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Singer, songwriter and philanthropist Lou Rawls died Friday after a battle with cancer. Rawls' career spanned gospel, blues, jazz, pop and disco. For the last quarter century of his life, Rawls also devoted himself to educating black youth.

Robin Webb is a state representative in Kentucky. Until she was 25, she worked as a coal miner. She describes why people do this kind of work and how they cope with ever present physical danger.

Virginia Gov. Mark Warner orders new DNA tests in the case of a man executed in 1992 for a murder he claimed he did not commit. It's the first time a governor has called for a DNA test after someone was put to death.

Officials enacted a curfew for young people and added extra patrols. The shootings took place near an area where thousands had been watching the Bucks play in the NBA's Eastern Conference semifinals.

After the recent news that a low-fat diet does little to reduce the risk of cancer, heart disease or stroke for older woman, many people are understandable confused about the benefits of giving up the foods they loved. Dr. Walter Willett of Harvard School of Public Health talks to Michele Norris about what the findings mean.

While the American press has covered violent protests over the publication of cartoons of the prophet Muhammad in European papers, most have declined to publish the cartoons.

In Colorado, some lawmakers want the companies who are drilling under private properties to compensate the homeowners. Residents bought land and built homes without realizing that they didn't own the mineral rights beneath them. From Aspen Public Radio, Kirk Siegler reports.

Microsoft and Yahoo announce a deal that will allow users of one instant messaging service to communicate with the other. While the technology existed to facilitate that inter-communication, it was not offered until now.

Radio host Bob Edwards is the author of the book Edward R. Murrow: and the Birth of Broadcast Journalism. It covers some of the same ground as a new feature film, Good Night, and Good Luck, which chronicles Murrow's conflict with Sen. Joseph McCarthy.

Vivian Malone Jones, the first African-American student to graduate from the University of Alabama, has died at age 63. Malone was one of the students Alabama Gov. George Wallace tried to block from entering the university in 1963.