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  • Oklahoma State Slammed By Sports Illustrated
    Sex, money, drugs, and grade fixing. A new investigation makes strong allegations against a big college football program. Host Michel Martin asks the Barbershop guys if the report surprises anyone. She speaks with culture critic Jimi Izrael, and journalists Kevin Blackistone, Ammad Omar, and Corey Dade.
  • Tweeting For Atonement: Sharing Sins On Social Media
    People of the Jewish faith are seeking atonement during Yom Kippur, but one congregation is giving the holiday a new twist. Members are using social media to tweet for forgiveness. Host Michel Martin speaks with Cantor Debbi Ballard to find out how the process works.
  • Recipe For A Great Burger? Fifteen Bucks An Hour
    It's been 75 years since the U.S. instituted a federal minimum wage, but the debate is as hot as ever. Host Michel Martin speaks with Brian Parker, owner of a Detroit-area fast food restaurant, who's decided to pay his employees double the minimum wage. Also joining them is NPR's business editor Marilyn Geewax.
  • In a photo released by Russian officials in Novgorod, firefighters work at the site of a fire at a psychiatric hospital in the village of Luka on Friday.
    37 Killed In Fire At Russian Psychiatric Hospital
    The blaze in the town of Luka, about 120 miles southeast of St. Petersburg, was the second such incident at a Russian psychiatric ward in recent months.
  • Dr. Mindy Lahiri (Mindy Kaling) must juggle a variety of responsibilities as an obstetrician-gynecologist in <em>The Mindy Project</em>.
    Mindy Kaling Loves Rom Coms (And Being The Boss)
    The actress played Kelly Kapoor on The Office, a role she also wrote and produced. Now she runs a new Fox comedy, The Mindy Project, in which she stars as an obstetrician whose personal life is a mess. Kaling tells Fresh Air that her late mother inspired her character's career.
  • Evangeline Ordaz (center) stands with teens from Legacy LA who were her script consultants and extras for <em>East Los High.</em> From left: Rebecca Hernandez, Brenda Flores, Ordaz, Wesley Michua, Marlene Arazo.
    East LA Homegirl Goes Hollywood
    Evangeline Ordaz is responsible for the hit Hulu series East Los High. She's also working on a new play about changing LA demographics.
  • Floyd Mayweather (left) will fight Saul "Conelo" Alvarez in what could be one of the most lucrative fights in recent history. (AP)
    Boxing's Most Anticipated Match Up Also Has A Huge Payday
    Tomorrow in Las Vegas, two undefeated boxers — Floyd Mayweather and Saul "Canelo" Alvarez — will duke it out for the super welterweight title. The fight setting records as the highest-paid fight in history.
  • A sign outside a medical marijuana dispensary in Manitou Springs, Colo. Voters amended the state's constitution to legalize marijuana for recreational use in November 2012.
    Synthetic Marijuana Prompts Colorado Health Investigation
    Colorado has relaxed its marijuana laws, making authentic cannabis easier to come by. Synthetic marijuana that contains man-made chemicals has caused an outbreak of illnesses and hospitalizations across the state.
  • U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn.
    Sen. Murphy urges stricter zoning in coastal communities
    U.S. Senator Chris Murphy of Connecticut says municipalities need to encourage stricter zoning in coastal communities. That's so they can avoid the…
  • New York musician Dan Kaufman (third from right) traveled to Rome to learn more about the city's Jewish community and the Italian resistance during WWII. The result is a new album by his band Barbez, based in part on the lost melodies of Roman Jewish music.
    Barbez Mines Resistance And Tradition Of Italian Jews
    Inspired by an ethnomusicologist, musician Dan Kaufman revives forgotten melodies on Bella Ciao.
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