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The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force said the harms, such as false alarms and unnecessary surgeries that leave some men impotent and incontinent, outweigh the benefits of routine PSA blood testing for prostate cancer. But it's far from clear that doctors and their patients will heed the advice.

More than 70 percent of respondents say they've made efforts to cut back on fats, added sugars and salt, they're trying to eat more whole grains, and they're trying to cut calories by drinking water, and low -or zero- calorie beverages.

The drummer and son of Ry Cooder performs songs from his "soundtrack without a film."

Richard Grenell, who resigned after some conservatives criticized Mitt Romney for hiring an openly gay adviser who favors same-sex marriage, said Wednesday that the issue should not determine how most Americans vote.

The cuts will happen over an extended period wrapping up by the end of 2014.

Audie Cornish talks to pilot Felix Baumgartner, who plans to freefall from 120,000 feet above the earth and break the speed of sound with his body. He will attempt to break a 50-year-old record held by retired Air Force Colonel Joe Kittinger which is nearly 103,000 feet.

The first day of voting is over in the unprecedented free presidential election in Egypt. No major irregularities were reported thus far in the election that continues on Thursday. Voters thronged polling centers across the country to cast a ballot.

The fallout from Facebook's initial public offering continues to spread, moving from trading screens to potentially the courtroom. Some of the investors who bought shares of the company filed a lawsuit alleging that Facebook and underwriter Morgan Stanley concealed information about Facebook's expected performance.

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Audie Cornish and Robert Siegel read emails from listeners about remote controls and baseball.