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One approach tried in New York that expedites settlements in medical malpractice cases is expanding, and many policy experts and participants in the process believe it has promise.

Americans are healthier today than they were 20 years ago. But increases in obesity and diabetes threaten to overwhelm the progress we've made on smoking, violent crime and deaths from heart disease and strokes.

It's not the first stumble for state-owned KfW, which mistakenly sent hundreds of millions of dollars to Lehman Brothers on the day it went bankrupt.

Through Westinghouse, Toshiba had planned to build four nuclear power reactors — two each in Georgia and South Carolina.

The military officer's defection follows the news of 13 North Korean restaurant workers who defected en masse last week.

Amarillo, Tex. has already seen 17 inches. By the time it's all over, it may break its all time snowfall record.

The move is the latest salvo in a tense relationship between the state and federal government.

Wells sang about the real problems of postwar life and the sad side of domesticity.

See which committees do the most (and which do the least) to help lawmakers raise money for re-election.

As a special Independence Day weekend event, Liane Hansen tests the political trivia acumen -- and wits -- of NPR editors and NPR.org columnists Ron Elving and Ken Rudin. Find 15 additional questions online.