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  • Supporters listen to Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum at The Ravine in Bellevue, Wis., on March 24. Some voters in the state are complaining about a barrage of negative ads in advance of Tuesday's primary.
    Wisconsin Voters Face Onslaught Of 'Negative, Negative, Negative' Ads
    The superPAC supporting Rick Santorum has so far spent almost a half-million dollars on ads attacking front-runner Mitt Romney. And the superPAC supporting Romney has spent more than five times that amount — over $2.7 million — attacking Santorum.
  • During the raid on Osama bin Laden's compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, a video showing the al-Qaida leader watching television was discovered.
    Bin Laden Fathered 4 Children, Hid In 5 Safe Houses While On Run, Wife Says
    His youngest wife has given investigators the most detailed account yet of where the al-Qaida leader was in the years between the 2001 terrorist attacks and his death in May 2011, The New York Times reports.
  • A package of K2, a concoction of dried herbs sprayed with chemicals sometimes called synthetic marijuana. New York moved to ban a wide range of products like these this week.
    New York Bans 'Synthetic Marijuana'
    The New York State Health Department banned the sale of synthetic marijuana products like those on Thursday. So all kinds of wacky stuff that's made to get people high — but is often disguised as potpourri, incense or some mixture of herbs — is now verboten.
  • In Hawthorne, Calif., on Thursday, customers lined up for Mega Millions tickets at the Bluebird liquor store.
    Mega Millions Mania: What If You Win? Then What Do You Do?
    The record $640 million jackpot is drawing dreamers across the nation. While the odds are incredibly long (you're more likely to die of a flesh-eating bacteria), tickets are selling fast for tonight's 11 p.m. ET drawing.
  • Quarry-Lover Pete Farley
    He's into "soft rock" --but not the musical kind. Pete Farley has been fascinated with the Alberene Soapstone Quarry his entire life and is now searching…
  • North Branch School Founder
    Charlotte Zinsser Booth was inspired by her mom's memories of learning in school about mythic gods of antiquity --and by education reformers who sought…
  • Parties Ready To Take Budget To Campaign Trail?
    Guest host Jacki Lyden continues the conversation about the passage of Congressman Paul Ryan's budget plan in the House of Representatives. Lyden speaks with NPR Washington Editor S.V. Date about what the vote means and whether the plan's passage may signal long budget battles ahead.
  • Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., at NPR headquarters in May 2011.
    Rep. Ryan Endorses Romney
    One day after his fellow Republicans in the House passed his version of a 2013 federal budget, Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan throws his support behind Mitt Romney's bid for the GOP presidential nomination.
  • Co-Author Defends GOP Budget Plan
    Republican Congressman Todd Young helped draft Rep. Paul Ryan's 2013 budget that passed in the House of Representatives on Thursday. Congressman Young speaks with guest host Jacki Lyden about the budget plan and Democrats' opposition to it, including calls that the plan would hurt programs like food stamps and Medicaid.
  • Harry Crews On Writing And Feeling Like A 'Freak'
    Writer Harry Crews had a hard life and didn't make it any easier for the characters in his novels. He died Wednesday at age 76. Fresh Air remembers the Southern novelist with excerpts from a 1988 interview.
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