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NPR's Larry Abramson reports on Deutsche Telekom's bid to buy two US based telecommunications companies. Some lawmakers say the deal shouldn't be allowed because Deutsche Telekom is headed by a foreign government.

"Dear Sergey and Larry: Thank you for buying YouTube and keeping it free! My "Gangnam Style" video has been played over 2 billion times." Imagine the thank you notes that celebrities might write.

NPR's Trevor Rowe reports that UN and Iraqi negotiators are moving closer to allowing Iraq to sell $4 billion in annual oil exports, so that the country can buy limited amounts of food. The two sides have outlined the remaining obstacles, and now it's up to Saddam Hussein to decide how to proceed.

NPR's Richard Harris reports that the U.S. Department of Agriculture will buy all Starlink variety corn from farmers and seed-producers, and destroy it. Starlink is a genetically engineered variety of corn that has been taken off the U.S. market.

Gun buying among African Americans has soared in recent years. So have suicide rates among young black men. Suicide prevention and gun safety efforts need to address race and cultural differences.

His Beatles-parody mockumentary The Rutles 2: Can't Buy Me Lunch comes out on DVD next month. He's also written the book for the Monty Python farce Spamalot on Broadway.

Newsweek columnist Daniel Gross says a lot of people use home equity to buy big-ticket items, such as boats and cars, and those industries are already blaming a downturn in business on the problems in the housing market.

rely more and more on young computer users for valuable information about consumer preferences and buying patterns.

Robert talks to NPR's Mara Liasson, who is travelling on President Clinton's train to the Democratic Convention in Chicago. At a stop today at the Police Academy in Columbus, Ohio, the President proposed expanding the Brady Bill to make it illegal for people convicted of domestic violence to buy handguns.

For years, liquor companies have conformed to an unwritten moratorium on advertisements for their products on television and radio. But NPR's Jim Zarroli reports that the Seagrams company has decided to defy the ban, insisting the industry's restraint has placed it at a competitive disadvantage to wine and beer companies who regularly buy tv and radio time for their ads.