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Nominees for the 75th annual Emmy Awards were announced Wednesday by actor Yvette Nicole Brown and Television Academy Chairman Frank Scherma.

The Federal Reserve Bank moved Wednesday morning to ease a global credit crisis, announcing a plans to offer $40 billion in emergency funds to banks through an auction process. The move was coordinated with other major central banks and is designed to increase liquidity around the globe.

Arrests and protests have followed last week's declaration of martial law in Pakistan. Journalist Ahmed Rashid, a regular guest on Fresh Air, tells Terry Gross that president Pervez Musharraf's latest gambit could encourage more civil strife — and greater territorial gains by the Taliban.

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said Thursday that he expects the U.S. economy to "slow noticeably" in coming months as the housing slump intensifies. Bernanke also said the economy has shown considerable resilience and should rebound next year.

As the price of oil approaches $100 a barrel, this week NPR will look at the reasons for the run-up in prices and the implications for the world economy. Reporters will examine a variety of issues relating to high oil prices. Jacki Lyden looks ahead to the series with NPR's Uri Berliner.

More than any other food, oysters taste like the place they come from. Rowan Jacobsen, author of A Geography of Oysters, explains, describes and slurps his way through a sampling of succulent raw oysters.

Pakistan's President Gen. Pervez Musharraf says parliamentary elections will be held by mid-February, a signal that the state of emergency rule he declared could soon end.

Supporters of Pakistan's ex-prime minister rallying near parliament Wednesday were met by police wielding batons and tear gas. Meanwhile, Benazir Bhutto says she wants the United States and other Western democracies to demand that her nation's military leader rescind martial law.

Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf, under intense domestic and international pressure, announced a mid-February date for parliamentary elections and pledged to remove his uniform. Ex-Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto called on Musharraf to step down as Army chief within a week.

The farm bill makes big payments to farmers who raise commodity crops such as cotton and soybeans. But it takes a different approach with fruit and vegetable crops, subsidizing research, pest eradication and child nutrition programs instead of making direct payments to farmers.