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On Monday, the militant Islamist group Boko Haram claimed responsibility for the mass kidnapping. Steve Inskeep talks to Mannir Dan Ali, editor-in-chief of the Daily Trust in Abuja, Nigeria.

The online retailer is introducing a service that lets Twitter users add Amazon.com products to their carts without leaving the social media site.

In Ukraine, there's been renewed fighting between government forces and pro-Russian separatists. The Ukrainian military is working to retake cities near the border with Russia.

The Gallup poll done with Purdue University researchers measures graduates' personal and professional well-being. The idea is that the college experience plays a part in determining that outcome.

In 2000, Mike Anderson was convicted for his role in a robbery. Due to a clerical error, he was never told to report to prison. After 13 years, the state found its mistake.

Also: A new survey finds expensive colleges don't make people happier; the American Legion wants VA Secretary Shinseki to resign over health care problems; and a long-lost Mendelssohn song is found.

Chef Hugh Acheson is one of the most celebrated and influential chefs in the country.Today, he has three restaurants in Athens, Georgia: The National,…

The Department of Education declared that transgender students are protected under Title IX. But there are questions about how that will work on campuses, and what the legal complications might be.

Cotton balls laced with insecticide just might be the answer to a parasitic fly that has been killing off young finches in the Ecuadorean islands since 1997.

Grayfolded, an epic version of over 100 layered versions of the Grateful Dead's signature jam, is being re-released as a triple LP.

The vinyl version of Jack White's Lazarettoalbum has three playback speeds, a floating hologram, tracks hidden under the labels and plenty more technological tweaks to the 70-year old format.

Eight performers remain in the hospital — four in serious condition — after a circus act went wrong in Rhode Island on Sunday.

Democratic Rep. Bruce Braley was considered the favorite to capture the state's open U.S. Senate seat. But an injudicious remark he made about veteran GOP Sen. Charles Grassley has unsettled the race.

Comedy often pushes the boundaries of taste and sensibilities, as SNL writer Leslie Jones did with her slavery skit this past Saturday. Some laughed, some howled.

Commentator Frank Deford discusses what he considers the fifth major sports season — the two-month period when pro football, basketball, baseball and hockey all hold their drafts.

In the video, a skateboarder rides through Christie's warehouse and galleries. But will the new approach attract the sort of collectors who spend millions on a piece of art?

President Obama is touting a government report on climate change. He's taking steps to limit the greenhouse gases that contribute to a warming planet, but he faces political heat on Capitol Hill.

This week's featured innovation is a full-size helmet that collapses in half for easy stowage between rides — something urban bike-share cyclists might find especially appealing.

Also: New kidnappings of Nigerian girls are reported; Fed Chair Janet Yellen speaks to Congress; and a cruise ship may have struck a whale in New York Harbor on Monday.

The Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist says the myth of the cowboy feels "hollow." The Last Kind Words Saloon is a spare and unsentimental story about two Western icons, Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday.