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Also: Chile suffers an aftershock; snow and spring storms will hit the Midwest; and Toronto mayor Rob Ford votes against honoring Olympians and Nelson Mandela - then says it was a mistake.

The 68-team fields for the men's and women's NCAA basketball tournaments will be unveiled Sunday night, and the games begin next week.

Former White House adviser Karen Hughes is appointed as undersecretary of state for public diplomacy, where she will be charged with remaking the United States' image abroad.

A meteorologist goes up against Alabama's deadly tornadoes, as NPR's Invisibilia explores our relationship with uncertainty.

G. F. Handel: AgrippinaFlemish Opera, GhentFlemish Opera Orchestra and ChorusPaul McCreesh, conductorCAST: Ann Hallenberg (Agrippina); Renata Pokupić…

Nancy Pelosi's decision marks the end of an era for Democrats, and triggers a search for a new generation of leadership for her caucus.

President Obama's acceptance of the Democratic nomination capped two weeks of speeches at the political conventions. Host Michel Martin discusses hits and misses with Mary Kate Cary, former speechwriter for President George H.W. Bush; and Paul Orzulak, former speechwriter for President Clinton and Vice President Al Gore.

In the liner notes to his 2012 trio album Accelerando, the pianist and composer Vijay Iyer wrote: "[T]his album is in the lineage of American creative music based on dance rhythms." Dancing in rhythm and exemplifying creativity, here are 10 records which belong to that great lineage.

Also: Thanksgiving air travelers face bad weather and strikes; mediated talks fail between Twinkie maker, Hostess and its union; and the New Zealand volcano filmed in 'The Lord of the Rings' starts erupting.

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