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A new poll finds 34 percent of patients hospitalized for at least one night in the past year said "nurses weren't available when needed or didn't respond quickly to requests for help." We asked nurses why that might be. Stories poured in about being overworked, comparing the job to "spinning plates."

Cable channel TBS had the highest ratings among cable networks in the all-important 18-to-49-year-old audience during the first quarter of the year. Programmers did it without offering a single original program in prime time. They did it with reruns, led by The Big Bang Theory, which is in heavy rotation.

The historic first mission to dock a commercial spacecraft at the International Space Station is happening today, and is being webcast around the world.

Police in Boxtford, Mass., responded to a call about six party crashers. The Tri-Town Transcript reports the cows chased away partiers, and drank their beer.

Over the past 15 years, the sticker price has gone way up. The price students actually pay has risen more slowly.

Eurvision, the European song contest, is being held this year in Azerbaijan. Lois Parshley of Foreign Policy has this list of seven acts that might make you want to turn off your television forever.

Top stories include the private SpaceX rocket prepares to dock with the International Space Station; and Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood claims the lead in votes for the presidency, but a runoff election may be needed to determine the victor.

Mountain Stage celebrates the life of the '70s folk hero with a re-airing of his 1993 performance.

NPR's Frank Langfitt can't get over how much things have changed for movie fans such as him. In only a decade or so, China's theaters have gone high-tech. And they've gotten expensive.

The Barbershop guys weigh in on revelations about the death of Florida A&M University drum major Robert Champion. Some police documents suggest Champion agreed to undergo hazing that allegedly took his life. The guys also dish on their top picks for the NBA playoffs.