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President Obama delivered a much-anticipated address on his proposals for cutting the federal government's annual budget deficits and reducing the enormous, $14 trillion federal debt. Read through what he had to say.

A new U.S. Department of Health and Human Services report shows that people of color, throughout their lives, tend to suffer from poorer health and have less access to quality health care, than whites. These disparities exist in a range of areas including cardiovascular disease, cancer and infant mortality. Host Michel Martin speaks with Dr Howard Koh, Department of Health and Human Services Assistant Secretary for Health, about a new action plan to reduce disparities in minority health care.

President Obama, in a speech at George Washington University, on Wednesday set out his plan for cutting the budget deficit by $4 trillion over the next 12 years. Read his remarks.

Isbell, a former member of Drive By Truckers, still calls Alabama home. On his new album, Here We Rest, his music re-examines his past and wrestles with fitting back into his old life.

This week, a North Carolina man was sentenced to 11 years in prison after he sold what he claimed was gluten-free bread. But it turns out, the bread wasn't sans gluten and it ended up making more than two dozen people sick.

Meet a vocalist, guitarist and songwriter, once a member of Old Blind Dogs, who now plies his musical trade as a solo performer.

American families need to earn at least $68,000 a year to achieve basic economic security, a new report says. That's more than three times higher than the national poverty level. Child care can top rent as the biggest household expense.

At least one senator is surprised that the deal would repeal a health care law provision that he says costs the government nothing. Another senator is pleased that the proposal drops gray wolves from the endangered list.

President Obama outlined a plan to reduce the government deficit through a mix of spending cuts and tax hikes. His plan will go up against another blueprint put forward last week by Republican Rep. Paul Ryan. Though they both seek $4 trillion in reductions, the plans differ dramatically.

HBO has a reputation for original, true-to-life series, but on Sunday it will premiere a show that is more epic fantasy than anything else the network has been doing. It's called Game of Thrones and it's been likened to The Sopranos, if it were set in Middle Earth.