Medical Records Could Yield Answers On Fracking

Is fracking making people sick? The question has ignited a national debate. A proposed study in northern Pennsylvania could help resolve the issue.

Menino Aims To Curb Violence This Summer

By Bob Oakes

Boston Mayor Thomas Menino will unveil a multi-facted strategy in an effort to curb violence in Boston this summer.

Morning Edition

Coming To A Political Campaign Near You: Lots Of Outside Money

By Padmananda Rama

Congressional candidates are increasingly raising money from supporters and groups who outside their district.

How Fish Farts Can Help Manage Species

By Beenish Ahmed

Marine biologist Rodney Rountree said fish sounds are key to understanding fish behavior and could even help us protect many species from overfishing.

Mass. Senate Tackles Health Care Payment Plan

The Senate on Tuesday began debating a bill that aims to reduce projected health care costs.

Carlos Fuentes, Legendary Mexican Writer, Dies

By Eyder Peralta
Mexican writer Carlos Fuentes takes part in a tribute to Mexican writer and anthropologist Fernando Benitez in December 2011.

Fuentes was one of the premiere and most prolific authors in the Spanish language.

COMMENTARY

Warren Controversy Fades, But What’s Her Strategy?

By Todd Domke
Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, Elizabeth Warren (AP)

The significance of Warren claiming to be 1/32 Cherokee is that it raised as many questions about her Senate campaign as about her personally.

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Peter Fuller, Part Of Kentucky Derby History

By Bill Littlefield
Peter Fuller, left, stands beside Dancer's Image, the only winner of the Kentucky Derby to be disqualified. (AP)

Peter Fuller owned the only horse ever to be disqualified after winning the Kentucky Derby. He was also an amateur boxer who once sparred with Muhammad Ali for charity. He was 89.

R.I. Officials Studying Finances Of Schilling Company

At right, former Red Sox pitcher and 38 Studios founder Curt Schilling shakes hands with a fan at Comic-Con in July 2010 in San Diego. (AP/Electronic Arts)

The former Red Sox pitcher moved 38 Studios to Providence from Massachusetts in 2010 after Rhode Island offered the company a $75 million loan guarantee.

'Home:' Toni Morrison's Taut, Triumphant New Novel

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Morrison's latest novel revisits the story of the prodigal son, as a Korean War veteran returns to his hometown in the pre-civil rights era South.

World Headlines
Nino Giarratano joins hands with his father, Mickey Giarratano, after the transplant of a kidney from son to father in Denver last year. (AP/Courtesy Giarratano Family)

Nino Giarratano joins hands with his father, Mickey Giarratano, after the transplant of a kidney from son to father in Denver last year. (AP/Courtesy Giarratano Family)

Poll: More Support For Compensating Organ Donors

By Scott Hensley

Federal law bans payments for organs. But about 60 percent of Americans support health care credits as compensation for organ donors, the NPR-Thomson Reuters Health Poll finds.

Is A Tie Game Un-American?

Real Salt Lake's Jonny Steele (right) trips Chicago Fire's Sebastian Grazzini during a Major League Soccer matchup. The game ended without a score — one of 11 ties each MLS team is likely to record this season.

It's not whether you win or lose — it's how you play the game. But Frank Deford says its downright un-American to have a tie in sports.

1,000 Sunday Mornings To Make A Harpsichord

By Andrea Shea
For 25 years, woodworker Gregory Bover spent Sunday mornings building a custom harpsichord for internationally known harpsichordist Frances Fitch. (Andrea Shea/WBUR)

In the late 1980s, woodworker Gregory Bover decided to build a pretty incredible gift for his wife. Twenty-five years later, it will be played in public for the first time in Rockport.

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Special Interests And The Democratic Party

Photo Illustration (Alex Kingsbury/WBUR)

Democrats charge Republicans with being prisoners of special interests. A young conservative turns that charge around.

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E.J. Graff: Marriage Equality Is Best Achieved State-By-State

Eric Bennett and Trenton Garris kiss during a demonstration to show support for President Barack Obama. (AP Photo/Kevin P. Casey)

Same-sex marriage advocates scored another minor but meaningful victory this week, in Rhode Island — Governor Lincoln Chafee signed an executive order recognizing out-of-state gay marriages.

Ron Paul Spokesman: Candidate Unlikely To Ever Endorse Romney

Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas (right), talks with chief strategist Jesse Benton in Ames, Iowa, on Aug. 13.

Presidential candidate Ron Paul is not expected to ultimately endorse presumptive GOP nominee Mitt Romney, Paul's chief strategist said Tuesday.

For New French President, Germany Is First Stop

Francois Hollande stands up in his car Tuesday as he rides up the Champs-Elysees after taking the oath of office as the new president of France. Shortly afterward, he flew to Germany to meet Chancellor Angela Merkel and discuss the continent's economic woes.

The new French president and German Chancellor Angela Merkel have different ideas about how to address Europe's financial turmoil.

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Pizza Delicious Bought An Ad On Facebook. How'd They Do?

By Steve Henn and Zoe Chace

What happened when two guys who sell pizza out of a window in New Orleans decided to buy a Facebook ad?

Beckett Returns With 9 Ks, Sox Beat Mariners

Josh Beckett delivers to Seattle Mariners' Dustin Ackley in the first inning at Fenway Park. Beckett pitched 7 shutout innings, earning the win. (AP)

Josh Beckett redeemed himself less than a week after being booed off the mound.

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