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On Friday, five Irish immigrant laborers were laid to rest in Philadelphia, 180 years after their death. From member station WHYY, Peter Crimmins reports they were part of a forgotten railroad work crew that was buried in a mass grave, under the very railroad tracks they helped construct.

NPR Music's Stephen Thompson recently winnowed the thousands of bands playing the South by Southwest music festival down to a 100-song playlist. Here, he singles out four discoveries — bands he'd never heard but now can't wait to see live.

Sears, Roebuck President Julius Rosenwald and civil rights leader Booker T. Washington got together to help build of thousands of schoolhouses for black children in the segregated South. Author Stephanie Deutsch tells the story of their friendship in You Need a Schoolhouse.

U.S. officials say an American Army soldier may have shot at least 15 Afghans before dawn on Sunday in southern Afghanistan. NATO has detained the accused service member.

Pastor Fred Luter has led the Franklin Avenue Baptist Church, the largest Southern Baptist church in New Orleans, for 25 years. He recently announced that he is seeking to become the first African-American president of the Southern Baptist Convention.

Winning the community is becoming increasingly important for political candidates. A recent poll of Latino voters showed President Obama well ahead of his Republican rivals, but the story is not over for the GOP. In 2004, George W. Bush received 44 percent of the Latino vote, and one Republican strategist thinks they can do it again.

New drilling technologies and rising fuel prices have generated a boom in U.S. oil and gas drilling. It is also creating many high-paying jobs for young people. The average starting salary for petroleum engineering grads is nearly $79,000.

China is buying more abroad than it sells. February marked the largest trade deficit for China in at least a decade. Imports outpaced exports by $31.5 billion.

A Japanese doctor said he wanted people to see the beauty of his Ferrari, so he positioned a camera behind the driver's seat and zoomed away. The video shows him driving 77 mph — 52 miles over the speed limit. Angry viewers reported the driver to police.

Taliban says they will avenge the killing of 16 civilians, allegedly by a U.S. soldier, as questions arise over the possibility that more than a single gunman was involved.