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In New Mexico, state lawmakers are figuring out what to do with a budget surplus. As NPR's Ted Robbins reports, Republicans want to give some of the money to businesses, in the form of tax breaks.

Democrats want to restore some of the cuts to services made over the last three years.

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Freddie Mac has invested billions of dollars betting that U.S. homeowners won't be able to refinance their mortgages at today's lower rates, according to an investigation by NPR and ProPublica.

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Would you consider contributing to a national time capsule of sorts to preserve your family's priceless stories?

StoryCorps, a nonprofit... (via Regent Property Group)

A $5 billion dollar federal program to pay for the health benefits of early retirees is proving to be more popular than expected.

So popular that it's running out of money earlier than planned. From Minnesota Public Radio, Elizabeth Stawicki reports.

Her member station report is part of a collaboration with NPR and Kaiser Health News.

NPR's go-to librarian would like you to meet some friends of hers — from six novels and one work of history.

As you read, these artfully developed characters will become more and more real. Pearl says that when the stories ended, she was left longing for the people she'd met between the pages.

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The Federal Reserve joined other major central banks Wednesday in a coordinated effort to shore up the global financial system.

The move comes at a time when credit is becoming tighter, especially in Europe, because of doubts about the health of big banks.

Steve Inskeep talks about the move with NPR's Jim Zarroli in New York.

NPR's David Welna talks with Mary Louise Kelly, for the latest developments on the debt ceiling negotiations after the House of Representatives postponed a vote on its bill last night.

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A request on NPR's Facebook page asking people to share their dreams of being an astronaut brought more than 1,000 responses.

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The hunt for Osama bin Laden started in the flames of Sept. 11, 2001. America is still at war with Afghanistan, where bin Laden began his campaign against the West.

NPR Photographer David Gilkey, who is embedded with troops in Helmand Province, gives the troops' reaction to bin Laden's death.

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NPR's Lourdes Garcia-Navarro has the latest news from Libya.

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