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NPR's John Ydstie reports the stock market was unusually volatile today...losing more than 160 points today before recovering. Positive news on inflation and industrial production did little to calm jitters on Wall Street.

NPR's Joe Palca reports that the E-coli bacteria, which was infecting food here in the United States several years ago, is causing food poisoning in Japan. But scientists do not know how it is being transmitted.

Linda Gradstein reports from Jerusalem on how a sandstone mansion in East Jerusalem known as Orient House has become a symbol of confrontation between Israel and the Palestinians over their rival claims to the ancient city.

NPR'S Michael Skoler reports from Eritrea on the efforts of the overnment to unite Eritrea's different ethnic and religious groups following he end of the civil war and the gaining of independence from Ethiopia three ears ago.

Minnesota Public Radio's Dan Gunderson reports on horrendous weather conditions in the northern plains: record flooding, white-out blizzard and high winds have paralyzed parts of Minnesota and the Dakotas.

report that there may be a liquid ocean underneath the ice of Europa, one of the moons of Jupiter.

Roving reporter Bob Garfield wants to have his white house painted, and his needs to raise some funds to get the job done.

Linda talks with Cybill Fix, a reporter for the Charleston Post and Courier, about the Citadel military academy's announcement today that ten male cadets have been punished for hazing two female cadets.

NPR's Christopher Joyce reports that a German archeologist has discovered the world's oldest hunting tool -- a hunting spear. The 400,000-year-old artifact tells much about life of Homo heidelbergenis.

NPR's Jim Zarroli reports that the stock market was off sharply again today. The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost more than a hundred and fifty points in a day of volatile trading.