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Author: Newtown Answers May Never Come

Portraits of slain students and teachers hang from a tree at a memorial in Newtown, Conn. Tuesday, Dec. 25, 2012. (AP/Craig Ruttle)

A lingering question over these mass shootings is: Why? Were there any warning signs, and if they had been spotted, could they have been prevented?

A Frustration Grows In Brooklyn

This Oct. 29, 2012 photo shows flooding in the streets around a Con Edison substation as the East River overflows into the Dumbo section of Brooklyn in New York during Superstorm Sandy.(AP /Bebeto Matthews)

The U.S. House of Representatives has approved nearly $10 billion is worth of aid for victims of Superstorm Sandy. Its the first phase of a proposed 60 billion dollar aid package for Sandy victims. But one Brooklyn-based business man is still waiting for government action.

6 Steps To Find A Job For Soon-To-Be College Grads

John Wilpers (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

A growing number of recent college graduates have taken low-level jobs and moved back in with their parents. But John Wilpers says the opportunities are abundant for Millenials.

Spider-Man Is Dead, Long Live Spider-Man

The 700th issue of "The Amazing Spider-Man." (Photo Courtesy)

In the latest edition of the Amazing Spider-Man, Peter Parker’s mind dies in his archrival Doctor Octopus’ body and the evil doctor’s mind takes over Spider-Man’s body.

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Thursday, May 23, 2013
First lady Michelle Obama, second from right, hands out diplomas at the graduation ceremony for Martin Luther King, Jr. Academic Magnet High School on Saturday, May 18, 2013, in Nashville, Tenn. (Mark Humphrey/AP)

A professor from Howard University has some advice on what African American high school graduates need to hear when they receive diplomas over the next few weeks.

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Thursday, May 23, 2013
Foam peanuts. (HidingInABunker/Flickr)

What if you could replace styrofoam with something that biodegrades and doesn’t contain petroleum? That’s what one start-up is trying to do — with mushrooms.

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Wednesday, May 22, 2013
1989 photo of singer, musician and entertainer, "Prince." (AP)

Prince is a brilliant musician, a mesmerizing performer and — according to cultural commentator Touré — a Generation X icon. Touré says Prince played a wise older brother to the latchkey kids of Gen X.

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