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The Mexican drug war threatens to destabilize parts of the U.S.-Mexico border, killed more than 6,000 people last year and has prompted some to warn that Mexico could become a failed state. But President Calderon says the surge of violence is a sign that his forces are seriously disrupting the workings of the cartels.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Deputy National Security Advisor Jon Finer about what Iran will get in return for the release of four Americans from the notorious Evin prison.

After nearly 50 years in the music business, Neil Diamond is on top of the world. The singer has topped the U.S. and British album charts with his new release, Home Before Dark.

Singer Songwriter Dion. He's just released a new record of doo-wop tunes Deja Nu (Collectables 2000). In the late 1950s, Dion and his band the Belmonts topped the chart with several pop hits, earning him the status of teen idol. Dion split amicably with the band in 1960 and continued to write Top 10 hits until the British Invasion changed the pop preference. Now, in his 50s, he continues to produce, write and sing new material. He lives in Boca Raton, Florida.

Ask voters how they rate education in the presidential campaign, and they'll place it right up there among their top four concerns. But the supposedly key issue won't break through as a top-tier issue this campaign season.

This means all three of the major credit rating companies of the world — the others being S&P Capital and Fitch — have now all moved the U.S down from the top rating.

Classical music has a reputation as old, elite and maybe not for younger audiences. But the radio show "From the Top" is trying to change that.

A report commissioned by the Republican governor projects big increases in Medicaid costs as a result of the federal law overhauling health care.

The four astronauts aboard NASA's Artemis II mission splashed down on Earth, after a successful visit to the moon.

Liz Cheney's sustained criticism of former President Trump made her one of his top political targets. She's now laying out her plans to make sure he never wins back the White House.