masses. The arrangement can help both the designers and the retailers.
Feb 3, 2012 — Peter and Jacqueline Headen's courtship story is one of ups and downs — spanning one war, three countries and four decades. It all started in 1958, at a roller-skating rink on the Indian Head naval base in Maryland.
Feb 2, 2012 — Axelrod said the economy has improved significantly since the 2009 interview in which Obama said his presidency would be a "one-term proposition" if there no were turnaround. Axelrod quickly added, however, that there's much more to do to fix the economy.
Feb 2, 2012 — Six women in a Texas prison have compiled a cookbook called From The Big House To Your House. The women must cook using a hot pot. They can't boil water, since that could become a weapon. They don't have access to a stove, refrigerator or a knife.
Feb 2, 2012 — After a wild ride from Hawaii to the streets of Los Angeles, a Laysan albatross was freed Wednesday. The bird, with a white body, black wings and a curved yellow beak, was spotted in Los Angeles on the back of a pickup truck.
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