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Whose wallet would get pinched if Medicare payments were cut in areas where service levels run high?

Doubts Raised About Cutting Medicare Pay In High-Spending Areas

An influential panel panned an idea to pay hospitals and doctors less under Medicare if they happen to be in regions that are heavy users of medical services. The approach has been popular with some in Congress.

The control tower at Troutdale Airport in Troutdale, Ore., one of the towers slated for closure.

FAA Announces Tower Closures Coming In April

The FAA has trimmed the number of towers it plans to close as it shrinks its budget in response to sequestration. Officials spared 40 airport towers it had previously planned to shutter.

Letters: Reaction To Gun Series

Melissa Block and Robert Siegel read emails from listeners about a series on guns.

State Laws Govern Gun Purchases Very Differently Across The Country

Melissa Block talks to Daniel Webster, director of the John Hopkins Center for Gun Policy and Research, about the wide variation in gun laws from state to state, and how those laws correspond to gun violence.

Maggie Gallagher has been an outspoken opponent of gay marriage for the past decade. She debated the issue at Saddleback College this month with John Corvino (right), a gay-marriage proponent who is also a personal friend.

As Support For Gay Marriage Grows, An Opponent Looks Ahead

Maggie Gallagher is one of the nation's most public opponents of gay marriage. These days, she's thinking more about how to continue advocating for marriage between one man and one woman, even as society's views — and laws — are shifting rapidly.

Kenneth Pattengale (left) and Joey Ryan, who record as The Milk Carton Kids. Their new album is called <em>The Ash & Clay</em>.

The Milk Carton Kids: At Life's Crossroads, A Duo Looks Both Ways

Both newly 30, Kenneth Pattengale and Joey Ryan reflect on the past and relish the present on their upcoming release, The Ash & Clay.

In <em>The Sapphires</em>, an R&B-loving musician helps turn four Australian aboriginal women into a soul act. From left: Julie (Jessica Mauboy), Cynthia (Miranda Tapsell), Gail (Deborah Mailman) and Kay (Shari Sebbens).

Maori-Mentored, Soul-Singing Mom Inspired 'The Sapphires'

The film's plot may sound improbable — an aboriginal girl group travels from the Outback to Vietnam to entertain American troops — but writer Tony Briggs knows just how true that story is: His mother, Laurel Robinson, was one of the real-life singers who made that trip.

Supreme Court justices will hear arguments Tuesday on California's Proposition 8 ban on same-sex marriage. On Wednesday they'll hear arguments on the federal Defense of Marriage Act, which defines marriage as between one man and one woman.

They All Voted For DOMA, But Now These Senators Are Split

When the Defense of Marriage Act passed in 1996, it had strong bipartisan support. All of the 15 sitting Democrats who voted for it are now against it. But so far, Sen. Rob Portman is the only current Republican Senator to change his mind.

Florida Gulf Coast's Chase Fieler (left) and Georgetown's Mikael Hopkins leap for a rebound during a second-round game of the NCAA tournament Friday.

In Case You Missed It: Georgetown Upended, And Other NCAA Surprises

Newcomer Florida Gulf Coast made quite an entrance Friday: The No. 15 seed beat No. 2-ranked Georgetown. Other notable wins went to La Salle and Iowa State.

Emily Rapp is also the author of <em>Poster Child</em>, about a congenital birth defect that led to the amputation of her leg when she was a child, and about how she subsequently became a poster child for the March of Dimes.

Fresh Air Weekend: Emily Rapp, Phil Spector, Philip Roth And Sea Chanteys

In The Still Point of the Turning World Rapp writes about caring for a terminally ill child. Phil Spector is based on the music producer, but it's fiction. Philip Roth is the subject of a PBS documentary. Tom Waits, Patti Smith and others appear on a new compilation of sea songs from Hal Willner.

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