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'Hausfrau' Strips Down Its Modern-Day Madame Bovary

8:12pm March 23, 2015

by Lynn Neary

Debut novelist Jill Alexander Essbaum's heroine is a deeply unhappy married woman who seeks solace in sexual encounters. Essbaum says it's through those encounters that "we see where she's busted."

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Sandwich Monday: Burger King's YUMBO

3:57pm March 23, 2015

by Peter Sagal

For this week's Sandwich Monday, we try the YUMBO. It's a Burger King sandwich with ham and cheese recently pulled out of retirement.

In 13 Men journalist Sonia Faleiro chronicles the real-life case of "Baby" — a 20-year-old woman from the tribal village of Subalpur in West Bengal, India. Baby falls in love with a Muslim outsider and, she tells police, is gang-raped as punishment. Vil

'13 Men,' No Clear Answers: Digging Into An Indian Gang Rape Case

1:26pm March 23, 2015

by NPR Staff

Last year, a woman in rural India said that she'd been gang-raped on the orders of her tribal council. Journalist Sonia Faleiro traveled to her village and found competing narratives and few facts.

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Snarky notes may not do much to ward off office fridge thieves. "I came across one guy who will intentionally steal people's food when they leave snarky notes," says Dan Pashman, host of the Sporkful.

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Foraging In The Office Fridge: Petty Theft Or Public Service?

10:14am March 23, 2015

by Dan Pashman

A splash of milk for your coffee might pass, but helping yourself to a whole sandwich? Like any controversial office issue, the ethical lines that cut through the fridge aren't so clear.

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Winston-Salem Festival Ballet Presents "The Tales of Beatrix Potter"

9:05am March 23, 2015

by David Ford

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From left, Videofreex David Cort, Bart Friedman and Parry Teasdale filmed kids' programs and daily goings-on in 1973 at their Maple Tree Farm in Lanesville, N.Y.

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Decades Before YouTube, Video Pioneers Captured Turbulent Era

12:02pm March 22, 2015

by Karen Michel

In the pre-digital age, shooting video was unwieldy and expensive. But in the late 1960s, storytellers calling themselves "Videofreex" used the first portable video recorders to film a changing world.

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William Electric Black Tackles Gun Violence In 5 Ambitious Plays

9:19am March 22, 2015

by Jon Kalish

William Electric Black, the first African American writer for Sesame Street and winner of several Emmys, has a new project: a five-play cycle on gun violence.

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Author: Kids Need Abundant Connection With Nature

9:19am March 22, 2015

NPR's Rachel Martin speaks with Scott Sampson about his book, How to Raise a Wild Child, a field guide for getting kids in touch with nature in a tech-centered world.

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What's Last Comes First

9:19am March 22, 2015

by Will Shortz

For each word given, name another that can follow it to complete a compound word or two-word phrase. The last and first letters of the first word must be the first and second letters of the second.

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Say Yes To The Puzzle

12:55pm March 21, 2015

by Will Shortz

"Yes" is supposed to be the most pleasing word in the English language. If that's true, today's puzzle will be very pleasing indeed. Each answer is an anagram of "yes" plus two or three other letters.

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