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Google reduces the amount of stock it will sell and lowers the price range of its initial public offering. The Internet search company will sell 5.5 million shares at $85 a share. The move came on the same day that the Securities and Exchange Committee approved Google's plan to sell stock in an auction process. Hear NPR's Robert Siegel and Raymond Hennessy of The Wall Street Journal.

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Art House Round Up: Tears of the Black Tiger, Glastonbury and Avenue Montaigne

Married Thai women have become an AIDS risk group. But in Thailand, as in many societies, women are in no position to tell their husbands to use condoms. That's giving new urgency to the drive to develop a gel that women can use to prevent HIV infection. NPR's Richard Knox reports.

Flip-flops in Iowa keep cropping up like spent corncobs. The recent national debt crisis brought out rampant charges of flip-flopping, too. What's behind all the charges of changeovers? A look at the storied history of the political about-face and what it says about our national character.

In these difficult economic times, many Americans are wary of buying items they'll use just once or twice and then store in the garage. But for those times you really need a hedge clipper or camping stove, there's NeighborGoods.net, an inventory of items your neighbors are willing to lend.

Justice Clarence Thomas rarely speaks during a Supreme Court argument. Perhaps he reserves his opinions for private conversations with the other justices. Quiet People can be quite social and sociable. They just don't say much.

Apple's decision to end its online streaming music service will reverberate across music websites, including those of several leading publications. What will the online community do without the songs?

High School Musical 3 Gets Rave From Teen Critic

Wi-Fi is now available at 35,000 feet. Roughly 1 in 3 domestic planes already has it, and the number is growing. But one industry analyst says that many passengers who could be logging on aren't.