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Mitt Romney is inching closer to the Republican presidential nomination, winning Tuesday's Illinois primary by a significant margin. Illinoisans also voted in congressional primaries, with one race featuring two Republican incumbents facing off, and another in which a Democratic incumbent was challenged by a former member of Congress.

In the French city of Toulouse, police have a suspect in Monday's killing of three Jewish schoolchildren and a rabbi.

The contest consuming most potential voters is not the state's April 3 presidential primary when 42 potentially crucial delegates will be awarded. It's the June 5 recall election of Gov. Scott Walker.

Seven people — three children and a rabbi at a Jewish school, and three French soldiers — have been shot to death in recent weeks. According to France's interior minister, the suspect claims he was avenging the deaths of Palestinian children.

A majority of state medical boards, the groups that license and discipline doctors, have received reports of doctor behaving badly online, according to a nationwide survey. Most often the boards learn about the problems from patients or their families.

NPR's Eleanor Beardsley talks with Steve Inskeep about the latest developments in the French city of Toulouse, where police have surrounded a suspect in Monday's killing of three Jewish schoolchildren and a rabbi.

Army Staff Sgt. Robert Bales faces a military justice system that works differently from civilian criminal law in the U.S. or in Afghanistan. It's a case that's expected to be lengthy and complicated.

Some companies are helping their employees become more creative and increasing their productivity, says science writer Jonah Lehrer in his new book, Imagine.

People sometimes take prescription drugs to keep from getting sick at high altitudes. But medical researchers wondered whether ibuprofen, the painkilling mainstay, would be an effective over-the-counter alternative. The results look promising.

Hear the genre-straddling singer perform her smart, ferocious and experimental songs in the studio.