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A professional football player's terrible injury puts the NFL under the microscope again. Meanwhile, the U.S. women's basketball team is triumphant.

Roughly half the delegates to the GOP nominating convention have now been chosen, and Mitt Romney has emerged as the prohibitive favorite — eager to lead the party against President Obama. So how does he use the next five months until the convention begins?

The FAA will require airlines to give flight attendants at least 10 hours of rest time in between shifts, the same as pilots, to help reduce fatigue. Current rules allow as little as 8 hours of rest.

The Big 10 conference just signed a historic multibillion-dollar broadcast deal with a number of networks. Will the college athletes themselves see any portion of that money?

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with retired federal Judge Vaughn Walker about the unusual nature of a special master who will be assigned to review the documents seized by the FBI from Mar-a-Lago.

The United States is not mad about soccer but it has some pretty dedicated fans — and they're up in arms over news that player Landon Donovan will not be going to the World Cup.

Italy heads for a historic election. If Giorgia Meloni's Brothers of Italy party wins Sunday's election, she could also make history by becoming the country's first woman prime minister.

Mitchell Reiss, author of Bridled Ambition: Why Countries Constrain Their Nuclear Capabilities, talks to Renee Montagne. They discuss why several countries, including South Africa, have abandoned their nuclear weapons programs.

Most weight-loss diets work, as long as you stick to them. But studies show that most of us can't make ourselves stay with a diet long-term. Now, a growing focus on behavioral tricks may help people change the way they think about food and eating.

Ohio is in the political spotlight Wednesday. President Obama will be stopping at college towns, courting the young voters who helped him win Ohio four years ago. GOP challenger Mitt Romney is finishing a bus tour that kicked off earlier this week by his running mate Paul Ryan.