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Twelve states and a coalition of environmental groups sued the Bush administration in 2003 for refusing to issue regulations limiting carbon emissions from cars and power plants. Wednesday, the case reaches the Supreme Court, where justices will hear the arguments on both sides.

Two former Federal Reserve chairmen, a former Treasury secretary, numerous CEOs and the fabled investor Warren Buffett were among the participants in a conference Tuesday on the U.S. economy. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson convened the session to discuss proposed regulation changes.

It's been five years since the San Diego City Council voted to require contractors to pay a "living wage" to their workers. Local labor advocates are celebrating the anniversary this week. We will discuss the impact the "living wage" requirement has had in San Diego.

This year's Nobel Prize in chemistry goes to a biologist. Roger Kornberg at Stanford University is being honored for figuring out the details of how our cells read DNA. He's not the first in his family to win a Nobel Prize. His father, Arthur Kornberg, won in 1959.

Host Tom Fudge speaks with two local Supreme Court experts to find out what the future holds for the nation's highest court.

A recently completed pipeline pumps water from the Sahara Desert to Libyan coastal cities, which have long suffered a shortage of fresh water. It's part of a grand vision for Libya's decades-long public works project.

Host Alison St. John speaks to Professors Mary Blair-Loy and Larry Hinman about the public conference they are organizing on stem cell research. The conference will focus on the social justice issues

Robert Siegel talks with NPR's Julie Rovner about the Food and Drug Administration's decision to approve sales of the so-called morning-after pill without a prescription. The new rules allow women over 18 to buy the "Plan B" drug over the counter. The decision comes after three years of national debate over access to emergency contraception.

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Three scientists win this year's Nobel Prize for physics for their work with superfluids and superconductivity. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences cites Alexei Abrikosov, Anthony Leggett and Vitaly Ginzburg for their theories. Hear NPR's David Kestenbaum.