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Book lover and journalist Danny Heitman is worried that college students aren't reading for fun anymore. He recommends 10 books that college-age young men and women would enjoy.

The South Carolina Supreme Court has ruled to finalize the adoption of Baby Veronica by her white adoptive parents. The order comes after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in June that her biological father, a Cherokee Indian, could not use the Indian Child Welfare Act to claim custody rights.

Tyler Perry has two new shows on the Oprah Winfrey Network: "The Have and The Have Nots" and "Love Thy Neighbor." They both offer lessons on finance, according to columnist Michelle Singletary.

Robert Seldon Lady, the former CIA station chief in Milan, was arrested in connection with the extraordinary rendition of Muslim cleric Abu Omar in 2003.

Ye Meng Yuan, a teen from China, was struck after the crash. A coroner has now ruled that she was alive when that happened. San Francisco's fire chief says the news is "devastating" and has apologized. Firefighters apparently didn't see the girl because she had been covered with fire-retardant foam.

There was a little misunderstanding over something we said recently, while promoting a story about elite runner Tyson Gay. A listener joins us to explain.

In an experiment, chimpanzees and orangutans recalled cues they were exposed to three years earlier. Scientists say this strongly hints at a trait many believed was uniquely human.

The case challenges the constitutionality of drone strikes that killed three U.S. citizens in Yemen in 2011. Government lawyers seeking to dismiss the case said the courts essentially have no role in drone-strike decisions.

Singer-songwriter Sam Beam -- who's better known by his musical persona Iron & Wine -- performed at the Boston Public Library as part of a new music series at WBUR called "Off the Record."

In a surprise statement at the White House today, President Obama said black Americans feel pain after the Trayvon Martin verdict because of a "history that doesn't go away."