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Peter Aronson reports from Mississippi on Kids Quest, a child care center at the Grand Casino Biloxi. Gamblers with children appreciate the convenience that Kids Quest provides. With its colorful atmosphere and video karaoke, Kids Quest is also popular among kids. Gambling critics argue that by offering child care, casinos are only encouraging compulsive gambling among parents. While the people who run the Kids Quest at the Grand Casino Biloxi believe that they provide a safe and exciting environment for kids, they are worried that some parents over-use the facility.

Janice Yeary [JAN-is YEER-ee] is a federal employee in Oklahoma City. She helped start and served as a volunteer at the child care center in the Murrah Building and then watched in horror as it collapsed a year ago. She has been amazed at the strength of Sharon and Scott Coyne, who lost their only child in the bombing. The Coyne's hosted a party at the sight of the bombing on what would have been their daughter's second birthday. Janice Yeary talks about what that event did to help her and others come to terms with their grief over their many losses.

They discuss one of this season's top players, Center Tim Duncan of Wake Forest, who has resisted offers to go professional before finishing college. Wake Forest is ranked number two in the nation, largely because of Duncan. Tomorrow, he and his teammates take on the University of Maryland, which is ranked number five.

The Simon Weisenthal Center has approached the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints to ask that 200 names of famous Jews be taken off a list of people baptized into the Mormon faith after their death. In 1995, the church agreed to stop the posthumous baptism of Jews who died in the Holocaust. But the family of Anne Frank, and others have remained on the rolls -- though they never subscribed to Mormonism during their lives. Linda Wertheimer talks with NPR's Howard Berkes who is in Salt Lake City.

Today’s programming is made possible in part by WCBU Day Sponsor Joyce Blumenshine, inviting you to Heart of Illinois Group Sierra Club’s program to honor our Earth on April 27th, at 6:30pm at Forest Park Nature Center. Join the conversation on ways to save important local habitats. More on WCBU Day Sponsors.

Matt Amorello quit his position Thursday as chairman of the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority, which controls the Big Dig -- Boston's $15 billion project to redirect highway traffic through the center of the city. Earlier this month, a woman was killed when concrete panels fell from the ceiling of a highway tunnel. Robert Siegel talks with reporter Fred Thys from member station WBUR in Boston.

The Centers for Disease Control recently revised the developmental milestones checklist, which all pediatricians use to help identify children with developmental disabilities, such as autism, and intellectual disabilities.

Amid lower case numbers in recent weeks, the Centers for Disease Control announced it is easing mask recommendations for many parts of the country.

The discount chain has temporarily closed more than 400 of its stores in six southern states following the discovery of a massive rodent infestation at a company distribution center in Arkansas.

One baby was born at Advocate Christ Medical Center outside Chicago. Another at a hospital in Burlington, N.C., in Room 2. And in Salt Lake City, two different hospitals delivered babies at 2:22.