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NPR's Joanne Silberner reports on the lobbying done by doctors on Capitol Hill. The top three things physicians most commonly lobby for are Medicare reimbursement, managed care reform and funding for medical research.

Berea College is in the top ten on the Wall Street Journal’s list of “Best Value Colleges.

During Ramadan, Muslims fast from sunup to sundown — so the nighttime meals have to be good. Food writer Yvonne Maffei offers some suggestions for observing Ramadan when it falls in August — which means long, hot days without food or water.

Officials and residents of Minot, N.D., are watching the Souris River creep over roads and into neighborhoods. Friday, the river broke a record set in 1881, reaching 9.5 feet above its flood stage. The Souris is expected to rise another 6 feet this weekend.

The contest in Oregon's new 6th Congressional District, once a blue stronghold, was recently rated a "toss-up" amid GOP gains.

More has become known about the Alabama chief justice's ties to a far-right Christian Nationalist movement that played a major role in the Jan. 6 riot. The movement aims to assert Christian supremacy.

YouTube is out with its most-viewed video list for the year and if you didn't know that Rebecca Black's Friday would be on top, than you're among the (dare we say?) lucky few who didn't get her song stuck in their head this year.

Actor Anthony Mackie could watch Tony Scott's action film Top Gun a million times. "I was completely just enthralled by it," he says.

Kasem hosted American Top 40 for four decades. Kasem also made a career as a voice actor. He was the voice of Shaggy in the Scooby Doo cartoon series for nearly 40 years.

Michigan's Lake Superior State University issued its annual list of annoying expressions to banish. The list includes: trending, bucket list, kick the can down the road and spoiler alert. The top one to ban: fiscal cliff.