The U.S. Mexico border has become a militarized zone — with fences, surveillance equipment and thousands of police and military personnel on both sides. In his remarks today, President Obama said his administration has answered critics' concerns about border security. But people who live in the region aren't so sure.
The last ice age may have ended a while ago, but some of its effects are still being felt in Maine. Dozens of tiny earthquakes recently rattled part of the coast along this otherwise geologically quiet state. Melissa Blocks talks with Robert Marvinney, director of the Maine Geological Survey.
In Richmond Tuesday, President Obama's health overhaul law got its first hearing before a federal appeals court. The three-judge panel actually heard arguments on two different cases decided by lower court judges last year. Robert Siegel talks to NPR's Julie Rovner for more.
Microsoft is paying a premium to acquire Internet phone company Skype. Skype still isn't profitable, but Microsoft announced Tuesday that it will pay $8.5 billion in cash to make Skype its own. Did Microsoft overpay? And how does it plan to make money on Skype?
