As more art school graduates end up in tattoo shops, the body art is increasingly influenced by fine art.

David Leonhardt of the New York Times says that young workers in the U.S. face a more challenging job market than their counterparts in hard hit places like Europe.

A new poll shows former Republican South Carolina governor Mark Sanford with a one percentage-point lead over Democrat Elizabeth Colbert Busch in their battle for the S.C. 1st District congressional race.

A concoction of cough syrup, soda and candy is heralded in rap songs even though it has been blame for multiple deaths.

We listen back to our interview with Frederic Franklin, who died Saturday at the age of 98.

Israel’s weekend airstrike on a military complex near the Syrian capital of Damascus killed at least 42 Syrian soldiers, a group of anti-regime activists said Monday.

From Sun Kil Moon to Air.

Writer Danny Heitman says literature can help people cope after the Boston Marathon bombings. He recommends five books that provide solace.

Pastor Jim Wallis is an active public religious leader, but last election season he went on a retreat. The result is his new book about “what religion forgets and politics hasn’t learned about serving the public good.”

As the drumbeat for arming the rebels in Syria continues in the U.S., there is growing evidence that the militant Lebanese Shi’a organisation Hezbollah is fighting for the regime.

U.S. law allows up to 12 weeks off work for the birth of a child or to care for a sick loved one, but it does not cover bereavement. A father who lost his child is trying to change that.

A U.S. District judge in Chicago has ordered that 18-year-old Abdella Ahmad Tounisi continue to be detained on terrorism-related charges. It reverses an earlier decision by another judge.

From The Flaming Lips to the Pixies.

The directors of the Boston Marathon are speaking out for the first time since the day of the bombings, as they make decisions about next year’s race, and runners who couldn’t finish.