WBUR Newsroom Election 2008 CommonHealth Blog Boston Weather BBC World News NPR Top Stories NPR's Morning Edition NPR Topics: Books NPR Topics: Movies Fresh Air All Things Considered Marketplace Submit a Story Idea RSS Feeds Podcasts    From The WBUR Newsroom Trial for Ex-FBI Agent Opens BOSTON (September 08, 2008) WBUR's David Boeri speaks with Bob Oakes about the first-degree murder trial of John Connolly, the former FBI handler of James "Whitey" Bulger already serving 10 years in prison for racketeering. Kennedy Stays Home BOSTON (September 08, 2008) The U.S. Senate returns from its summer recess today, but Senator Edward Kennedy will not be in Washington, instead recuperating from his brain cancer on Cape Cod. Curbing Campus Drinking BOSTON (September 08, 2008) As thousands of new college students settle into Boston, one topic on the minds of administrators is curbing college drinking. Kennedy Will Not Return for Fall Session HYANNIS PORT, Mass. (September 07, 2008) Senator Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) will stay at home as Congress reconvenes for the fall this week. Kennedy's doctors have avised him to work from home.    From  Government Taking Over Fannie, Freddie Mon, 08 Sep 2008 13:00:00 -0400 The federal government is taking over mortgage companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. New York Times financial editor Gretchen Morgenson breaks down what this means for consumers. Real | Windows 'Marketplace' Report: Do Automakers Deserve Cash? Mon, 08 Sep 2008 13:00:00 -0400 Automakers are asking for as much as $50 billion in subsidized loans to help retool old plants. Congress already approved $25 billion last year, as part of a bill requiring automakers to improve gas mileage by 2020. Real | Windows Fannie, Freddie CEOs To Leave With Millions Mon, 08 Sep 2008 13:00:00 -0400 The troubled mortgage companies' CEOs won't leave empty-handed. Fannie Mae's Daniel Mudd will likely take home $9 million, while Freddie Mac's Richard Syron may walk out the door with $13 million. Real | Windows Russians 'agree Georgia deadline' Three found guilty over UK bomb plot Mortgage bail-out rallies markets Cuba hammered by Hurricane Ike   Get WBUR Today, a daily newsletter from WBUR. Sign up now.