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NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Martin Jenkins, a former Clemson football player who sued the NCAA seven years ago. He testified that he felt he had to prioritize athletics over academics.

Starting today, federal funding from the health overhaul law becomes available to expand coverage of Medicaid. Some states are seeking to use that money in current programs that cover low-income people who do not qualify for Medicaid.

Working closely with a former detective, James still goes out with Brighton police to gather material for his work about an English city with a rich criminal history.

Lawrence Wright's Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood and the Prison of Belief looks at the world of the controversial church and the life of its founder, L. Ron Hubbard, who died in 1986.

With the legalization of marijuana, researchers and traffic safety experts are looking at how cannabis is impacting impaired driving. The CT Transportation Institute will hold an impaired driving summit Oct. 4 to discuss.

Emergency powers after last year's terrorist attacks have led to 3,500 house raids and hundreds of house arrests. Police, under pressure to prevent new attacks, risk alienating French Muslims.

The company's board said Friday it has pushed out its co-founder and CEO after a review found he was "not consistently candid in his communications" with the board.

In God's Bankers Gerald Posner explores the history of money, power and the church. During World War II, he says, the Vatican made money off of the life insurance policies of Jews sent to death camps.

Talking about Jews in sports touches a "very central place in the Jewish psyche," says Franklin Foer. He and co-editor Marc Tracy have compiled an "unorthodox hall of fame" celebrating Jewish contributions to American athletics.

Journalist Lawrence Wright's new book, Going Clear, is a penetrating look at Scientology and its famous practitioners. The book centers on Crash and Million Dollar Baby screenwriter Paul Haggis, who famously left the church over its support for an anti-gay marriage initiative in California.