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Francona's latest setback in a series of health problems has Cleveland's baseball team uncertain whether the skipper will be able to return next season.

Iraqi Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr calls for calm after violent clashes between his supporters and a rival militia. This rift within Iraq's Shia erupted at an acutely sensitive time -- Iraq's politicians are supposed to agree on a draft constitution by midnight Thursday.

Amal Saad-Ghorayeb, author of Hizbu'llah: Politics and Religion, says that after the war with Israel last year, there is a sentiment that the Lebanese government was complacent about the Israeli invasion and could no longer be trusted. Ghorayeb discusses the status of Hezbollah with John Ydstie.

The Republican governor and lieutenant governor said they advocated for legislation to help Ohio's two nuclear power plants, but that was the extent of their involvement in the controversial bailout plan.

After years spent working as a Nashville sideman, the 33-year-old guitarist is making his name as an instrumental soloist. While his songs lack lyrics, they're not short on backstory.

From Bach on the accordion to a full-length symphony housed on a one-bit microchip, NPR Music's Tom Huizenga and Weekend All Things Considered host Guy Raz spin an eclectic assortment of new music.

The video game franchise is the largest of its kind in all of North America. Its success comes thanks to the complicated team effort of a few interested parties: the NFL, the software company that makes the game, and ESPN.

For the past two decades, the Colombian pop idol has been one of the biggest names in Spanish-language music. For his newest release, he took a break from his career's frenetic pace — by going all acoustic and reaching out to his heroes for help.

Mohsin Hamid's surreal new novel centers on a white man who awakens one morning to find that his skin has turned brown. The Last White Man only seriously strains credulity at its very end.

The national average price of gasoline has fallen below $4 a gallon. These are four key factors that could determine what happens next with prices at the pump.