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Facebook begins public trading Friday at $38 a share. The social networking company boasts 900 million users, giving it undeniable clout in the marketplace. Whether Facebook can generate enough profit to justify its valuation is another matter.

The NATO summit begins this weekend in Chicago, and police officials say they are ready. Thousands of protesters are expected to hit the city's streets. Authorities say they will quell any violence without fanning the flames.

Hewlett-Packard reportedly has decided on a restructuring that will eliminate 30,000 jobs worldwide. The company isn't expected to say anything publically until next week when it announces quarterly earnings.

Next week on Morning Edition, NPR's Frank Langfitt will have a four-part series on Mongolia. Extracting Mongolia's vast mineral resources may imperil its traditional way of life.

Greece keeps cutting its budget to help pay debts and avoid default but then its economy keeps contracting, making the problem worse. The new French President Francois Hollande wants to find a way to stimulate Europe's economy.

It's not clear what message high school students in Clayton, Ind., were sending with this year's senior prank. They attached 11,000 blank Post-it Notes to various surfaces: Doors, chairs and desks. Six students got suspended. Which led to a student protest, and 50 more suspensions.

Police say Richard Matthews stole a $20,000 diamond in Windsor, Ontario. He apparently swapped it for a fake gem and ate the real one. But police caught him. Feeding him high-fiber food, they've been waiting a week for the gem to emerge.

The social media giant's stock started trading publicly for the first time today. Interest was huge — more shares traded hands than on the first day of any other initial public offering.

It's tempting to hope the new film based on the self-help book of the same name will be better than the poster that's promoting it: It has some genuinely funny people in it, and a writer who scored a hit with Whip It.

New French President Francois Hollande said he wants his nation's 3,300 troops home from Afghanistan by year's end. He also said France would support effort in a "different way."