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Mario Hoover is in debate, track and field, choir — plus he volunteers at a hospital and at a boys and girls club. He is the first student in his school's 42-year history to get a perfect ACT score.

Baseball Hall-of-Famer Larry Doby, the first black player in the American League, dies after a long illness. He was believed to be 79. Doby was named to seven straight All-Star teams in his 13-year career, most of it spent with the Cleveland Indians. He experienced discrimination both on and off the field, but in later years rarely displayed bitterness. Hear NPR's Bob Edwards.

The installation was supposedly conceived by artists from each of the European Union's 27 member states, but in fact it was created by a single prankster, David Cerny. Bulgaria was represented as a series of hole-in-the-floor toilets and Italy was represented as a soccer field with soccer players engaged in questionable public behavior.

The goal of new artwork at the airport is to make people happy. In one example, travelers pass aluminum panels decorated with images of a field of flowers and grass.

The Phillies postponed a baseball game Monday. They'd left the tarps off the field during the weekend's massive rain. Crews tried unsuccessfully to fix the problems with blowtorches.

The infamous Tuskegee study by the U.S. government has loomed in the American conscience since the 1930s as the prime documented portrayal of racism in the medical field.

Human embryonic stem-cell research could revolutionize medicine, but controversy surrounds the work and support varies among governments. President Bush has grudgingly approved limited study in the United States. By contrast, Prime Minister Tony Blair has vowed that Great Britain will become the leader in the field. In a three-part series, NPR's Joe Palca takes a looks at Britain's approach to stem-cell research.

The economics of baseball have become a federal issue. Commissioner Bud Selig testified today before a Senate Judiciary Committee on the disparities between large market and small market teams. A blue ribbon panel created by major league baseball says small market teams are increasingly unable to field competitive clubs. It's recommending some changes in the game's financial structure. The Senate says it doesn't want to regulate the national pastime, but some lawmakers say that baseball isn't moving fast enough to correct the game's imbalances.

After analyzing 26 years worth of European soccer matches, scientists have determined that the games have become more predictable over time — and the home field advantage has vanished.

In the 1920s and '30s, Sigmund Freud's nephew Edward Bernays used his uncle's ideas -- sometimes to Freud's consternation -- to help create the new field of public relations. His influence can be felt today, including the very notion of a hearty breakfast.