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Survivors say people were trapped below deck when the ferry sank "in minutes" after it collided with a cargo ship near the country's second-largest city of Cebu.

Tens of thousands of Filipinas work as nannies in U.S. households. Many leave their own children in the care of relatives back home, a wrenching but often unavoidable decision in the impoverished Southeast Asian nation.

AFTER YEARS OF PROTESTING THAT FOREIGN SUBMARINES, FROM THE FORMER SOVIET UNION, WERE SPYING ALONG THE SWEDISH COASTLINE, THE SWEDES MADE PUBLIC LAST WEEK AN EMBARRASSING DISCOVERY...THEY HAD MISTAKEN RUSSIAN SUBMARINES FOR MINKS. SCOTT SIMON DISCUSSES THE MIX-UP WITH SIMON HAYDON, AN EDITOR AT REUTERS NEWS SERVICE IN STOCKHOLM.

When people think of U.S. history, they often jump to the pilgrims at Plymouth Rock. But a new archaeological discovery shows just how far inland Spanish explorers traveled, decades before the English arrived. Kenneth C. Davis talks about some of the hidden Spanish history in the U.S.

Dias Kadyrbayev and Azamat Tazhayakov, former classmates of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's at the University of Massachusetts, are accused of throwing out a laptop and other items that could link Tsarnaev to the bombings.

As genocide ravaged Rwanda in 1994, hotel manager Paul Rusesabagina risked his own life to save the lives of over 1,000 people. He used diplomacy, flattery, and even deceit as he worked to keep people alive. Rusesabagina tells his story, which inspired the film Hotel Rwanda.

On October 1st, online health insurance exchanges open up as part of the Affordable Care Act. Kaiser Health News' Mary Agnes Carey speaks to host Michel Martin about what will change, and how you can prepare for the roll-out.

High-wire artist Philippe Petit tells the amazing story of his tightrope walk between the Twin Towers in 1974.

The Borgias are more than just a TV show. Reviewer Lizzie Skurnick says Blood & Beauty by Sarah Dunant shows readers the authentic people behind the pomp and circumstance.

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