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The unemployment rate for people with disabilities remains stubbornly high, even as rates have fallen for other workers. During the recession, employers combined job descriptions so they could do more with fewer workers. This trend squeezes out people with developmental disabilities who typically have a more limited set of job skills.

Tax Day brings a dilemma for same-sex married couples whose marriages are not recognized by the federal government. They are required to file their federal taxes as single even though they are legally married in their home state. But this year, many couples are protesting by checking the married box on their federal return.

In her first interview without Gadhafi regime officials listening in, the Libyan woman whose story of being raped and kept prisoner for several days has made headlines around the world describes in detail what she says happened.

Forget about ferrets. The latest pet in Britain is the skunk. Apparently the animal can be trained not to cause a stink. Breeders say about 2,000 are now kept as pets.

Wal-Mart has given up on the upscale end of the downscale market. The retailer suffered a two-year slide in sales. Wal-Mart says it had lost customer confidence in having the lowest price.

Air France superjumbo jet strikes the tail of a second smaller plane

As we learn more about just where the $38 billion in fiscal year 2011 federal budget cuts will come from, news stories are making it appear that the spending reductions will be less historic than lawmakers have been advertising.

Two beams of light shone into the sky before dawn this morning at South Carolina's Fort Sumter, where the first shots of the Civil War were fired 150 years ago today.

On this edition of All Songs Considered, we've got exclusive premieres of two new songs from Cults and one from My Morning Jacket.

The Americana heroes offer the title track from the upcoming Circuital.