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The mayor of Cambridge, Mass., has proposed limiting the size of sodas and sweetened drinks that can be sold in the city. Henrietta Davis said she was inspired by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who has introduced a ban on sales of oversized sugary drinks in his city.

Linda Wertheimer talks to Dr. Ian Roberts, of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Roberts led the research on a new study on global obesity. It shows that weight, not just population size, should be taken into account when planning how to deal with increasing pressure on resources.

The Federal Reserve ends its two-day meeting Wednesday by offering its assessment of the economy and then declaring its latest plan for making things better. Will the Fed's monetary policy formula offer another dash of Operation Twist or a dose of QE3? Read more about these key phrases and what they mean.

Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi is getting an honorary doctorate from Oxford Wednesday. Last week, she formally accepted the 1991 Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo. As she tours Europe, Suu Kyi is being honored for her nonviolent political protest against a military junta that kept her under house arrest for most of the last 20 years. But her philosophy of civil disobedience might have to change to fit her new role as a politician back home.

Closing arguments will begin Thursday in the trial of former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky.

An NPR Music intern enters the long-running discussion of the ethics of taking music without paying for it — and fans, artists and managers weigh in on both sides.

A cargo ship carrying four huge cranes is set to squeeze under the Chesapeake Bay Bridge near Washington, D.C., and the Key Bridge outside Baltimore. Both spans have to close temporarily this afternoon as it passes under.

The Federal Open Market Committee said it was adding $267 billion to the program that seeks to bring down long-term interest rates.

On Tuesday, the Pew Research Center released a study that found Asian-Americans have surpassed Hispanics as the fastest growing racial group in the U.S. Plus, the report showed that they're the highest earning and best-educated. Host Michel Martin discusses the findings and the implications of these demographic changes with three experts.

The survey found the thinking of former clerks and lawyers changed dramatically after hearing oral arguments on the Obama administration's signature legislation.