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Business recruitment on college campuses drops sharply from two years ago. Even MBAs face a tough market, and that's not expected to change in 2003. The sluggish economy and recent business scandals have changed graduates' attitudes toward the business world. NPR's David Molpus reports.

New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg mounts a campaign against noise pollution, the top complaint on a police "quality of life" hotline. New Yorkers are annoyed by the racket from car horns and personal stereos -- and from loudspeakers coaxing people into bars and restaurants. NPR's Margot Adler reports.

Commentator Frank Deford cheers on some of the underdog college football teams that have the word, 'State,' in their title, as opposed to those that are known as, 'the University of...' He mentions several, including Kansas State, Oklahoma State, Iowa State, and Utah State.

The Normal Town Council voted unanimously Monday to move up by a year a project that will make Normal’s Carden Park more accessible to people with disabilities.

Christina Nance had been missing since Sept. 25, her family says. Video footage from that day shows her entering the van, which was in a police parking lot. Her body was found 12 days later.

Illinois’ first congressional remap draft is out but changes could be in store as lawmakers return to Springfield Tuesday for the first of their final two weeks of scheduled session in 2022.

NPR's Michelle Trudeau reports on two new research studies that give clues about clinical depression, an illness that afflicts 18 million people in this country. Writing in two scientific journals, this month's issues of The American Journal of Medical Genetics and The American Journal of Psychiatry, these researchers report finding a genetic clue that may explain why many more women suffer from depression than men, and a specific brain abnormality that may help lead to an explanation of why depression tends to strike repeatedly in many people.

Robert Siegel talks to songwriter Mike Stoller of the team Leiber and Stoller about the deaths of two doo-wop performers. Bill Mitchell of the Clovers died last week at age 71. Billy Guy of the Coasters died Tuesday at age 66. Stoller and his partner wrote many of the best known songs for both groups and knew the men. The Coasters' Searchin and the Clovers' Love Potion Number 9 were among the songs written by Stoller.

In the Pulitzer Prize-winning author's new book, readers follow protagonist Lucy Barton as she reconsiders all that she thought she knew about her ex-husband and their marriage.

Biden wants to prove to world leaders ahead of a major international summit on climate change that he's got the political capital to do something about the greenhouse gases that are warming the planet.