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NPR's Michel Martin speaks with former CDC official Demetre Daskalakis about the absence of a CDC director and the government's ability to respond to public health threats.

Even if a hospital is in your health plan's network, some doctors who work there may not be. That discrepancy can lead to surprising out-of-network charges. But appealing those charges can often get health plans to reduce the bills.

An artist's inspiration can come in many forms. Along with bandmate Tessie Brunet, musician Dax Riggs of Houma, La., has crafted an entire album out of the fear of death: We Are Night Sky, the debut recording of Deadboy and the Elephantmen.

Nigerian poet and activist Aj Dagga Tolar lives in a shack in Ajegunle, a slum on the outskirts of Lagos that is also called "The Jungle." He says he tries to escape the tough reality of slum life by being creative, making music and poetry.

Florida and 20 other states on Friday filed their fullest arguments to date on why the Obama health care law violates the Constitution. The Florida case is the biggest and best situated to reach the U.S. Supreme Court.

Mega-church pastor Rick Warren hosted presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama at his Saddleback Church in Orange County, Calif., Saturday. They took the stage one at a time to answer questions about values from Warren and his congregation.

The novel Adama relates a teenager's impressions of Saudi Arabia in the 1960s and 70s as he transforms from home boy to questioning intellectual. Author Turki al-Hamad's book, first published in 1998, has been banned in several Middle Eastern countries; it is al-Hamad's first work to be translated into English. Alan Cheuse has a review.

UCLA urban planning professor Donald Shoup says we have too many parking spaces in this country, especially the cheap and free kind. He argues that we pay the price for it in many different ways. Shoup's point is made in a new book, The High Cost of Free Parking.

Netflix has decided to spin off its DVD rentals into the new service "Qwikster." Will this really fix its customer-dissatisfaction problems and restore peace?

Host: Joseph PaceProducer: Susan Britton With legal obstacles cleared, San Francisco is well on its way towards implementing its long awaited bike plan.…

Culinary curator John T. Edge notes the latest foodstuffs to hit the deep-fat fryer. Would you believe... Oreos?

Walter Mosley, the creator of the bestselling Easy Rawlings mysteries, has accomplished something remarkable with his young-adult novel 47, according to author Steven Barnes: "He used the struggles of one frightened boy to represent [a] common yearning."