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  • Forget Metallica and Megadeth: the lovelorn hero of Jules Massenet's opera 'Werther' romanticizes suicide far more than heavy metal headbangers ever have.
  • Because of problem with two heaters on one of the shuttle's Auxiliary Power Units, a launch will not happen before Monday.
  • Wednesday markets the 50th anniversary of the start of the Freedom Rides, when an integrated group of Civil Rights activists rode together by bus through the deep South challenging integration. Historian Raymond Arsenault recounts their journey in Freedom Riders.
  • Mayors from across the country are assembling in Chicago to find creative ways of cutting costs and raising efficiency. The meeting comes when many mayors are facing budget shortfalls. Host Michel Martin speaks with two of the mayors attending the summit, Philadelphia's Michael Nutter and Los Angeles' Antonio Villaraigosa.
  • People around the world tuned in Friday morning to watch the Wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton, the new duke and duchess of Cambridge. Host Michel Martin discusses how the event influences pop culture with Robin Givhan, special correspondent for style and culture for Newsweek and The Daily Beast.
  • The White House released President Obama's birth certificate but it still did not silence his critics. Now some are questioning his academic records. Also, a judge's ruling may have ended the NFL lockout, though details of the collective bargaining agreement have yet to be finalized. Host Michel Martin speaks with Tell Me More's Barbershop guys: author Jimi Izrael, civil rights attorney Arsalan Iftikhar, syndicated columnist Ruben Navarrette and Sports Illustrated reporter Pablo Torre.
  • Our panelists answer questions about the week's news: Body Scanners at Old Navy; Mommy's Little Helper.
  • Short-term forecasting of twisters like the ones that swept the South this week has grown increasingly accurate. But long-term forecasting remains highly unreliable. Meteorologists are working on ways to improve that.
  • No state may be more polarized right now than Wisconsin. That follows the effort by Republican Gov. Scott Walker to eliminate the collective bargaining rights of most public workers there. The gap is most apparent between Wisconsin's biggest cities and its smallest towns.
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