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The sharp decline in payments coincides with increased scrutiny of drug marketing. Later this year, federal law will also require that drugmakers disclose the amount of money they give to doctors.

With the Illinois economy and state finances in bad shape, Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn has a rough re-election ahead of him. But he's been counted out before and his likely GOP foe has flaws of his own.

"Poetry holds the knowledge that we are alive and that we know we're going to die," poet Marie Howe tells Fresh Air's Terry Gross. One of Howe's most famous poems, "What the Living Do," was recently included in The Penguin Anthology of 20th-Century American Poetry.

The puzzle game Portal went from humble beginnings as a student project to become a hit beloved by critics and gamers alike. This week, Valve releases the sequel, Portal 2. Fans of the original loved its music, and the enemy's ploy of promising cake.

"I did feel like I was sometimes the translator between hillbilly and New York," says Richard Michael, a resident of Taneyville, Mo. He helped to scout locations and find props for the makers of last year's film about a teenage girl navigating the local meth trade in order to protect her home.

What to Expect When You Are Expecting is a perennial best-seller, but its detailed descriptions of virtually every moment of pregnancy can also make mothers-to-be a little crazy. Some women in pregnancy crave all that information, but for others, it's information overload.

Texas Gov. Rick Perry only officially entered the race for the Republican presidential nomination Saturday and already by Monday he was raising plenty of eyebrows with his warning that he would consider it an act of treason if Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke took further extraordinary steps to boost the sagging economy.

Live blog Libya

The kidnapping and killing of Westerners isn't a new phenomenon in the Middle East. But the last time around, it stopped after just a few years. This time there's no end in sight.

Sean Haugh is making waves as a Libertarian candidate in North Carolina's U.S. Senate race. He isn't the only one: Independent candidates are a factor in at least a dozen races.