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Redistricting is forcing a handful of congressional incumbents of the same party to run against each other in primaries. Next Tuesday, two Illinois Republicans square off in a battle of experience versus relative youth, Tea Party versus GOP establishment, and conservative versus conservative.

The guitarist grew up in New Jersey but absorbed the country music his West Virginian parents loved. His new album is Man About Town.

In a new study, scientists found that listeners were more likely to cast their vote for the candidate with the deeper voice, regardless of the candidate's gender. Host Rachel Martin reports.

The rural community of Obion County, Tenn., was thrust into the spotlight when firefighters refused to extinguish a house fire two years ago because the owner hadn't paid the required $75 fee to the city Fire Department. Chad Lampe of member station WKMS reports city leaders have finally made a change.

After a soap opera featuring divorce, debt and a team held in the balance, the Los Angeles Dodgers will have a new owner by the end of April. But the team and its fans are ready to focus on the field.

When 85-year-old Betty Werther was young, she traveled the world. Sixty years later, she got a call. It was from a young Portuguese medical student and he had found something that belonged to her. What he brought, however, was more than a souvenir.

Leonard Wood was a U.S. general and doctor who and a very close friend of Theodore Roosevelt. He was a Republican presidential candidate in 1920 and was thought to be a shoo-in, but lost the nomination to Warren Harding. Newt Gingrich says his rival Mitt Romney is the weakest front-runner since Wood.

Shavings of metal can flake off of the artificial joints and cause serious pain and medical problems in the hip. About a half-million Americans have this type of implant, and though most patients won't have a problem, one doctor called the failure rate "unacceptably high."

Two eras clash on Monday at the U.S. Supreme Court, when a law written in 1939 is applied to in vitro fertilization. At issue is whether children conceived through in vitro fertilization after the death of a parent are eligible for Social Security survivors benefits.

There has been a rise in popularity in Greece of extreme leftist and ultra-right parties who are strongly opposed to the painful austerity measures that have been imposed as part of the international bailout.