 Boeing agrees to pay a nearly half-billion-dollar fine and invest hundreds of millions of dollars more to improve safety. Three years ago, the company struck a deal to avoid criminal prosecution, but the Justice Department says Boeing failed to live up to the conditions of that agreement. The parent company of Paramount Studios and CBS Television has agreed to merge with Skydance after a lengthy negotiation. Skydance is run by the son of billionaire Oracle founder Larry Ellison. Scott Horsley, NPR News, Washington.