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The 2012 presidential campaign is already being shaped by new rules for political money. That means corporate involvement in presidential politics on a scale not seen since the Watergate scandal of the 1970s, which ended Richard Nixon's presidency. The key difference: This time, it's legal.

Gov. Scott Walker tells NPR that his political foes are camouflaging their true intent with platitudes about workers' rights, among other things. And he says he did what was right for Wisconsin during the battle he led earlier this year to weaken the state's public-employee unions.

Patagonia, maker of expensive ski jackets and fishing vests, will introduce its first snack food product this winter. Their mission? Revolutionize the fishing industry.

Google, Facebook, Twitter, AOL and eBay are among those urging Congress to ditch a piece of legislation they say will cause great harm to the Internet. The legislation, the companies argued, amounts to censorship.

Chrysler will announce plans to add more than 1,000 jobs at an assembly plant in Toledo, Ohio, Wednesday. Meanwhile, the U.S. Postal Service says it could run out of money next year.

A surge in demand for Tokay Geckos is leading to the "rapacious collection" of the animals in Southeast Asia," says a wildlife-protection group. Unsubstantiated claims of miracle cures from traditional medicines are helping fuel the demand.

The capital city plans to thicken the ice on one of its rivers in the winter, which they hope will keep them cool in the summer.

The Cambodian government has issued a new rule that foreign men wishing to marry Cambodian women must be less than 50 years old and make more than $2,550 a month. Officials say the rules are aimed against sex trafficking and pedophilia. But critics say they are misguided and unenforceable.

Since September, President Obama and Republicans in Congress have been fighting over jobs. With so much political focus on jobs, NPR checks back in with the people we've been following as part of our Road Back to Work series. They started the year unemployed and searching for work.

The Brazilian city is an economic engine in a booming country. It's also a huge mess, with traffic jams that go for miles, crumbling infrastructure and shoddy airports. Urban planners say a major makeover must include a razing of the elevated highway.