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From Bill Clinton to Martha Stewart, many successful people brag about how little sleep they need. But sleep researchers say some people sneak in some extra shut-eye during the day, and the truly sleep-deprived usually pay a price.

The assassination of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. on April 4, 1968, forever changed the widening struggle for civil rights. Details of the day reveal King's mindset in the hours before he was killed. Also, the Rev. Joseph Lowery, one of King's contemporaries, reflects on the man behind the myth.

American Airlines had plenty of financial problems, even before this week. A slumping economy and soaring fuel costs cut into earnings. Now, lost revenue from thousands of grounded flights could be a major hit to the nation's largest airline.

The legendary jazz pianist and composer is best known for his time in New York City, where he developed his eccentric musical genius. But 90 years ago today, Thelonious Monk was born in the Southern city of Rocky Mount, N.C.

PJ Harvey's new album, I Inside The Old Year Dying, builds off of a narrative poem she wrote about a year in the life of a 9-year-old girl in a fictional town in western England.

NPR's Juana Summers talks with writer Sarah Rose Etter about her new novel Ripe, which explores the darker sides of Silicon Valley as a woman tries to make sense of her career and growing dread.

Wild turkeys are roaming the streets of Massachusetts towns, even parts of Boston. The birds get up to 4 feet tall, weigh 20 pounds — and they bite. Pierre Verrier, an Animal Control officer in Brookline, Mass., advises residents to stay away from the birds — or "try to hit the turkey with your purse or something."

Neurologist Oliver Sacks has spent a career investigating the brain and its capacity to confound humans. In Musicophilia, he examines the powers of music through case studies he's gathered from patients, musicians and everyday people.

Best-selling mystery novelist Michael Connelly roams the streets of Los Angeles in search of a good story. He doesn't have to look far to find real-life inspiration for his Harry Bosch detective series among the city's people and places.

It happens countless times a day. People receive e-mails from what looks to be a familiar company — their bank, credit card company or another organization. It looks legitimate, but something just isn't right.