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For much of the 70s inflation was bad. Prices rose at over 10 percent a year. Nothing could stop it — until one powerful person did something very unpopular. Today's show: How we beat inflation.

Last year the scientists came up with a vaccine that could cure AIDS, drug addition and Ebola. This year, according to the Pyongyang Times, they've discovered hangover-free alcohol.

Planet Nine, as scientists are calling it, deserves a better name if it becomes reality. Should it be Plutoo? Or Plutwo? Yeah, we know you can do better, so come brainstorm with us.

NFL owners have approved the bid by the St. Louis Rams to return to LA, 20 years after the team left the city for St. Louis.

Tipping is ingrained in America's retail culture. And there's not much we can do to stop that.

Ian Hammond drafted a petition on change.org to reduce the national debt by selling the state to Canada. UPI reports Hammond was stunned when thousands of people signed on.

Ford Motor Co. announces plans to eliminate 25,000 to 30,000 jobs in North America -- more than 20 percent of the workforce. The long-awaited restructuring plan also includes closing 14 plants in the United States, Mexico and Canada over the next six years.

The U.S. soccer team scores its first goal of the 2006 World Cup in a losing effort against Ghana, missing a chance to advance to the tournament's second round. Italy's 2-0 victory over the Czech Republic meant the U.S.-Ghana winner was assured a spot in the Round of 16.

Soldiers with the Army's 101st Airborne Division discover what they believe to be an Iraqi storage site for chemical warheads, U.S. commander says. Describing the discovery as a potential "smoking gun," the official says soldiers found in a warehouse outside Baghdad about 20 medium-range rockets with warheads containing sarin and mustard gases. Hear NPR's John Burnett.

KCRW DJ Anne Litt brings us one piece from the Haitian-Canadian electronic musician Kaytranada and a song off a new Grateful Dead tribute album.