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Rutgers basketball coach Mike Rice was fired for abusive actions towards players on the practice court. Did he go too far, or should people toughen up? Host Michel Martin asks the Barbershop guys for their take.

Surveys show a marked rise in the diagnosis of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD, among the nation's youth. William Graf, a professor of pediatrics and neurology at Yale School of Medicine, discusses the surge in ADHD diagnosis and its potential implications.

In The Bonobo and the Atheist: In Search of Humanism Among the Primates, primatologist Frans de Waal explores traits like empathy and fairness in our closest relatives, bonobos and chimpanzees, and argues that human morality is not the product of rational thought or religion, but evolved long ago.

Governor Steve Beshear is allowing a bill regulating hemp in Kentucky to become law without his signature.Supporters of Senate Bill 50 were concerned that…

Kentucky manufacturers will benefit from a new partnership between universities, professionals, and state and federal partners. The Advantage Kentucky…

The remark — which Obama made during a fundraiser — was called sexist by some. Obama said he regretted the "distraction it caused."

The latest employment numbers showed far fewer jobs were created in March than in February, disappointing those who had hoped robust growth from the winter months would hold into spring. The news overshadowed an effort from the White House to reach out to Republicans on the tax-and-spend front. The president said he would trim the growth in retirement programs if the GOP would accept some higher taxes. NPR's Scott Horsley talks to Robert Siegel about how the two issues are related.

The March unemployment report disappointed analysts with very weak job growth, and perhaps more significantly, a huge drop out in the labor force.

Nearly two week after rebels seized control of the Central African Republic and ousted its president, the country is a shambles after widespread looting. Conflict-weary citizens want peace and to choose a new government, but it's far from certain that the future will more stable than the past.

With little warning, CPI Corp. closed more than 2,000 studios in the United States. With digital photography affecting its business, the company was unable to pay its loan obligations.