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The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) says for too long, states have focused on incarceration at the expense of education. A new report released today by the group, connects incarceration rates with poorly performing schools. Between 1987 and 2007, the report shows that higher education spending grew by 21%, compared with a 127% rise in funding for corrections. Guest host Allison Keyes speaks with NAACP head, Benjamin Jealous.

An inventively animated documentary gets the basics right in its portrait of the late Bill Hicks, a counter-culture comedian who rose to prominence in the '90s — but a full picture of a singular performer will have to wait for another film.

The high court race took a bizarrer turn as the GOP judge went from behind to way ahead.

Hundreds of veterans are returning from Iraq and Afghanistan with disabilities that make it hard or impossible to get a job. Many are eligible for disability benefits — but with a wait time of months or years, the veterans risk serious financial trouble.

The ongoing nuclear disaster in Japan may undermine support for nuclear power in the U.S. But it could accelerate the natural gas boom already under way in the Marcellus basin — a 400-million-year-old shale formation stretching from New York to Kentucky.

The State Department's point person on human rights says his office is in a "cat and mouse" game with authoritarian governments that are trying to restrict free speech on the Internet.

Budget negotiations continue on Capitol Hill as a government shutdown looms. Many seem to agree that House and Senate leaders are close on numbers but cannot agree on policy riders.

In a Buffalo, N.Y., cemetery, a female goose who lost her mate is getting support from a male deer. She spends her days nesting by an urn. He circles the spot, on-guard if others approach. The man in charge of the Forest Lawn Cemetery sees it as love: "one creature of the Lord looking out after another creature of the Lord."

A Pennsylvania accountant turned in his own company. The federal government netted $20 million in taxes and interest, and is sharing some of that with him. Of course, he had to pay taxes on that award.

One contested issue in the ongoing budget debate revolves around the benefits and drawbacks of regulations, especially those of the EPA. Ike Brannon and Sam Batkins of The Weekly Standard argue that regulations are being wrongly skewed by the EPA and Obama as promoting job growth and economic stimulation.