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The mayor of Denver, Colorado says he doesn't want to jump on the bandwagon of cities renaming their sports stadiums after corporate sponsors. AT&T Broadband, Janus Capital Corporation and Invesco have all expressed interest in paying to have their names on the new home field for the Denver Broncos football team. Noah Adams talks with Mayor Wellington Webb about why he wants to keep the name "Mile High Stadium," despite the possible benefits to taxpayers from a corporate name.

Federated Department Stores plans to acquire May Department Stores for more than $11 billion in cash and stock. Federated owns Macy's and Bloomingdale's among other retail chains. May operates Lord & Taylor, Marshall Field's and others. The combined company will have about 1,000 stores and nearly $30 billion in annual sales.

Looting and sabotage since the fall of Saddam Hussein's regime have left Iraq's oil fields in disrepair, hampering U.S. efforts to resume oil exports quickly to fund reconstruction efforts. U.S. officials expect that Iraq will begin exporting 700,000 barrels a day in August, far less than its pre-war capacity. Hear NPR's Ivan Watson.

Before Joe Namath, Joe Montana and Jim Kelly, there was Johnny U. -- number 19. More than 30 years after he threw his last off-the-ear spiral in the NFL, Johnny Unitas is still regarded by many as the quintessential field general and one of football's all-time greatest -- and gutsiest -- performers. He died Wednesday at 69 of an apparent heart attack.

In a Wyoming oil field, researchers funded by the U.S. Department of Energy are experimenting with injecting carbon dioxide underground to keep it from entering the atmosphere, where it contributes to global warming. But it's unclear if the greenhouse gas will stay below ground.

Chris Melody Field Figueredo, executive director of the Ballot Initiative Strategy Center, talks about what passed, what didn't and why.

Olympic track and field star Marion Jones has pleaded guilty to lying to federal investigators about using steroids. The three-time Olympic gold medalist also announced her retirement from the sport on Friday. Michele Norris has an update.

Next in WGLT's Highway 309 LIVE concert series is a blues tribute to former host Delta Frank Black, featuring the music of Mississippi Heat.

County Clerk Kathy Michael apologized for the treatment of Tres'von Milligan-Evans, saying election judges make mistakes but that the ballot was ultimately counted. The county board also formally passed some procedural rule changes.

The school maintains that 90 percent of its graduates who are looking for work find employment in their field. The Federal Trade Commission calls that statement deceptive.