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A pair of researchers propose that the shape of the ear might have something to do with it.

Some experts see parallels to the sexual abuse scandal that rocked the Catholic Church. "Sometimes it's very difficult for individuals in power to accept that a person they may know personally, or as part of the faculty or church, could be committing these very serious crimes," one psychologist said.

Lawmakers in Jefferson County, Ala., voted Wednesday to file for bankruptcy. It will be the largest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history. For more, Guy Raz talks with Tanya Ott of member station WBHM in Birmingham.

A New Mexico State Police officer has shot and killed a man at the end of a foot chase in Clovis.State police spokesman Lt. Robert McDonald says the…

A downtown Santa Fe merchants group that feels city officials have ignored their concerns about events on the Santa Fe Plaza has filed a lawsuit…

Prosecutors admitted that they did not have enough evidence to retry Michael Wayne Hash, who was convicted of capital murder. Prosecutorial misconduct and other evidence contributed to the overturn of his conviction.

Abdel Razaq Tlas says there's a "smear campaign" being waged against him, including a video involving Skype sex.

Syria's civil war erupted again on Monday, just one day after the U.N. ended its monitoring mission in the country. Reporter Jon Lee Anderson joins NPR's John Donvan to discuss the different factions that are rising up amid the current confusion.

Mon. 8/20 7.30p: Music in Spanish is written with the letter A ... Music is a Feminine gender word! Let´s explore young women singers throughout Latin…

Cuban dissident Oswaldo Paya was killed in a car crash last month. Witnesses say it was an accident. But the government is using the case for propaganda purposes, Paya's family suspects a government conspiracy, and a Spanish activist has been jailed.