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Shareholders of the natural gas driller at the center of the nation's hydraulic fracturing controversies are meeting in Oklahoma City. Aubrey McClendon, the controversial chief executive, faces many questions.

The president challenged Congress to pass a jobs-creation bill and do more to stimulate the economy. In his remarks at the White House, he also discussed the drag Europe's financial woes are having on the U.S.

Host Michel Martin looks at the Paycheck Fairness Act, which was voted down this week. Disappointed supporters say the bill would have helped close the pay gap between genders. Plus President Obama enlists celebrities like Sarah Jessica Parker and Vogue editor Anna Wintours. Martin speaks with columnists Mary Kate Cary and Connie Schultz.

Sounding something like a first grader, far-right politician Ilias Kasidiaris argues that since he didn't start it, he shouldn't be arrested for a fracas that's gone viral.

President Obama seemed blissfully oblivious during a news conference to the problems he caused himself Friday when he said that "The private sector is doing fine." Republicans pounced, accusing him of being out of touch, among other things.

The sunny pop song has overtaken the airwaves. Now, in a celebration of summer, NPR shares its take.

Prosecutors called her harboring of the mob boss "the most extreme" case they've seen. They allege she helped build secret walls and keep Whitey Bulger's temper in check.

President Felipe Calderon has confronted the drug cartels head-on, and more than 50,000 people have died in recent years. As Mexicans get ready to pick a new president, many are looking for an approach that can lower the level of violence.

The ad is likely targeted at foreign journalists ahead of next week's presidential runoff.

The 1972 flash flood in Rapid City, S.D., killed 238 people and is considered one of the worst in U.S. history. The flood changed Rapid City forever and caused city planners around the country to rethink the way towns are laid out in flash flood-prone areas.