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  • Never before have individuals been so threatening to the security of nation-states. And never before have nations had so many tools to dispatch these enemies. But Benjamin Runkle of Foreign Policy wonders if the effort worth the risk?
  • Fans of new Latin music can hear it the same way previous generations listened to Tito Puente and Beny More — on vinyl.
  • Neil Sedaka, a peer of Van Cliburn and James Levine? Don't doubt it: You can actually trace the songwriter's musical lineage all the way back to Mozart, in less than six degrees of separation.
  • Arguing that the pictures and videos have news value and that national security concerns do not outweigh the interests of the public, The Associated Press and others have made Freedom of Information Act requests. Should they be given the materials?
  • Ian Brown's son Walker has a rare disorder that left him with severe cognitive, developmental and physical disabilities. Brown's new memoir, The Boy in the Moon, is about his journey trying to answer medical and philosophical questions about his son's existence.
  • President Obama said he knew the mission to execute Osama bin Laden was complete when he heard "Geronimo" had been killed. Some Native Americans are angry about the name association between the global terrorist and Geronimo. They're asking Obama to apologize. Host Michel Martin discusses the controversy with Tim Johnson of the National Museum of the American Indian.
  • Rising water levels on the Mississippi River are threatening low-lying towns and farms along the Mississippi Delta. Host Michel Martin speaks with reporter Jeffrey Hess of Mississippi Public Broadcasting about how Delta residents are preparing for the worst floods since 1927.
  • As more children are diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, parents are discovering they have it too. In the U.S., women have become the fastest growing group to be prescribed ADHD medication. In this week's parenting segment, host Michel Martin speaks with Jennifer Brown and Michelle Suppers — moms with ADHD �" and journalist Brigid Schulte, who recently covered the issue for The Washington Post Magazine.
  • Pop icon Lady Gaga's upcoming album will have a new song in mariachi style that targets what she calls 'unjust' immigration laws in Arizona
  • A Web site that offers free, decorative asthma inhalers to children who live near coal-fired power plants is a fake, says Peabody Energy, the coal company whose name is used on the site.
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