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Once again, Wal-Mart tops the annual Global Fortune 500 list of top-earning corporations, released this week. Alex Chadwick talks with Bob Moon of Marketplace about the Arkansas-based retail giant, plus who else is on top this year.

From a Top Gun sequel starring drones to Howard University's pick of Puff Daddy as its commencement speaker, the Barbershop guys weigh in on the week's news.

Howard marching band members and dancers are thrilled to escort Vice President Harris during the inauguration parade. "I honestly can't believe it's happening," one student said.

Democrat Alma Adams represents North Carolina's 12th Congressional District. Steve Inskeep talks to her about her new position; she had served in North Carolina's General Assembly for 20 years.

A new study says sixth-graders do better when they attend K-8 schools, so they're not the youngest.

California's gas prices, well above the national average, have gone into overdrive, topping $6 a gallon in October. Why is gas so expensive in a state that's synonymous with the automobile?

After we introduced a name for that annoying email practice of strategically cc-ing a manager to gain an upper hand, you responded with an avalanche of email. Here's a sample of your thoughts.

In 1938, a housewife went to the press complaining of a poltergeist in her home — and a ghost hunter investigated. Kate Summerscale's true tale is about women and power, anxiety, and choices.

Congress has voted to freeze the alternative minimum tax. Created in the '60s to keep the wealthy from avoiding taxes, the tax has never been adjusted for inflation. Marketplace's Janet Babin discusses how the tax has been increasingly hitting the middle class.

After multiple delays, Microsoft's Vista operating system will go on sale Tuesday. Vista is the latest version of Windows, and it's the first upgrade in more than five years.