With National Dog Bite Prevention Week set to start Saturday, the Insurance Information Institute wants Americans to know that:

-- Insurers paid $479 million in home owner insurance claims involving dog bites last year, up 16.1 percent from the year before.

-- The number of such claims rose 3.3 percent, to 16,292.

-- The average cost per claim grew by 12.3 percent from the year before, to $29,296.

The president of Malawi vowed to overturn her country's ban on homosexual acts.

The BBC reports that President Joyce Banda made the vow in her first address to Parliament.

"Some laws which were duly passed by the August house... will be repealed as a matter of urgency... these include the provisions regarding indecent practices and unnatural acts," Banda said according to the BBC.

It was just this February when Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer's West Indies vacation home was broken into by a machete-wielding robber who stole $1,000. No one was hurt.

Now, the Washington Post reports that his D.C home was robbed of housewares:

Following the release of what his campaign called his first ad of the general election, Romney participated in a "tele-town hall" with supporters in the swing states where the ad is running: Virginia, North Carolina, Ohio, and Iowa.

Join us as we celebrate the birthdays this week of Bob Dylan (Thursday) and the late Levon Helm (Saturday) by playing the 2nd half of this legendary 1974 live recording from these two greats.  

President Obama's performance in Tuesday's Arkansas primary won't be as embarrassing as what happened in West Virginia two weeks ago, when he gave up 41 percent of the vote to someone who happened to be sitting in a federal prison in Texas for embezzlement.

But it may well do more lasting damage to his party.

Monday, May 21st: SONNY LANDRETH - Elemental Journey 

Tuesday, May 22nd: WILLIE NELSON - Heroes

Wednesday, May 23rd: VARIOUS ARTISTS - Mercyland: Hymns For the Rest of Us

Thursday, May 24th: LAKE STREET DIVE - Fun Machine 

Monday, May 21st: SONNY LANDRETH - Elemental Journey 

Tuesday, May 22nd: WILLIE NELSON - Heroes

Wednesday, May 23rd: VARIOUS ARTISTS - Mercyland: Hymns For the Rest of Us

Thursday, May 24th: LAKE STREET DIVE - Fun Machine 

Monday, May 21st: SONNY LANDRETH - Elemental Journey 

Tuesday, May 22nd: WILLIE NELSON - Heroes

Wednesday, May 23rd: VARIOUS ARTISTS - Mercyland: Hymns For the Rest of Us

Thursday, May 24th: LAKE STREET DIVE - Fun Machine