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Congress Due To Grill Ousted IRS Chief

(Most recent update: 12:50 p.m. ET.)Saying that "foolish mistakes were made by people trying to be more efficient in their workload selection," the

May is Pet Cancer Awareness Month, a time for pet owners to be aware of the threat of cancer in their furry friends and ways they can minimize the

A key House Republican says lawmakers have more work to do before settling on final changes to Alabama campaign finance laws. But Rep. Mike Ball...

Alabama's unemployment rate has dipped to 6.9 percent. Gov. Robert Bentley said the preliminary April rate is below the 7.2 percent recorded in...

The architect of Alabama's new private school tax credits intends to block the governor's proposal to delay the tax breaks for two years. Senate...

The Cruelty of Children Stories about kids being mean to each other.

The Unsafe Sex: Should The World Invest More In Men's Health?

On average, men aren't as healthy as women. Men don't live as long, and they're more likely to engage in risky behaviors, like smoking and drinking....
North Korea Fires Three Short-Range Missiles, Says The South

After a relatively calm few weeks, North Korea fired three short-range missiles today, a South Korean Defense Ministry spokesman said today. NPR's...
Highly Charged IRS Case Pulls In Political Agendas

NPR's Peter Overby reports on the Congressional testimony of IRS officials in response to the scandal over special scrutiny of tea party groups....
Author Elliott Holt says: 'Go West, Young Woman'

In Elliott Holt's beautifully subtle debut novel You Are One of Them, the protagonist, an American in her 20s, moves to Moscow shortly after the Cold...
Plum Baby

There isn't enough time in this world to grow your own tree. That tree is a plum baby still, never mind it's tall as the house those men are taking...