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Michele Norris speaks with South Carolina Rep. James Clyburn, the Assistant Democratic Leader in the House, for reaction to President Obama's speech to the Congressional Black Caucus on Saturday.

Thomas Hoenig, the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, retires this week. He sticks out among members of the Open Markets Committee. He's voted against low interest rate policy years, and he's spoken against it, though in a decorous way. With just a couple of days left on the job, he's speaking more forcefully now.

There's one game left in baseball's 2011 regular season and four teams are tied for the last two playoff spots. It all ends tonight, or maybe not.

The Obama administration is appealing a lower court's decision that said the 2010 law's individual mandate was unconstitutional.

It's World Rabies Day. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention suggests a celebration to learn about how to prevent the spread of the fatal disease.

Melissa Block speaks with NPR's Ted Robbins about Wednesday's hearing on the future of Jared Loughner. The alleged shooter in January's Tucson rampage is being medicated against his will. This hearing will discuss his treatment — and whether he is fit to stand trial.

High cotton prices and bad droughts have conspired to create conditions that have caused a national peanut shortage. Consumers like Jennifer Rice will have to pay more to put peanut butter sandwiches in the lunchbox.

A listeria outbreak linked to cantaloupes from Colorado has infected 72 people in the United States and killed 13, U.S. health officials said on Tuesday. The food-borne outbreak is the deadliest in the U.S. in more than a decade, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Starting in October, nonviolent offenders will go to county facilities instead of state prisons, partly in response to a court order to reduce the state's prison population. The program is currently funded for nine months; despite the governor's assurances, some local public safety officials worry about what will happen after that.

The global financial community has been looking to Europe to act decisively with its debt crisis. German political leaders praised the 523-85 parliamentary vote as a victory for Europe and an important step toward solving the sovereign debt crisis. But most economists say the bailout fund needs to be even larger and stronger.