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In Detroit unions announced today they're ending a boycott of the city's two daily newspapers. For 5 years strikers have refused to buy the papers or support their advertisers. The labor dispute has been bitter and costly for both sides. Despite dropping their boycott unions are still claiming victory because the newspapers failed to break them, as WDET's Quinn Klinefelter reports from Detroit.

Tanya Ott reports from Orlando that new visa restrictions are discouraging foreigners from buying vacation homes in the United States at the rate they have been. In southern states, these foreign homebuyers are no longer a multimillion dollar slice of the real estate market since the war on terrorism is limiting their visa stays to one month.

The jackpot for Wednesday's Powerball Lottery is worth at least $280 million. The game is played in 23 states and the District of Columbia, and some people are driving for hours to reach spots where they can buy tickets. NPR's Howard Berkes reports.

Health officials in Maine plan emergency meetings Thursday in response to a Tuesday court decision that could shut down a program that helps lower-income people buy prescription drugs. NPR's Joanne Silberner reports.

Helen Ciurczek of member station KQED reports from Sacramento that the California legislature met late into the night and passed a 400 million dollar stop-gap plan. The money will allow the state to buy electricity on the open market and provide it to utilities at reduced cost. Governor Gray Davis is expected to sign the bill today.

NPR's Emily Harris reports on the new chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, Michael Powell. He says he believes in less regulation and more free market competition in the telecommunications industry. He also says he is not concerned about rising cable TV prices and programming that might be bad for children to watch. He says people can choose not to buy, and not to watch.

Sixteen-year-old Youth Radio Commentator Rachel Speckman thinks it's ridiculous that she's prevented from buying tickets for R-rated films. She suggests that if she's not considered an adult she shouldn't be paying adult prices at the theater.

Philip Morris International makes a $5 billion dollar offer to buy Indonesia's third-largest cigarette producer. It's an attractive deal for Philip Morris because an estimated 60 percent of Indonesian men smoke, and a growing number of women are picking up the habit.

His new book is Universities in the Marketplace: The Commercialization of Higher Education. Among the commercial activities at many universities and colleges these days are: drug companies giving money to medical schools, industry buying the rights to scientific discoveries and industry-endowed faculty chairs. Bok is critical of such ventures.

Marc Phelan, automotive critic for the Detroit Free Press, tells us what's in store for future car models, including hybrids. Also, he tells us the best time to buy a new car and that the market for SUVs may be drying up.