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Calif. Gov. Jerry Brown says the state's budget deficit is now $16 billion. That's almost double the figure he gave in January. Brown is attempting to force voters to choose between higher taxes and deeper spending cuts.

The fact-checking organization PolitiFact looked into a claim made in a political ad. It said 85 percent of recent college graduates moved back in with their parents. That number is wrong. Kim Parker, the lead researcher for a Pew Research Center survey on the boomerang generation, talks to Steve Inskeep about what the real number is.

Toni Morrison's latest novel revisits the story of the prodigal son, as a Korean War veteran returns to his hometown in the pre-civil rights era South. Critic Heller McAlpin says Home is as accessible and visceral as anything Morrison has written.

In England, the town of Stevenage was created after World War II by the British government. Journalist Gary Younge talks to David Greene about his experience growing up in the planned community. Young has written an essay on Stevenage in the current issue of the literary magazine Granta.

James Peterson wants to hold the world record for fist pumping so he made the gesture of triumph for 16 hours straight. TheAkron Beacon Journal says to maintain the proper form, he super glued his hand into a clenched fist.

As an economic crisis looms in Europe, most of the world has looked to Germany to lead the rest of the EU through the tough times. Harold James of The New Republic argues that the German people, and their leader, have become more and more comfortable with this kind of power.

Dropping gas prices helped hold inflation down. Meanwhile, April consumer spending may have been slowed because warm weather in March encouraged folks to get out their wallets then.

Remember when breaking up the eurozone was unthinkable? Uri Friedman of Foreign Policy has noticed several European officials who have "crossed the rubicon" and started discussing the possibility of a Greek exit, or, a Grexit.

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — The New Orleans Hornets will continue receiving a tax break that saves the NBA team $37 million over 10 years.The Senate sent the…

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — The Louisiana Legislature is asking the NFL to reconsider the penalties imposed on the New Orleans Saints because of its bounty…