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  • Brandy's 'Two Eleven' Is One For Whitney
    The singer helped upend the sound of R&B in the 1990s, when she was just a teenager. She also made a powerful and inspiring friend in Whitney Houston.
  • Mao Zedong signs Sidney Rittenberg's copy of <em>The Little Red Book</em> during a gathering of party leaders in Beijing on May 1, 1967, at the beginning of China's Cultural Revolution.
    'The Revolutionary': An Unrequited Love For China
    Sidney Rittenberg is one of only a few American citizens to have joined the Chinese Communist Party. Though he was imprisoned for 16 of his 35 years in China, he still regards Chairman Mao as both hero and criminal.
  • Sgt. Ben Roberts (center), recently returned from Afghanistan, speaks with Chick-fil-A manager Michael Sims at a military job fair in Columbia, S.C., in January.
    Wondering About The Cost Of War? We Have Answers
    How can we balance the budget with increases in military spending? What would the candidates do to support disabled veterans? NPR reporters tackle your questions about defense spending and veterans affairs.
  • Mother Marianne Cope (in wheelchair) with other nuns and the women and girls of Bishop Home in Kalaupapa, Hawaii, shortly before her death in 1918.
    'Mother Of Outcasts' To Be A Saint For Leprosy Work
    During a tragic era in Hawaiian history, more than 8,000 people with leprosy — now known as Hansen's disease — were banished to the island of Molokai. Mother Marianne Cope began caring for these patients in the late 1800s, answering their desperation with hope. Sunday, the nun will become a saint.
  • Social Media A New Layer For Campaign Messaging
    With the Obama and Romney campaigns blasting away on Twitter, Facebook and all kinds of social media, will their efforts to sway voters through the Internet really work? Weekend Edition host Scott Simon explores the issues with Daniel Sieberg from Google's politics and elections team.
  • Moose On The Loose? Here's A Survival Tip
    Weekend Edition host Scott Simon talks with logger Pete Brown about his recent encounter with a moose and how his escape strategy could save your life, too.
  • Federal agents investigate the offices of the New England Compounding Center in Framingham, Mass., on Tuesday. The company's steroid medication has been linked to a deadly meningitis outbreak.
    CDC: Meningitis Mold In Tainted Drug Can Incubate For Months
    The mold is so rare as a cause of human illness that nobody knows its incubation period. That makes it hard to predict when the outbreak will be over.
  • Whatever you think about the candidates, we can all agree both have been punching bags for their opponents.
    Obama And Romney, Metaphorically Speaking
    If President Obama and Mitt Romney's were trees, what kind would they be? We consulted an arborist to find out. But why stop there? We talked to an architect, a pastry chef, a wine expert and a comic-strip writer for some more unconventional ways to think about the candidates.
  • This Candy Is From Heaven (But Don't Eat It)
    Maybe it's because Halloween is right around the corner, but when we saw this image, our first thought was nougat, a confection that's been around for centuries. But what we're looking at is a lot older — and more heavenly.
  • Panel Round Two
    More questions for the panel: Aging Gracefully, What Will the Dog Eat Now, Smellular Phones, and Turn It Down.
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