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Suicide Rates Hit Home For Michel Martin

In her regular "Can I Just Tell You" essay, the host of Tell Me More talks about a new report that shows an increase in suicide rates among baby boomers. She says the figures are more than just numbers for her. Martin's brother took his own life three years ago.

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Poll: Obama Approval Up, Effectiveness Down; GOP In Doldrums

Pew survey finds Americans place gridlock blame largely on GOP, but there's good news and bad news for Obama, Democrats and Republicans

The Role Of Trials In The Process Of Catharsis

The surviving Boston bombing suspect faces charges that could bring the death penalty. For many in Boston, a trial could be an important part of the grieving process. It could be years until he could face a jury. The marathon will have been run again but public outrage will remain.

There's no better deal than getting polio cases down to zero, philanthropist Bill Gates says.

Why Bill Gates Thinks Ending Polio Is Worth It

The Microsoft founder and philanthropist is putting his money and time where his passion is: eradicating polio. Gates talks with NPR's Robert Siegel about why it makes sense to spend an estimated $5.5 billion to wipe out the disease once and for all.

Age-related macular degeneration accounts for more than half of all cases of blindness in the United States.

Not All Antioxidants Halt Macular Degeneration

Supplements with the antioxidant lutein and omega-3 fatty acids didn't stop age-related macular degeneration, the leading cause of blindness in the United States, a new study suggests. But other antioxidants, including vitamins C and E, do seem to help.

Syracuse Common Council restores fire department cuts, but that may not last

The pleas of Syracuse firefighters pleas were answered by the city's common councilors as they voted to restore cuts to the fire department. But, the vote…

Home brewing will become legal in all 50 U.S. states, if Alabama's governor signs a recently passed bill. In March, Mississippi approved a bill that will take effect this summer.

Home Brewing: Soon To Be Legal In All 50 States

The Alabama legislature has approved a bill making it legal to brew beer at home, a practice that had occupied a legal gray area. If Gov. Robert Bentley signs the bill, as he is expected to do, homebrewing will be legal in all 50 states.

Former Enron CEO Jeffrey Skilling laughs outside the federal courthouse on April 24, 2006, in Houston. Under a deal announced Thursday, Skilling could have as many as 10 years cut from his 24-year prison sentence.

Enron's Jeffrey Skilling May See Sentence Reduced

Skilling was sentenced in 2006 for his role in the collapse of the energy trading giant and handed a 24-year prison sentence. Under the deal announced Thursday, he may see as much as a decade cut from that sentence.

Parvati and Saleem (Shriya Saran and Satya Bhabha), born in tandem at the birth of independent India, are at the center of Salman Rushdie's novel <em>Midnight's Children. </em>Thirty years after the book's publication,<em> </em>filmmaker Deepa Mehta has committed the story to the big screen.

An Epic Of India Gets A Canvas Its Own Size

Midnight's Children, from Oscar-nominated filmmaker Deepa Mehta, is a sweeping big-screen adaptation of Salman Rushdie's great novel of modern Indian history. NPR's Bilal Qureshi talks to the two storytellers about their collaboration on the project.

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