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Kai Ryssdal reviews letters from our listeners about acupuncture, Social Security's disability benefits, David Frum's take on immigration policy, and the correct way to pronounce "nuclear."

A new children's book series called "The 39 Clues" is being marketed with a website, a movie deal and $100,000 in prize money for readers. But after Harry Potter can it still cast a spell over kids? Ashley Milne-Tyte reports.

Target is opening four stores in Manhattan the size of designer boutiques -- and then closing them in a few days. It's part of a publicity campaign the company hopes will drive customers to its big stores and website. Jeremy Hobson reports.

A mass transit group says public transportation ridership was up 5% this spring over a year ago, due to $4-a-gallon gas. Meanwhile, a Senate committee is considering new transit funding. Nancy Marshall Genzer reports.

If the global financial system keeps going the way it has been, Lehman Brothers is going to need help. Shares fell almost 45% today as investors worried that the Wall Street investment bank doesn't have enough money in the bank. Stacey Vanek Smith reports.

Question: I'm a 28 year old full-time graduate student, married, and proud parent of one son. I receive stipend from school which is not much and...

The high price of gasoline has inspired more and more drivers to take public transportation. So much so that a transit industry group says buses, trains and subways are reaching their limits. Janet Babin reports

UAL stocks tanked -- and we mean tanked -- when a headline that flashed across trading screens erroneously reported that the carrier was filing for...

IBM researchers are looking at emails, calendars and social networking data from thousands of workers, The aim, commentator Stephen Baker says, is to find a formula to calculate how much work gets done.