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The health program for the elderly already costs a lot, and it's going to cost so much more down the road that Medicare is becoming a key part of the debate about how to tame federal spending. President Obama is expected to show his hand on Medicare changes today.

General Electric and its tax bill have been a topic of controversy since a New York Times report said the company earned $14.2 billion last year, but paid no federal taxes. Parts of that story have since been called into question.

Laurent Gbagbo, the former leader of Ivory Coast has been moved to a 'secure location' somewhere in his country.

Prostitution? An escort service? No way, says the founder of WhatsYourPrice.com, which lets "beautiful" people set a price they're willing to take to go out with you.

A rebel spokesman said the coalition effort "was very active and it was more leaning toward protecting the civilians" when the U.S. had a more central role, a day after Britain and France complained that they are bearing too much of the load in Libya.

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.