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A newly authenticated tintype shows Billy outside a cabin holding his mallet during a casual pick up game. It's only the second photograph of the Kid ever found. It's appraised at $5 million.

Aetna, the fourth largest insurer in the U.S., bought its rival Humana for $37 billion. What does the merger mean for consumers?

Vitality Air reports sales are brisk in China for cans of air from Banff or from Lake Louise — both high up in the Canadian Rockies. The Chinese are dealing with a major pollution problem.

In Fort Collins, Colo., Black Bottle Brewery employees went into two stores and bought their entire inventory of Count Chocula cereal. The brewery says the cereal will go into a series of beers.

Swiss food and drink giant Nestle announced a deal Monday to acquire Pfizer Inc.'s infant-nutrition business for $11.85 billion in a bid to boost sales in emerging markets. Before the announcement, Nestle already had the largest share of the global baby-formula market at just under 20 percent.

Alex Chadwick speaks with famed architectural photographer Julius Shulman, who at 95 continues to influence the way people look and think about modern architecture.

Our summer reading series continues with industrial designer Karim Rashid. Known for his creations like the curvy Garbino trash can or stackable plastic Oh! chair, Rashid also designed the Morimoto restaurant in Philadelphia. He says what he reads inspires his work.

Oil prices hit a new high on Friday. As the price climbed to $92 a barrel, analysts says it is possible the price could continue to climb past $100. Soon, the price of gas and home heating oil will follow crude's rise.

NPR's Ari Shapiro and Kelly McEvers read listener comments and one small correction.

On the second day of his visit to the United States, Chinese President Hu Jintao says China is taking steps to reduce its huge trade surplus with the United States, a gap that stood at $200 billion in 2005. Hu spoke to workers at a Boeing plant in Everett, Wash.