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A day before the start of the Tour de France, star riders Jan Ullrich and Ivan Basso have been banned from cycling's top event over doping allegations. Other competitors are also implicated. Phil Liggett of the Outdoor Life Network details the scandal for Madeleine Brand.

American sports fans aren't very familiar with many of the top U.S. Winter Olympians, let alone some other international athletes. But in Europe, athletes from all over the world are easily recognized.

George Mason University is the Cinderella team of the NCAA men's basketball tournament. The 11th seed Patriots stunned top-ranked Connecticut on Sunday to make it to the Final Four next weekend in Indianapolis.

The former southern African breadbasket of Zimbabwe is in the midst of an economic and social meltdown. Zimbabwe's annual inflation tops 1,000 percent, the highest in the world. The country's economy has shrunk by almost a third since 2000. And there are regular shortages of everything from gasoline to basic food staples.

Farai Chideya is just one of millions of Americans working to get in better shape in 2006, and the new year gave her a chance to reflect on one of her top accomplishments of 2005: completing a marathon. She recently finished the AIDS Marathon held in Dublin, Ireland.

The NPR education team brings you 25 books with minority characters and authors.

In this swing state, every voting bloc can make a difference. That includes Maricopa County's LDS community, where Republican women have been turning away from former President Donald Trump.

Thanks to a successful duet with George Michael, Elton John's "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me" topped the charts on both sides of the pond.

SplashData, an Internet security services firm, has released its annual list of 25 worst Internet passwords. Topping the list: "123456" and "password."

The movie took in more than half a billion dollars worldwide and could become the top-grossing film in history.