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Demand for traditional SUVs has fallen dramatically over the past year. As gas prices have risen, many consumers have turned to smaller cars, or SUV hybrids. Changing consumer tastes are challenging U.S. automakers, which have counted on SUVs to bring in high profits.

For more than a century, sheepherding in much of the American West has been the domain of Basque immigrants from the Pyrennees of Spain and France. While new immigrants are taking their place and mobile phones are now part of a herders' kit, the long lonely hours are still the same.

We honor the smoke and sweat that come with the summer rite of grilling over open flame, be it patio, backyard or favorite barehands rib joint. Jennifer Ludden chats with Mike Mills and Amy Mills Tunnicliffe, who teamed for a book on the subject: Peace Love and Barbecue.

With the summer driving season about to take off, gas prices just hit another record. People are frustrated, especially because they're already paying more for everything because of high inflation.

A provision in the federal transportation bill has cleared the way for California hybrid owners to use the carpool lane. But only the most efficient hybrids -- three models, none of which are American made -- will qualify.

Robert Olen Butler's new book of stories, Had a Good Time, was inspired by messages scrawled on old postcards. Martha Woodroof of member station WMRA reports.

With the climate warming rapidly, scientists are finding that cutting fossil fuels may not be enough. Carbon dioxide emissions may need to be vacuumed right out of the air.

Ukraine is one of the world's biggest producers of wheat, corn and sunflower oil. Officials say 30% of farmland is now occupied or unsafe. "My fields were destroyed by the shelling," one farmer says.

Major energy companies have reported a surge in profits in the first three months of the year as oil prices have rallied.

David Fefferman with the Southern California Carnivorous Plant Enthusiasts discusses his love of animal-eating plants and the group's expo, which takes place this weekend.