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Each year more than a million babies die within the first 24 hours after birth, a study finds. But there are some simple, inexpensive things that could save these infants, like early breast-feeding and teaching moms to hold their newborns close.

Authorities in Cleveland are providing new details on the conclusion of a decadelong kidnapping case. Three women who went missing between 2000 and 2003 were discovered alive in a home last night, and three brothers have been arrested. Steve Inskeep talks with Brian Bull from member station WCPN in Cleveland.

Charles Ramsey helped save three missing women from a home in Cleveland, Ohio. But he said something interesting about why he answered their call for help. Host Michel Martin explores what Ramsey's comments may say about race in America.

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau says Mission Settlement Agency "systematically exploited and defrauded" its clients.

In 1996, independent producer Joe Richman gave tape recorders to a group of teens and let them report on their lives. "There is something magical about handing someone a tape recorder, because you never know what will happen," he says. Last year, he tracked down some of the diarists and let them do it again.

The former cricketer was being lifted above a crowd of supporters when he suddenly took a tumble.

Crossing the milestone signals growing confidence in the recovery by investors. So far this year, the Dow has surged 14 percent.

Gov. Jack Markell said he would sign a bill that would make Delaware the 11th state in the country to allow same-sex marriage. The vote comes less than a week after Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee signed a similar measure into law.

His original "doodle" made news when he was nominated for the post. His signature is, after all, displayed on the dollar.

Our reaction to overnight Web celebrities like Charles Ramsey, Antoine Dodson, Sweet Brown and Ted Williams deserves a longer look.