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The Nasdaq securities exchange announces it will acquire the firm Instinet, which owns an important electronic trading system. The deal is valued at more than $1.8 billion, and follows the New York Stock Exchange's merger with an electronic trading firm.

What kind of house can you buy with $206,000 -- the national median? In the red-hot San Diego real estate market, you'd be lucky to land a one-bedroom condo for the price of that house in Milwaukee.

In January, 1st Sgt. John Campbell and his wife Paula were preparing for his deployment to Iraq -- and for the arrival of twins. A month ago, while John was in Bagdhad, daughters Taryn and Taylor were born. John recently returned for an all-too brief visit with his new family.

In the second installment of a weeklong series on the end of the Vietnam War, Michael Sullivan looks at Hanoi, once the capital of North Vietnam and now the capital of a nation reunified under communist rule.

Writer and student Detrice Jones reads from "Just Surviving Another Day," her semi-autobiographical story about a teen struggling with her parents' crack addiction. The story is featured in The Cocaine Chronicles, a new collection of short stories about the drug's impact on America.

The U.S. military detains six men suspected of shooting down a civilian helicopter in Iraq. Eleven people died, including six Americans. Iraqi forces helped U.S. soldiers track the suspects after finding a pickup truck tied to the attack scene.

Author and playwright Pearl Cleage's success has helped her to become one of the preeminent authors of African-American women's fiction. She talks about her new book, Babylon Sisters, centering on a mother and daughter making the best of life and love in Atlanta.

In the latest report for the NPR/National Geographic co-production Radio Expeditions, NPR's Susan Stamberg travels to India to talk with Ravi Shankar, the world-famous sitar guru. Shankar turns 85 this week.

Lance Cpl. Tenzin Dengkhim, 19, who immigrated to the United States from Tibet more than a decade ago and later joined the Marine Corps, was killed in combat Saturday in Iraq's Al Anbar province.

North Carolina beat Illinois Monday night 75-70 to capture the NCAA men's basketball championship in St. Louis. After trailing 40-27 at halftime, the top-ranked Fighting Illini rallied to tie, then faltered in the final minute. It's the first national title for UNC coach Roy Williams.