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Opposition fighters from the Free Syrian Army last month in Aleppo, Syria.

U.S. Said To Be Leaning Toward Arming Syrian Rebels

Administration officials tell NPR and other news outlets that the arms could include shoulder-fired missiles. The news comes as the U.S. considers how to respond to reports that the Assad regime may have used chemical weapons against its own people.

In Denver last month, a recruiter (right) talked with a job seeker at a health care career fair. There was job growth in April, according to a new survey, but the pace was modest.

Slow Growth In April: Survey Shows 119,000 Jobs Added

Federal spending cuts and tax increases have started to bite, according to the latest ADP National Employment Report. On Friday, the Bureau of Labor Statistics will weigh in with its figures on unemployment and job growth in April.

Study: Release Program For Terminal Inmates 'Poorly Managed'

A Justice Department study says some inmates who were approved for the early release program died before Washington bureaucrats signed off on it.

Abdullah Mchumvu has been training African giant pouched rats for more than a decade in Morogoro, Tanzania.

Ratting Out TB: Scientists Train Rodents To Diagnose Disease

For more than a decade, a nonprofit in Tanzania has been using the rat's keen sense of smell to detect buried land mines around the world. Now the group is training the critters to help diagnose tuberculosis at rural clinics.

Pakistan's army chief, Gen. Ashfaq Kayani, talks to media in northern Pakistan last year.

Pakistani Army Chief Unhappy Over Treatment Of Musharraf

The country's top general issues a veiled reference to the former president and ex-general's house arrest.

Witherspoon's Punishment: $100 Fine & A Viral Arrest Video

Friday in Atlanta, actress Reese Witherspoon pleaded no contest to obstruction. She was arrested last month in Atlanta for berating a state trooper as he administered a sobriety test to her husband. Now, the dashcam video of her arrest has hit the Web.

Humanists On Surviving Crisis Without A Prayer

Thursday was the National Day of Prayer, and the president called on people of all faiths to remember the victims of recent national tragedies. But what about the growing number of Americans who don't pray? Host Michel Martin speaks with Greg Epstein, the Humanist Chaplain at Harvard University, about where people without faith turn for comfort.

Democrat Elizabeth Colbert Busch looks over at former Republican Gov. Mark Sanford during a debate Monday in Charleston, S.C., in the 1st Congressional District race.

Democrats Have High Hopes Of Defeating Sanford In S.C.

South Carolina's 1st Congressional District hasn't elected a Democrat since 1978. But in a race against scandal-ridden former Gov. Mark Sanford, Democrats think their candidate, Elizabeth Colbert Busch, has a chance to pull it off in Tuesday's special election.

Terry Dyroff, of Silver Spring, Md., had a PSA blood test that led to a prostate biopsy. The biopsy found no cancer but did give him a life-threatening infection.

Urologists Recommend Less PSA Testing For Prostate Cancer

The American Urological Association released new guidelines that, if they're heeded, would dramatically reduce the ranks of men who would be candidates for PSA testing. The prostate-specific antigen test can catch cancer early, but it frequently gives false alarms.

For Washington School, Good Weather Means Class Is Canceled

The principal of a small, private school in Washington decided that it was so beautiful outside, kids should take the day off to enjoy it. He called it a "sun day."

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