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The Pentagon is facing a road block in its effort to immunize American troops from anthrax: the Food and Drug Administration refuses to approve the vaccine. From WDET in Detroit, Quinn Klinefelter reports.

Six weeks after fighting began in Macedonia, more than 22,000 refugees have fled their homes. NPR's Guy Raz reports on the internally displaced ethnic Albanians and Macedonian Slavs.

California residents may finally have to pay more for electricity. The president of California's Public Utilities Commission is offering up a plan for a rate increase of about 40 percent. Scott Horsley of member station KPBS in San Diego has the story.

For the first time in 10 years several states are facing budget cuts. From member station WOI, Joyce Russell reports Iowa is one of the states realizing it will collect hundreds of millions less in taxes than it planned. That's left the state choosing among promises made in rosier times.

Bill Pound, executive director of the National Conference of State Legislatures, tells Noah Adams that many states are experiencing shortfalls in revenue.

We hear how the International Space Station played a role in the opening of last night's Academy Awards Ceremony, and why the astronauts weren't able to watch.

Commentator Marion Winik says today's low unemployment rate (relatively speaking) can mean bad service. Knowing you can always find another job means never having to say "Can I help you?"

Much has been said recently about California's energy shortage and whether the rest of the country is in for the same. But what's the long view? How many more generations will be able to use coal or oil or uranium for energy? NPR's David Kestenbaum talks with experts who calculate just how much energy is left.

NPR's Eric Weiner in Jerusalem reports there is no sign of a let-up to the violence in the occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip.

Richard Finan is Chairman of the Ohio Senate Finance Committee. He says crafting a state budget involves a lot of give and take, and it's impossible to make everyone happy.