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The Japanese company Sony has had a tough year. It's endured a string of attacks from hackers, earthquake damage and lower earnings and profits. Now the company has released a new product: Tablet S. David Greene talks to Bloomberg tech columnist Rich Jaroslovsky about what the success of the computer tablet would mean for the one-time king of consumer electronics.

As the G-20 convenes in Cannes Thursday, the European Union's roller-coaster debt crisis tops the agenda. Last week, European leaders asked cash-rich China to back the E.U.'s bailout fund. Some economists saw the request as marking a shift in the global economic order.

A relatively unheralded photographer is honored in her 100th year. See some of her work — including some of the earliest color images of the Alaskan frontier.

Businessman Herman Cain recently entered the top tier of Republican presidential candidates. A story published Sunday evening by Politico alleges that Cain harassed two female employees when he ran the National Restaurant Association in the 1990s. On Monday, Cain appeared at two public events, a discussion of his 9-9-9 tax plan at the American Enterprise Institute as well as a speech and Q-and-A session at the National Press Club.

Water from the Susquehanna River threatened people from New York to Maryland. Remnants of Tropical Storm Lee have dumped more rain across the Northeast, closing major highways and socking areas still recovering from Hurricane Irene.

One coalition says the decriminalization of polygamy would help root out child sexual assault among those practicing "the principle."

President Obama, like every other politician in America, has the lessons of Hurricane Katrina seared into his memory. During and after Hurricane Irene, he and his team appeared on top of the situation. But natural disasters are one of the ironies of politics — a competent response won't help much, but an incompetent one can really hurt.

Recent polls show that former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney's rival for the GOP presidential nomination, Texas Gov. Rick Perry, is more popular with the Tea Party rank and file. On the stump in New Hampshire over the weekend, the two leading candidates campaigned hard, and somewhat against type.

Even when the GOP congressman succeeds at a level other Republican presidential candidates haven't, he has been mostly ignored. Why aren't the media talking about his chances?

Host Scott Simon talks sports justice with NPR's Tom Goldman. Roger Clemens faces another trial, while NFL commissioner Roger Goodell takes heat for perceived inconsistencies. College football also kicks off Saturday.