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Barry Bond deserves a place in the Hall of Fame, even if he did use performance enhancing drugs. Drug use doesn't explain what Bonds did, nor does it explain away his achievements.

Nearly 50 years after Jamaica bid farewell to British rule, many Jamaicans are asking the same question: What has the island done with its independence? Author Ian Thomson chronicled his search for the answer in his new book, The Dead Yard: A Story of Modern Jamaica.

She's increased tUnE-yArDs' roster to craft a bigger sound, but Merrill Garbus has known how to make people stop and listen since her busking days as a one-woman band.

Cattle rustling sounds like a quaint notion from the 19th century American West, but in South Sudan — soon be the world's newest nation — it's a very modern and very real problem. Sudanese cattle raiding isn't like the Old West with Winchester rifles. It's the African Bush with automatic weapons — and high body counts.

There has been a flurry of activity around the possibility of peace talks with the Taliban. The government of Afghanistan, as well as U.S. military leaders, have announced their support for reconciliation, but real negotiations still seem a long way off.

Regardless of political affiliation, most respondents to a Pew Research Center poll gave poor marks to Congress and the White House on the federal budget negotiations. Host Liane Hansen talks to Andy Kohut, president of the Pew Research Center, about the latest polling on the federal budget.

A few years ago, marathon runner and physics teacher Mike Tammaro waited a little too long to register for the Boston Marathon. Instead of just grumbling about being shut out of the race, he started his own marathon in neighboring Rhode Island. With a qualifying time five minutes faster than the Boston Marathon and scheduled the Saturday before the big run in Beantown, Tammaro's marathon has quickly caught on as a marathoner's marathon. Catherine Welch of member station WRNI caught up with Tammaro and runners from all over the country as they took off from the starting line.

Boston University's President-in-Residence Program has hosted six former African leaders. One of candidates for the next spot is Ivory Coast's Laurent Gbagbo, who refused to leave office after being voted out, sparking a brief but bloody civil war. Host Liane Hansen speaks with Charles Stith, creator of the program.

Fifty years ago Sunday, a brigade of around 1,500 CIA-trained soldiers stormed the beach in Cuba's Bay of Pigs. It was the opening phase of a secret mission to overthrow Fidel Castro. Of course, things didn't go as planned, and the lessons learned could apply to U.S. foreign policy today.

Rebels in the western city of Misrata have stubbornly held out against a sustained military attack from forces loyal to Moammar Gadhafi. Now, thousands of people wait for rescue ships to come to Misrata's only lifeline — the sea.