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The Supreme Court hears arguments on whether companies can be barred from selling file-sharing software that can be used to illegally download movies and music. Grokster and Streamcast argue they should not be held liable for copyright infringement because they don't clear consumer requests or files.

Gasoline prices have been falling over the past month, with the average dropping 20 cents in the last three weeks. But diesel users have not seen the same price improvements.

Ukraine's outgoing president, Leonid Kuchma, supports a restaging of the entire presidential election. But the opposition rejects this proposal, saying a new election would be too time-consuming. NPR's Lawrence Sheets reports.

Graco Children's Products agrees to pay a $4 million penalty for late reporting of problems with its products, including high chairs and strollers. It's the largest civil penalty issued by the Consumer Product Safety Commission. Christopher Conkey of The Wall Street Journal talks about the fine.

For people who follow the car business, the big news coming from the North American International Auto Show on Monday was no surprise. Still, GM employees…

Barbara Kingsolver's new novel weaves together a story of personal awakening with larger themes of environmental stewardship and climate change. Heroine Dellarobia Turnbow's life begins to change when she sees a strange vision in the Appalachian hills — a lake seemingly afire.

Canada ships about 2.5 million barrels of oil to the U.S. every day, much of which comes through a pipeline system that dead-ends in Cushing, Okla., a town where incoming oil supplies have backed up enough to keep oil prices in the middle of the country lower than on the coasts.

Jobs have become one of the most important barometers in assessing the president's performance, and the latest report shows that, in some ways, the economy has slipped backward. The anemic economic recovery is taking a political toll on the president, amplifying his other challenges.

Tony Dungy retired as coach of the Indianapolis Colts just two seasons after winning the Super Bowl. Since then, he's worked as an NFL analyst, a motivational speaker — and now, as a writer. His new book is about the importance of mentoring, a task he took on with Michael Vick.

On Friday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average index experienced its largest single-day drop in almost two years. The decline comes on the heels of decreasing consumer spending and slowing job growth. Host Liane Hansen speaks to David Wyss, chief economist for Standard and Poor's, about the cooling off of the U.S. economy.