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The Bloomington-based band has announced that following its current tour, the Fieldnotes will disband. The group performs in Downtown Bloomington on Aug. 1 with Dan Hubbard as the finale to the Saturdays on the Square concert series.

NPR's Elissa Nadworny speaks with Kristin Duncanson, a farmer in Minnesota, about how record high fuel prices are affecting her business.

House leaders and the White House have reached a tentative agreement on an economic stimulus package that includes tax rebates for households and tax cuts for businesses. The deal still has to get through Congress, though, and neither Democrats nor the GOP were totally happy.

The disagreement over the House Democrats' bill released Monday means lawmakers have less than two weeks to reach an agreement before federal funding runs out.

South Korea's capital, Seoul, had pledged to shut down unregulated basement apartments, where a number of people died in floods following the worst rains in 80 years.

A building boom in the Southeast Asian country has pushed up demand for sand in a river that 60 million people rely on.

Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Ben Carson talks to NPR about his plans for the department. He also clarified his earlier remarks about poverty being a "state of mind."

Today's sealed and insulated houses mean indoor air is often more polluted than the air outside. Cigarette smoke, pet allergens, and fumes from cleaners are increasingly trapped inside, along with chemicals released from insulation, paint and carpeting. NPR's Jon Hamilton reports on what researchers know about indoor air quality.

The lawsuit contends that while former presidents have voluntarily agreed to provide testimony or documents in response to congressional subpoenas in the past, none "has ever been compelled to do so."

For an extra fee, you can get a doctor or nurse practitioner to make a house call to check on a sick kid. The services can save a trip to the emergency room for problems that crop up after hours.