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A blue ribbon panel of researchers issued a report today on the state of America's youngest children -- from infants to five-year-olds. The National Academy of Sciences report lists a number of far-reaching policy changes that it says should be implemented, including better childcare, better training and pay for providers, and more family leave. NPR's Claudio Sanchez examines the report, and how it contributes to the debate over education and public policy in this election year.

Cincinnati Reds manager Bryan Price, seen here during a home game, has apologized for the language he used in a long tirade.

What A Bleeping Day: Reds Manager Takes Media To Task

More than 80 profanities in under six minutes. That's the statistic baseball writers are talking about Tuesday, after Cincinnati Reds manager Bryan Price's tirade against the media.

A screen presents the winners of the Nobel Prize in Medicine, U.S.-British scientist John O'Keefe and Norwegian husband and wife Edvard Moser and May-Britt Moser, for their discoveries of cells that constitute a positioning system in the brain.

3 Win Nobel Prize In Medicine For Discovering Brain's 'Inner GPS'

The scientists, one working in Britain and a husband-and-wife team from Norway, will share the award for work that began in the 1970s and spanned decades.

The Booker High Kiowas entered the state playoffs undefeated, and with two record-setting players on its 29-man team.

Tiny Texas Town Sees School's Record-Setting Football Season End

The 29 players on Booker High School's football team include two cousins who became the state's all-time leading passer and leading receiver this season.

Residents fear that the economy of Belhaven, N.C., will collapse because its hospital closed. "How many people go retire somewhere where it doesn't even have a hospital?" asks the mayor.

A Conservative Mayor Fights To Expand Medicaid In North Carolina

After a small North Carolina town lost its hospital, Belhaven's Republican mayor decided it was time to demand that North Carolina cover more people through the Medicaid program.

Keeping Black Men In Front Of The Class

Studies show high rates of teacher turnover — especially among minorities. One researcher is trying to figure out why and how schools can reverse the trend.

Sodium Girl's Limitless Low-Sodium Cookbook

http://cptv.vo.llnwd.net/o2/ypmwebcontent/mackattack/FMS%2020130413%20.mp3Millions of people live with hypertension or chronic kidney disease, and for…

Some of the artifacts that were handed over to Iraq during a ceremony Monday in Washington, D.C.

U.S. Returns Dozens Of Looted Artifacts To Iraq

Some of the artifacts date back more than 4,000 years. Among them is the head of a statue of Assyrian King Sargon II, similar to one destroyed by militants with the self-proclaimed Islamic State.

Willie Davis with his friend Yelitza Castro in Pineville, N.C.

A Home-Cooked Dinner That's More Than A Meal

Yelitza Castro cooks for homeless men and women every other Saturday night. But "you don't make us feel homeless," says Willie Davis, who has partaken in many of the meals. Before he met Yelitza, he says, he had almost given up, but now he has his own place.

Authors of Through a Dog's Eyes and Give Me Tomorrow

http://cptv.vo.llnwd.net/o2/ypmwebcontent/mcnicolpants/fms%2020120217.mp3Through a Dog's Eyes: Understanding Our Dogs by Understanding How They See the…

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