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NASA postpones shuttle Discovery's planned May launch to July 13, at the earliest. Engineers discovered that the shuttle's external fuel tank still needs work to reduce the chances that hazardous debris will fall from it during liftoff.

Rescue efforts continued through the night to reach 13 coal miners trapped 260 feet below ground in West Virginia's Sago mine. Emily Corio of West Virginia Public Broadcasting reports.

Iraqi doctors say 13 Iraqis are killed and dozens wounded by U.S. forces west of Baghdad at Fallujah. Members of the Army's 82nd Airborne Division say they opened fire after coming under attack by armed men in a crowd of demonstrators. NPR's Guy Raz reports.

We play overrated/underrated with Tim Harford, author of 'Fifty Inventions that Shaped the Modern Economy.' We talk messy desks, light bulbs and Dune, the board game.

We've taken the liberty of drafting new LinkedIn profiles for famous people, all of whom have names that sound like jobs or occupations. Can you identify the celebrity?

Sarah Silverman plays a lightning-round style game where she's given a Kit-Kat flavor and has to say whether it's real or fake. Break me off a piece of that... Swedish Meatball?

On this date in 1923 the legend of Harry Houdini grew even more after a stunt in New York City. And in 1942, Anne Frank received a gift on her 13th...

NPR's global health and development correspondent and NPR's Beijing correspondent answer questions about the global response to the pandemic.

We respond to your letters, tweets and messages: We talk Iran, yield curve and how to pronounce Hyundai.

Economics looks at how we make decisions in a world of scarce resources. What happens when the scarce resource is our attention?