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Science fiction's job is to give us a map of where we're headed. From Jules Verne to William Gibson, sci-fi authors describe their visions of the future, and how people might live in it. We ask Intel's futurist for his list of favorite sci-fi books.

Regulators were about to announce that as of 2014 all new cars would have to include rearview cameras so drivers could see what's directly behind them. Then they delayed the rule. Safety advocates say the auto industry is stalling; carmakers see the proposal as government overreach.

At 30, Michelle Holshue is already making more than her parents do. But she graduated with $140,000 in student loan debt just as the recession hit. Like many young adults, Holshue is worried she'll never be able to own a home or raise a family.

The latest government figures show the personal savings rate has increased. For most of 2007, the rate was barely above 0. For December 2008, it was about 5 percent. David Wessel, of The Wall Street Journal, discusses how saving more now is actually hurting the economy.

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This July Fourth weekend the United States has a new constitution — a cake constitution. Lawyer-turned-baker Warren Brown's new cookbook is a culinary tour, full of delectable cakes for every state in the country.

Despite having one of the lowest HIV rates in Europe, Greece's recent jump in the number of infections, particularly among injecting drug users, is alarming. Health workers blame cuts in health and social services, including the end of what had been a successful needle exchange program.

http://cptv.vo.llnwd.net/o2/ypmwebcontent/mackattack/Liar%20AB%201%2024%2011.mp3In The Liar in Your Life, psychology professor Robert Feldman, one of the…

For the first time since President Obama took office, the White House has invoked executive privilege in a dispute with Congress. Obama sided with his Justice Department and refused to turn over documents to House Republicans in their probe of the botched gun-trafficking operation known as Fast and Furious. But the aggressive move by the president was not enough to stop a Republican committee from voting to hold his attorney general in contempt.

NPR's Adam Hochberg reports on a controversial National Park Service project to remove wild ponies from the outer banks of North Carolina. The Park Service says the ponies are destroying the island's natural vegetation; animal rights activists are worried about the ponies' precarious futures.