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In 1994, Ellis Cose surveyed successful, middle-class African-Americans and uncovered an often unspoken rage. Now, 17 years later, he's discovered a major change in that community: They've become one of the most optimistic groups in America. He reveals his findings in The End Of Anger.

There's confirmation now that the housing market has taken a "double dip" and that prices are down to mid-2002 levels, the widely watched S&P/Case-Shiller report says.

This Memorial Day weekend kicks off what promises to be the best vacation travel season since 2007. With job security the strongest it's been in years, Americans are abandoning the staycation for far-away fun.

New laws and Medicare rules call on hospitals to report infections. Some, like Pacific Hospital in California, have already managed to bring rates way down. Pacific's efforts have caught the attention of competitors and potential customers. And they've become a source of pride for its employees.

Eliska and Welmon Barriere are among the roughly 6 million blacks who migrated north during the 20th century. They left New Orleans in 1962 for Milwaukee, where they raised a family. But they moved to Georgia in the 1990s, part of a trend of blacks going back to the South.

From the dark-hued voice of a tenor in full cry, to the bustling style of new genre-bending composers, NPR Music's Tom Huizenga and host Guy Raz spin an eclectic mix of new releases.

Journalist Jon Ronson spent two years talking to psychopaths, psychiatrists and even Scientologists in an effort to learn more about psychopathy and its effects on society.

Vic Armstrong has made a career out of jumping from helicopters, falling off horses and leaping from trains — and he's got the scars to prove it. He tells stories from his long career on set in The True Adventures Of The World's Greatest Stuntman.

Nearly two years after the recession ended, the pace of construction is inching along at less than half the level considered healthy. Housing starts fell 10.6 percent in April to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 523,000, the Commerce Department said Tuesday. And fewer new homes mean fewer jobs.

Nearly two years after the recession ended, the pace of construction is inching along at less than half the level considered healthy. Housing starts fell 10.6 percent in April to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 523,000, the Commerce Department said Tuesday. And fewer new homes mean fewer jobs.