MAKING SEN$E | May 31
Did Home Prices Drop in Your Hometown?
To accompany the Case-Shiller index, Making Sen$e is introducing a new map. You can see how home prices have changed in various cities in recent years, right up to the latest data.

House Republicans will take that tally sheet to the White House Wednesday morning as the conference prepares to meet with President Obama to discuss the path forward on deficit reduction and, ultimately, raising the debt limit before the Aug. 2 deadline.
Margaret Warner reports on how Yemen's president has been able to stay in power despite an escalation in violence and calls to step down.
Spencer Michels reports on the art collection of Gertrude Stein and her family, on display now at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.
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To accompany the Case-Shiller index, Making Sen$e is introducing a new map. You can see how home prices have changed in various cities in recent years, right up to the latest data.
It never gets old listening to Bill Clinton. Like a thoroughbred watching the race from the sidelines, he is always champing at the bit to get back on the track. That became clear once again this week, when I was invited to interview the 42nd President.
Paul Solman answers a reader's questions about CEO pay, corporate taxes and manufacturing in the United States.
NewsHour science correspondent Miles O'Brien reflects on the Mars rover Spirit, following NASA's final attempt at contact. Spirit's radio fell silent last year.
Also: Ratko Mladic to appear at extradition hearing, North Korea says it has released an American detained since November.
Judy Woodruff writes about her interview Thursday with four members of the so-called Gang of Six senators who are working across party lines in hopes of addressing the long-term U.S. debt challenge.
As part of our partnership with the Economist Film Project, you'll see an excerpt Thursday from "Kimjongilia" -- which documents tales of escape from North Korea.
Kenneth Rendell has over 6,000 WWII artifacts in his museum, but not just anyone can see them. He screens potential visitors because, he says, his museum is not for entertainment.
[WBUR]
It can be so hard to find a good pour when you're floating in zero gravity. But now, an Australian brewing company has crafted a beer that they believe can work in space.
[PRI]
Every year people gather on a steep hill in Gloucestershire, England and watch a select few chase a $60 wheel of cheese to the bottom. Despite financial concerns, Marketplace reports that this year is no exception.
[Marketplace]

In a speech reacting to the democratic uprisings in the Middle East, President Barack Obama called for a revival of Israeli-Palestinian peace talks and, in a move that angered the Israeli government, outlined a negotiation starting point based on Israel's original borders before the Six Day War in 1967.