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House Democratic leaders have a plan to add unemployment benefits and education funding for veterans to President Bush's war funding bill.

Stocks are down in reaction to the shakeup at Citigroup, one of the world's largest banks. Marketplace's Jill Barshay talks about how the company wrote off as much as $11 billion dollars in debt and how that could affect Citigroup's banking clients.

The Senate's new plan to battle the housing crisis includes tax breaks for homebuilders and tax credits to those buying foreclosed homes. It includes little helping for people who are facing foreclosure, however.

The United Auto Workers pick General Motors as lead labor negotiator as Detroit car companies approach a new four-year contract. GM rivals Ford and Chrysler agreed with the union to extend the current contract until a new deal can be worked out.

Bear Stearns traders and dealers have seen the value of their stock share plummet and their futures put in jeopardy. Marketplace's Janet Babin explains that Bear Stearns employees may try to find new jobs, but with a recession looming, it's not going to be easy to find work.

NPR's Alex Chadwick talks to Bob Moon of Marketplace about cars that are the most popular targets of thieves.

NPR's Alex Chadwick talks to John Dimsdale of Marketplace about the winners of this year's Nobel Prize in Economics -- an American, Edward C. Prescott, and Finn E. Kydland of Norway.

A Leon County circuit judge Tuesday refused to put on hold a lawsuit filed by Florida State University against the Atlantic Coast Conference, as a big-money battle between the university and its longtime conference continues to play out in two states.

Scientists expose the X chromosome's complete genetic sequence. New research shows how the X and Y chromosomes evolved from a pair of regular chromosomes 300 million years ago.

SpaceShipOne becomes the first privately funded rocket plane to complete two trips to the edge of space within a two-week window. The feat makes the craft the apparent winner of a $10-million award known as the X-Prize, designed to encourage space tourism. Hear NPR's David Kestenbaum.