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Monday, April 1, 2013
"Nothing Gold Can Stay" by Ron Rash (Photo Courtesy)

Critically acclaimed author Ron Rash is back with a collection of short stories, “Nothing Gold Can Stay.”

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Friday, November 12, 2010

What happens when the son of a fire chief, and the grandson of an arsonist decides to become a local fire reporter?

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Wednesday, November 10, 2010
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Children’s illustrator Wallace Edwards brings familiar expressions to life. Share your favorite idioms with us!

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Monday, October 25, 2010
Candidates for Florida governor Alex Sink, left, and Rick Scott meet for their first face-to-face debate Friday, Oct. 8, 2010 in Miami. (AP)

In The Homestretch, Florida Gov. Candidates Make Final Impressions, The Foreclosure Crisis Could Lead To Title Insurance Mayhem, The Fishy Cases Of Some Japanese Centenarians, Power Of The Tweeter: Companies Cave To Anti-Social Media Campaigns, Mark Twain Still Sells 100 Years After His Death

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Monday, October 18, 2010
Youths shout at riot police officers during a students demonstration in Lyon, France. (AP)

France Buffeted By Strikes And New Terror Threat, Online Tool Lets Patients Negotiate With Doctors, New Guidelines Drop The ‘P’ From CPR, Jimmy Carter Biography Follows The Story Of Peanut Farmer To President, Harold Bloom Looks At ‘Last Poems’

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Friday, October 15, 2010
From "The 3 Little Dassies." (Courtesy of the author)

Who Won The Nevada Senate Debate?, 2011 Is Electric! What’s Hot In New Cars, Candidates Trade Barbs But Keep It Civil, Iranian President Taunts Israel, Teams Inch Closer To The Fall Classic, Author Jan Brett Hits The Road With ‘The 3 Little Dassies’

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Friday, October 15, 2010
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On her book tours, Jan Brett doesn’t fly around the country. Instead, she criss-crosses the country in a tour bus, rock star-style!

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Tuesday, October 12, 2010
Candidates for governor in California, Republican Meg Whitman, left, and Democrat Jerry Brown at a debate in Fresno, Calif. (AP)

High Court Hears Arguments On Vaccine Side Effects, Healthcare Reform Gets Mixed Marks, California Candidates Spar Over Name Calling, To Prevent Suicides, Movement Tells Gay Teens ‘It Gets Better’, Authors Spin Childhood Tales Of Writer Zora Neale Hurston

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Thursday, September 23, 2010
President Obama addresses a summit on the Millennium Development Goals at United Nations headquarters in New York. (AP)

President Obama Addresses The UN General Assembly, American Agents Go Undercover To Snag An Iranian Arms Smuggler, White House Looks For New Economic Quarterback, Nations Jockey For Control Of North Pole Resources, Wordsmiths Offer Help For The Verbally Challenged

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Tuesday, September 21, 2010
('Howl' copyright 1956, 2010, by Allen Ginsberg, LLC. Art and introduction copyright 2010 by Eric Drooker.)

Democrats Push To Repeal ‘Don’t Ask Don’t Tell’, Google & Apple Face Off In The Battle For Your TV Remote, Cyber-squatting’ On Members Of Congress, A Rabbi, An Imam, And A Pastor Walk Into A Classroom, Film, Graphic Novel Visualize Allen Ginsberg’s ‘Howl’

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Thursday, May 16, 2013
Dr. John S. Wilson, Jr. is president of Morehouse College in Atlanta. (Morehouse College)

President Obama delivers the commencement address this weekend at Morehouse College, the all-male historically black college. The school’s president discusses recent controversies and challenges.

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Thursday, May 16, 2013
Mark with Houston at Houston's high school graduation in 2009. (Courtesy of Mac McClelland)

Failures in mental health care mean that often the only way to get help for a loved one is to call the police. We speak with a journalist about the tragic consequences for her family.

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Thursday, May 16, 2013
"I Drive Your Truck" screenshot.

In 2011, a Nashville songwriter heard Alex Ashlock’s interview with Paul Monti, who lost his son in Afghanistan. It inspired her to write “I Drive Your Truck.”

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