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Carla Campbell is a bounty hunter with a mission in the new series Love Fraud.

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A Man Tries To Stay A Step Ahead Of The Many Women He Married In 'Love Fraud'

7:01am August 31, 2020

by Linda Holmes

Showtime's documentary series Love Fraud isn't really about the man who allegedly defrauded a series of women after meeting them online. It's about their search for him, aided by a bounty hunter.

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A Canceled State Fair Can't Stop Minnesota's Famed Butter Sculpture Artistry

6:02pm August 30, 2020

The Minnesota State Fair tradition of butter sculpting lives on, despite neither a formal fair nor the presence of its longtime sculptor.

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Park Avenue Armory Honors Women's Suffrage In New Show

5:33pm August 30, 2020

by Rose Friedman

"100 Years 100 Women" is the title of a new show at the Park Avenue Armory. The artists in it all created new pieces to mark the centennial of the 19th amendment.

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Chadwick Boseman, pictured in June 2019 in Los Angeles, portrayed historical figures with dignity and humanity. In public comments, he gave thanks to those who came before him.

Chadwick Boseman In His Own Words

12:45pm August 30, 2020

by James Doubek

In his public comments and in interviews with NPR, Chadwick Boseman both sought to inspire and to give thanks, particularly to young Black people.

The Man Who Took the Indoors Out, by Arnold Lobel

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Frog And Toad Are Great, But Have You Met 'The Man Who Took The Indoors Out'?

7:00am August 30, 2020

by Alethea Kontis

When you think of author and illustrator Arnold Lobel, you probably think of Frog and Toad, his amphibian forever friends — but this story of loving things and letting them go deserves a fresh look.

Cecily Strong arrives at the premiere of Ghostbusters on July 9, 2016, in Hollywood, Calif.

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Not My Job: We Quiz SNL's Cecily Strong On Saturday Morning Cartoons

9:44am August 29, 2020

Cecily Strong has been a cast member on SNL since 2012 so she knows plenty about Saturday nights ... but what about Saturday mornings?

Punching the Air, by Ibi Zoboi and Yusef Salaam

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'Punching The Air' Tells A Story Of Hope Behind Bars

7:57am August 29, 2020

by Scott Simon

Author Ibi Zoboi and activist Yusef Salaam, one of the Central Park Five, turn his childhood pain into poetry in this new novel in verse, about a Black teenager convicted of a crime he didn't commit.

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A Scientist Feels The Pull Of Faith In 'Transcendent Kingdom'

7:57am August 29, 2020

by Scott Simon

Yaa Gyasi's new novel follows a young woman working on a neuroscience PhD who hopes that figuring out the pathways of addiction and depression in mice will help her work through her own feelings.

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'Vesper Flights' Offers Hope To A World In Desperate Need Of It

6:00am August 29, 2020

by Michael Schaub

In her first book since the critically acclaimed H Is for Hawk, Helen Macdonald urges us to reconsider our relationship with the natural world — and fight to preserve it.

'Black Panther' Star Chadwick Boseman Dies Of Cancer At Age 43

11:37pm August 28, 2020

by Malaka Gharib

A statement on posted to the actor's Twitter on Friday said Boseman had battled colon cancer for the last four years.