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An estimated 2 million Americans practice some form of self-injury, and there is a common misperception that -- like anorexia -- the problem afflicts mostly young women. But self-mutilation isn't exclusively a modern adolescent issue. The disorder is an ancient one, and it is best understood as an attempt to relieve rather than inflict pain.

Alex Chadwick talks to Bob Moon of Marketplace about an identity theft case that could involve more than 100,000 customers at Bank of America, Wachovia and other major banks.

Steve Inskeep talks with Sen. John McCain. The Republican from Arizona was one of the 14 senators from both parties that helped craft the compromise reached Monday night on Senate judicial filibusters.

On May 25, 1955, a powerful F5 tornado with winds estimated at 300 mph roared through Udall, Kan., destroying all but a handful of buildings and leaving 80 people dead and 270 injured. The twister helped change America's response to one of nature's most powerful forces.

Alex Chadwick talks to David Rivkin, an attorney who formerly advised the Reagan and George H. W. Bush administrations, about the U.S. government's policy regarding torture and the so-called "war on terror."

Linda Thomsen, director of enforcement at the Securities and Exchange Commission, discusses how the Sarbanes-Oxley Act has changed corporate culture. The law is meant to protect investors by providing more accountability and transparency of investments.

The Senate vote will largely be a symbolic move by Democrats to show support for abortion rights after a leaked draft showed the Supreme Court may overturn the ruling.

Now that Canada is no longer requiring COVID-19 tests from vaccinated travelers, tourism is up in many U.S. border communities. In New York, Plattsburgh is seeing a big increase in tourism.

Much of the abortion debate centers on when life begins. It is essentially a religious question, but there is no consensus on the answer. (Story originally aired on Weekend Sunday on May 8, 2022.

Laptop computers spawn a new kind of musical competition: the laptop battle. DC9, a smoky nightclub in downtown D.C. recently hosted one of these cyber-music showdowns.

An autopsy report filled in gaps for deputies who discovered a man's body lying in his backyard on Saturday — and then found his girlfriend's body nearby.

It's been less than two days since President Bush chose John Roberts to fill the upcoming vacancy on the Supreme Court, and preparations to usher the nominee through the confirmation process are underway. Juan Williams reports that as Roberts makes courtesy calls to key Senators on Capitol Hill, the White House is developing a political strategy it hopes will smooth the confirmation process.

A prominent Palestinian-American journalist was killed in the West Bank and her network blames Israeli forces. Israel says it's possible Palestinian gunmen shot her, but says it will investigate.

Zimbabwe has launched a campaign to wipe out the country's shantytowns -- destroying thousands of homes and small businesses in the process. U.N. officials estimate the crackdown has left more than 200,000 people homeless.

The Jazz Night in America team highlights a selection of 2022 entries that caught our ears and displays the expanse of what jazz has to offer.

A recent opinion column in The New York Times by Cardinal Schonborn, the influential archbishop of Vienna, denounced evolution as "an unguided, unplanned process." The column is a departure from the Catholic Church's more ambivilent stance on evolution. Madeleine Brand discusses Schonborn's comments with John Haught, professor of theology at Georgetown University and author of God After Darwin: A Theology of Evolution.

Aid groups estimate 300,000 of Zimbabwe's urban poor have lost their homes in a new push by President Robert Mugabe. He says "Operation Clear Out the Trash" will wipe out illegal ghettos in the capital of Harare and cut crime. But political opposition groups see the campaign as punishment against those who recently voted against Mugabe, many of whom live in the shanty towns. Haru Mutasa reports from Zimbabwe.

Jared Diamond is the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Guns, Germs and Steel, which has been made into a documentary that debuts Monday. He discusses his ideas about the rise and fall of human civilizations.

The biggest wildfire in the U.S. has been threatening homes and people in New Mexico for more than a month now. Some are facing serious hardships.

South Dakota's Republican Sen. John Thune has been in office only six months and he's already learned some hard political lessons from the base closure process. He was surprised when the Pentagon announced it planned to close his state's Ellsworth Air Force Base. Now he fighting to save what is his state's second-largest employer.

He agreed with voting-rights groups that said the changes to a North Florida congressional district would eliminate the ability of Black voters to elect a candidate of their choice.

Living on a student's budget in sweltering heat led civil engineering student Geoff Milburn to a practical use of his education: creating an air conditioning system for under $25. Milburn tells Scott Simon about his invention.

The trademark illustrations in The Wall Street Journal look like engravings. But they're actually intricate pointilist portraits. Petra Mayer visits stipple artist Noli Novak at her New Jersey studio.

Research shows the average time between sentencing and execution has increased by two-thirds in the past 20 years.

The Pentagon wants to close Willow Grove Naval Air Station, located in the suburbs of Philadelphia. The move would deactivate the 111th Fighter Wing of the Air National Guard. Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell has brought a suit against Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld over the Pentagon's authority to deactivate Guard units. From member station WHYY in Philadelphia, Brad Linder reports.