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NPR's Emily Harris reports on a new Federal Trade Commission study into the responsibility of oil companies for the exceptionally high Midwestern gasoline prices last summer. The FTC concludes that the oil industry did not take illegal collective action to drive gasoline prices upward, but that individual companies did limit refinery production to maximize prices. In Chicago, Milwaukee, and other parts of the Midwest, prices at the pump exceeded $2 a gallon.

NPR's David Molpus reports on a new style of doing business--no office, no meeting rooms, and co-workers only see each other a few times a year. This is the "virtual" company, and it allows its tele-commuting employees almost total freedom. These virtual businesses may be starting a trend that could forever change the traditional office setting.

NPR's Richard Gonzales reports that the 2000 census data shows that white people no longer hold the majority in California. In fact, there is no ethnic majority in that state, and demographers say this could be the future of other regions of the U.S. (3:56) For more, check out NPR News coverage of the 2000 census.

Commentator Fernando Gonzales views the 2000 census as a wake-up call to Americans who have failed to notice the growth of the Latino population and its increasing role in U.S. politics and culture.

NPR's David Welna reports that the House passed a bill to cut taxes for most married couples. Abolishing this so-called marriage penalty is part of the president's tax-cut plan.

NPR's Kenneth Walker reports from Beira, in Northern Mozambique, about regional flooding which is forcing people to leave their homes for the second year in a row. The United Nations estimates that floodwaters have forced 200,000 people to flee their homes. Relief agencies and Mozambique's government are working on ways to minimize damage from the annual flooding.

NPR's Elaine Korry reports that some businesses in California are demanding that power suppliers warn them when they will be hit with a black-out.

Host Renee Montagne speaks with Josef Joffe, editor of Die Zeit about how President Bush's foreign policy plan is being perceived in Europe.

NPR's Peter Overby reports from Washington, D.C., about the McCain-Feingold Campaign Finance Reform bill. After years of being blocked by partisan politics, McCain-Feingold may finally pass, effectively changing the rules of political fundraising. (4:01) For more NPR News coverage on the issue, check out Money, Power & Influence.

NPR's Snigdha Prakash spoke with young millionaires who sold their AOL stock at just the right time.