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Growth came in at a 1.5 percent annual rate, a sharp slowdown from the 3.9 percent gain in the previous quarter. Companies cut back on the amount of goods on shelves, but consumers continued to spend.

The limited-edition collections from Dolly Parton and Duncan Hines have been snapped up, but their Southern-inspired cake and frosting mixes are expected to hit grocery store shelves in March.

For an entire year, the multi-talented musician wrote one song a week. "Code Monkey" took off with the Web crowd. Now the songs are compiled in a set of four CDs which will be made available via the indie-music distribution network CD Baby.

Joe and Lucianne Carmichael say nature's post-Katrina burst of renewal on their land in Orleans Parish offers important lessons to humans trying to recover from Hurricane Katrina.

The long-awaited report of the Iraq Study Group contains many ideas we have heard before, but nothing that can be characterized as a breakthrough. NPR's Senior News Analyst Daniel Schorr anaylzes the report.

Some apples are much better for baking whole than others, but which are the best? We've picked our favorite apple for baking — and found one classic cooking apple that failed the test.

Listener Seth Copans of Brooklyn, N.Y., plays the puzzle with NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro and puzzlemaster Will Shortz.

Sheldon, who died Dec. 27, sang with Benny Goodman and was bandleader and sidekick for Merv Griffin's talk show for many years. Originally broadcast in 1993.

A recent episode of FX show Louie raised some controversial questions about women, weight and body image. Did the episode miss the mark? Our panel of writers and bloggers weigh in.

This year, cooks poured their hearts into these carefully crafted, kitchen how-tos. T. Susan Chang says these cookbooks are like a properly seasoned skillet — heavy-duty, battle-tested and much to be prized.