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Older baby boomers are approaching retirement age, but many aren't calling it quits. For some, it's a matter of choice. But for others, the faltering U.S. economy has pinched their sources for retirement income.

Discovery Channel isn't just one cable channel. It's 13 channels, including TLC, Discovery Kids and, starting Wednesday, Planet Green. It's evidence of an increasingly common business model in cable television — spinoffs of successful cable channels.

President Obama's economic stimulus package includes $8 billion for speeding up train travel. America is far behind other industrial countries in high speed rail. A few years ago, Spain was also behind the curve. But the Spanish network is expanding fast, and the trains are beating planes.

Organic farmer Dante Hesse needs to raise about $700,000 to upgrade his dairy. When Hesse couldn't get a loan through usual channels, he turned to his customers for help. Though he's got no collateral or co-signers, some say they're ready to invest.

Rough seas in the Gulf of Mexico are challenging efforts to contain the spill from a sunken offshore oil rig. The sheen has already reached the shores of Louisiana. President Obama plans to visit the Gulf Coast on Sunday morning for a firsthand update on the massive spill.

Sen. Bob Bennett, one of the chamber's most conservative members, is in trouble. Utah's Republican delegates are ready to topple the 18-year incumbent at Saturday's state party convention. If he doesn't get 40 percent of the vote, he won't qualify for the June primary.

The state Legislature has passed some of the nation's most sweeping changes for teachers. The proposal would phase out tenure and would tie salaries, in part, to student test scores. So far, Republican Gov. Charlie Crist says he's not made up his mind; teachers are pressuring him to veto it.

Albert Woodfox's timely account of his wrongful conviction and time in solitary confinement shows that some spirits are unbreakable; it should be required reading in an age of Black Lives Matter.

Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal talks about the state's lawsuit against the federal government. The state contends that the "No Child Left Behind" legislation amounts to an unfunded mandate.

It's cold outside and the winter appetite steers the mind to thoughts of stew. NPR's Melissa Block gets some tips for making a fine stew from New York Times food columnist Mark Bittman.