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The Justice Department has recovered a record $2.5 billion in health care fraud over the past year — mostly with the help of drug company employees who blow the whistle to the federal government.

There may be few car buyers these days, but Consumer Reports' latest car issue is full of advice for the budget conscious. That includes a new section on the best new-car values and the magazine's largest section ever devoted to used cars.

The bombings came as officials agreed to set March 7 as the date for national elections. U.S. and Iraqi officials have expressed concerns that an increase in violence would mar the country's elections and delay a planned U.S. troop withdrawal set for 2010.

Low prices, low interest rates and the $8,000 tax credit have all encouraged more first-time home purchases. A survey by the National Association of Realtors shows that 47 percent of those who bought a house last year were jumping into the market for the first time.

As more people struggle to pay their credit card bills, one segment of the economy is booming: debt collection. It's not an easy task. Most people John Goebel calls are angry, some are apathetic, and a few break down in tears.

A California law requiring the state to use early release to thin its prison population is causing controversy and confusion. One released prisoner was arrested for attempted rape, and many county sheriffs let people go free — even though the law doesn't affect them.

Winter storm warnings spanned the Gulf Coast states early Friday as the snow crawled east out of Texas, where it left the Dallas area with more than a foot of snow, nearly 200 traffic accidents and hundreds of canceled flights. Snow, ice and sleet closed parts of Interstate 49 in central Louisiana early Friday.

Inventory, the new book of pop-culture lists from the publishers of The Onion, celebrates and skewers topics like pretentious musical instruments and songs about the horrors of bus travel. A.V. Club Managing Editor Josh Modell talks about some favorite lists with Scott Simon.

President Obama and the other G-8 leaders meeting in Italy agreed to try to limit the global increase in temperature. But the developing countries refused to set a numerical target for limiting their own greenhouse gases. Experts say without cooperation from developing countries, no effort to fight climate change can succeed.

Kathleen Turner stars in Red Hot Patriot: The Kick-Ass Wit of Molly Ivins, a one-woman show based on the life and work of a brassy Texan columnist who helped break journalism's glass ceiling. The show runs in Philadelphia through April 18.