For nearly eight years, married journalists Jennifer Griffin and Greg Myre covered the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians. During that time, their life was about reporting on street violence, suicide bombings ? and starting a family.

Source: http://www.npr.org/2011/04/15/135406240/starting-a-family-reporting-from-a-burning-land?ft=1&f=1057

Herger, Wally Herseth Sandlin, Stephanie Higgins, Brian Hill, Baron P.

Some people are able to function with far less than the recommended seven or eight hours of sleep a night. "Short sleepers" make up just a small percentage of the population and are more energized than regular sleepers ? but that's not all.

Source: http://www.npr.org/2011/04/16/135450214/eight-is-too-much-for-short-sleepers?ft=1&f=1007

Holden, Tim Holt, Rush D. Honda, Michael M. Hoyer, Steny H. Hunter, Duncan

What's your favorite movie? Your favorite sandwich? Your favorite Star Trek episode? Online polls offer endless opportunities to vote for one thing or another. Does the casual, even gratuitous kind of voting that's beginning to creep into our lives cheapen one of democracy's most precious rights?

Source: http://www.npr.org/2011/04/16/135462117/stand-up-and-be-counted-and-counted-and-counted?ft=1&f=1057

Frank, Barney Franks, Trent Frelinghuysen, Rodney P. Fudge, Marcia L. Gallegly, Elton

Jack Kelly, Pittsburgh PG

Source: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/2011/04/17/government_by_waiver_undermines_liberty_253932.html

Cole, Tom Conaway, K. Michael Connolly, Gerald E. Conyers, John Jr. Cooper, Jim

I missed this story when it came out last December. [NYPD Police Lt. Robert] Henderson, Lt. Robert Ortlieb and Sgt. Joseph Seminara identified [Shane] Rhooms as the gunman who started shooting after they spotted him smoking pot on Lenox Road in East Flatbush on Sept. 6. Seminera later picked Rhooms out of a photo array [...]

Source: http://news.feedzilla.com/en_us/stories/politics/top-stories/78996532?client_source=feed&format=rss

Djou, Charles K. Doggett, Lloyd Donnelly, Joe Doyle, Michael F. Dreier, David

Joan Vennochi, Boston Globe
WHERE ARE Stacy and Clinton from “What Not to Wear’’? Organized labor desperately needs a makeover.All the classic accessories were on display at last week’s union rally in downtown Boston: Burly guys in sweatshirts hoisted “Solidarity’’ signs. The song “We’re Not Gonna Take It’’ thumped in the background. Cigarette smoke and angry rhetoric filled the air.“We’re going to hold those sons of bitches accountable,’’ bellowed Rich Rogers, executive...

Source: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/2011/04/17/that_old_angry_union_rhetoric_253942.html

Cole, Tom Conaway, K. Michael Connolly, Gerald E. Conyers, John Jr. Cooper, Jim

The nonbinding measure calls for dramatically revamping Medicaid and Medicare to pare trillions of dollars over the next decade. But it stands little chance of even reaching a vote in the Senate. Instead, it is likely to serve as an opening salvo in the debate over America's fiscal future and the 2012 election.

Source: http://www.npr.org/2011/04/15/135439169/house-gears-up-for-another-budget-showdown?ft=1&f=1014

Carney, Christopher P. Carson, André Carter, John R. Cassidy, Bill Castle, Michael N.

When he was growing up, Noe Rueda's family didn't have a lot of money. He wanted to help out, so he became a young entrepreneur. And in the process, Rueda found a way to go to college. He talks with his former teacher about how that happened.

Source: http://www.npr.org/2011/04/15/135415519/a-young-sons-goal-making-money-for-his-mother?ft=1&f=1057

Frank, Barney Franks, Trent Frelinghuysen, Rodney P. Fudge, Marcia L. Gallegly, Elton

When he was growing up, Noe Rueda's family didn't have a lot of money. He wanted to help out, so he became a young entrepreneur. And in the process, Rueda found a way to go to college. He talks with his former teacher about how that happened.

Source: http://www.npr.org/2011/04/15/135415519/a-young-sons-goal-making-money-for-his-mother?ft=1&f=1057

Inglis, Bob Inslee, Jay Israel, Steve Issa, Darrell E. Jackson, Jesse L. Jr.

Alpha Natural Resources announced late Friday that if its merger with Massey Energy is approved, several Massey managers will get key roles in the new combined company ? including one executive who presided over the company while it compiled some of the most criticized safety records in the coal mining industry.

Source: http://www.npr.org/2011/04/16/135465833/mine-execs-get-key-roles-despite-safety-problems?ft=1&f=1003

Burgess, Michael C. Burton, Dan Butterfield, G. K. Buyer, Steve Calvert, Ken