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Jobs Report Better Than Expected, But Still Not That Great
Melissa Block talks with Adam Davidson about Friday's unemployment report for April and the methodology that underlies it.
Stock Market Rallies On Better-Than-Expected Jobs Report
The stock market rallied on Friday after a better-than-expected jobs report. The Labor Department said employers added 165,000 jobs to payrolls in April. The unemployment rate ticked down to 7.5 percent.
A Black Jockey At The Kentucky Derby, Once Again
This weekend, Kevin Krigger will be the first black jockey in the Kentucky Derby in more than a decade. If he wins, he'll be the first African-American to do so since 1902.
As a young man, Burchfield worked at the International Paper plant in Natche...
Justice In The Segregated South: A New Look At An Old Killing
A white off-duty constable shot and killed a paraplegic black man in Fayette, Miss., in 1965. Despite new witnesses who have memories of what happened that day, there's still not enough evidence to say whether Jasper Burchfield's claim of self-defense is true.
Falling In Love Again: Face-Transplant Donor's Daughter Meets Recipient
Marinda Righter said she saw her mother in Carmen Blandin Tarleton. She called the transplant "a gift."
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Advice For New Dads From A Veteran Father Of Four
Novelist Clyde Edgerton has four kids; one is an adult, and the other three are all younger than 10. His new book, Papadaddy's Book for New Fathers, is a guide for dads that's written from his perspective as an older father. Pay heed, expectant fathers: Install that car seat now.