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The Heisman Trophy-winning football player has moved from the field to the stage. He's pursuing an acting career and plays the title role in Julius Caesar at the Nashville Shakespeare Festival.

Tavis Smiley and Cornel West have made a traveling road show out of their roles criticizing President Obama. As the 2012 campaign begins in earnest, the duo seem to be moderating their tone.

Scientists can't predict exactly where the spacecraft will fall but chances are it will steer clear of land and end up in an ocean.

Conductor Marin Alsop investigates the alluring power behind the grand opening of Also Sprach Zarathustra.

A late relative left the husband-and-wife duo with two precious gifts: a creaky old farmhouse to record in and a wealth of woodsy songs to sing.

"If we want to make media better then we've got to start consuming better media," says open-source-Internet activist Clay Johnson. His new book, The Information Diet, makes the case for more "conscious consumption" of news and information.

France was among nine European countries that saw their sovereign debt ratings cut Friday. The move could boost borrowing costs in Paris and undermine a plan to contain the European debt crisis. But the loss of France's AAA rating is also likely to play a role in President Nicolas Sarkozy's re-election bid.

Six thousand miles. Seven time zones. And endless cups of hot tea. NPR reporter David Greene along with producer Laura Krantz and photographer David Gilkey boarded the Trans-Siberian Railway in Moscow and took two weeks to make their way to the Pacific Ocean port city of Vladivostok.

Democrats plan to turn in petitions by the truckload to try to force a recall election of Gov. Scott Walker, an effort that follows the governor's move to strip public workers of union bargaining rights. But the petitions will then be scrutinized for months, particularly by lawyers for Walker's campaign.

As Otto Perez Molina takes office Saturday, one of his top priorities is regaining U.S. military aid, which the U.S. banned because of alleged abuses during Guatemala's civil war. Experts say exactly how Perez will tackle the current wave of violence — or if his approach is effective — remains to be seen.