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Gary Shulze, 66, and Pat Frovarp, 75, sit in Once Upon A Crime, the Minneapolis bookstore they ran for 14 years. On when they first met: "Well, Gary was pretty doggone cute," says Frovarp. "There's no doubt about it."

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The Final Chapter Of A Tale Of Books, Love And Mystery In Minneapolis

7:14pm March 01, 2016

by NPR Staff

Gary Shulze and Pat Frovarp have run the beloved Once Upon A Crime bookstore for 14 years. They fell in love there, bought it together and married there. Now, they're retiring.

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Encore: Housing Costs Inspire London Builders To Create Underground Mansions

4:28pm March 01, 2016

by Robert Smith

High housing costs are encouraging Londoners to build down instead of up. They're digging out basements to create underground mansions. This story originally aired on Jan. 4, 2016 on Morning Edition.

According to the U.S. Census, single adult women now outnumber married adult women in America.

Single By Choice: Why Fewer American Women Are Married Than Ever Before

3:59pm March 01, 2016

Rebecca Traister, author of All the Single Ladies, says the declining marriage rates among adult women are less about the institution of marriage and more about the choices available to women today.

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Provocative Book Explores The Connection Between Loneliness And Art

2:28pm March 01, 2016

by Maureen Corrigan

Olivia Laing surveys the landscape of urban alienation in her new book, a work that is part-memoir and part-criticism. Critic Maureen Corrigan says The Lonely City is "absolutely one of a kind."

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Sentenced To Death For Murder, A Woman Tells Her Story From 'Memory'

2:11pm March 01, 2016

by NPR Staff

In Petina Gappah's new novel, an albino Zimbabwean woman named Memory is charged with murdering her adoptive father. She narrates the tale from inside a maximum security prison in Harare.

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'Lonely City' Is More Than A Cry For Connection

7:00am March 01, 2016

by Jason Heller

Writer Olivia Laing recalls her days as an expatriate Brit in New York in her new book, a meditation on modern life and loneliness. It's a lonely read, too, but full of heart-piercing wisdom.

Adam Grant is a professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and the author of Originals.

Originals: How To Spot One, How To Be One

12:01am March 01, 2016

by NPR Staff

Adam Grant, author of Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World, tells us what makes an original, how parents can nurture originality in their children, and its potential downside.

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Nancy Jo Sales interviewed more than 200 teenage girls about their social media and Internet habits while researching her book American Girls.

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Teen Girls And Social Media: A Story Of 'Secret Lives' And Misogyny

7:43pm February 29, 2016

Author Nancy Jo Sales says the Internet fosters a kind of sexism that is harmful to teen girls. Her new book is American Girls: Social Media and the Secret Lives of Teenagers.

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Leonardo DiCaprio and director Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu celebrate their awards on stage at the 88th Oscars on Sunday.

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A Big Night For 'Spotlight,' DiCaprio And Earned Discomfort

5:00pm February 29, 2016

by Linda Holmes

Sunday night's Oscars gave best picture to Spotlight, best actor to Leonardo DiCaprio and a lot of opportunities to host Chris Rock.

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Comedian Chris Rock hosting the Oscars on Sunday. Rock's razor-sharp monologue skewered sensibilities on all sides of the #OscarsSoWhite debate.

For Better Or Worse, Chris Rock Made The Oscars As Black As He Possibly Could

4:58pm February 29, 2016

by Eric Deggans

Despite the fact that no black actors were nominated in any high-profile categories, Academy Awards host Chris Rock kept race at the center of the event.