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Istanbul is rapidly changing as Turkey's economy surges. Working-class neighborhoods are being cleared to make room for expensive villas, luxury hotels and upscale restaurants. A new documentary film warns that the latest mega-projects will damage the social and cultural fabric of the city.

Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum chose to characterize his distant third-place finish in Florida's Republican presidential primary as a victory, of sorts. And then he lit into the distant second-place finisher, Newt Gingrich.

Governor Pat Quinn used his State of the State address to outline proposals he says would boost Illinois' economy. The governor's plan includes various…

Watch a beautiful and bittersweet animated short film chronicling Prokofiev's life.

When Syrian ruler Hafez Assad brutally crushed an uprising in the city of Hama in 1982, details emerged slowly and there were virtually no photos. Now, Syrians are marking the event three decades later amid a new uprising. And a few photos from the 1982 crackdown are now appearing, though their origins are hard to trace.

Software can reportedly detect when a CEO might be trying to hide something during a conference call with investment analysts

The new punishment is a sign that international economic sanctions are squeezing the country.

Nearly a quarter of U.S. public high school students fail to graduate on time, or at all. The president wants a rule requiring students to stay in school until age 18. But even with the requirement, Washington, D.C. has one of the lowest graduation rates. Host Michel Martin speaks with WAMU's Kavitha Cardoza and former dropout, Rashida Harris.

Hear the group bring '70s soul music into the present day with infectious, toe-tapping vigor.

As it circles Earth, NASA's Interstellar Boundary Explorer hunts for particles streaming in from beyond the solar system. It has intercepted hydrogen, helium, neon and oxygen atoms. IBEX principal investigator Dave McComas discusses how the abundance of those atoms hints at the Milky Way's composition.