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More than 500 items from the Captain Kangaroo show — including Dancing Bear's life-sized costume.

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Nostalgia For Sale As Captain Kangaroo's Pals Are Auctioned Off

10:38am May 20, 2013

by Mandalit del Barco

A giant lot of Captain Kangaroo memorabilia goes on the auction block this week in Los Angeles. Among the items up for auction are several of the captain's signature jackets, Mr. Green Jeans' famous jeans and the life-sized costume worn by Dancing Bear.

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Three-Minute Fiction: 'Ten Ring Fingers' And 'Ghost Words'

6:18pm May 19, 2013

NPR's Bob Mondello and Susan Stamberg read excerpts of two of the best submissions for Round 11 of our short story contest. They read Ten Ring Fingers by Tamara Breuer of Washington, D.C., and Ghost Words by Matheus Macedo of Winthrop, Mass.

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Unacceptable Anger From 'The Woman Upstairs'

6:18pm May 19, 2013

by NPR Staff

"Women's anger is very scary to people," author Claire Messud says. Her new novel, The Woman Upstairs, features a seething main character, a young woman whose anger is unsettling.

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Actors Keanu Reeves and Patrick Swayze in Kathryn Bigelow's 1991 action film, Point Break.

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The Movie Katie Aselton Has 'Seen A Million Times'

6:18pm May 19, 2013

by Lily Percy

Actor-director Katie Aselton could watch Kathryn Bigelow's Point Break a million times. "It totally scoops you up and takes you for a ride," she says.

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Decades Later And Across An Ocean, A Novel Gets Its Due

6:18pm May 19, 2013

by NPR Staff

John Williams' Stoner sold just 2,000 copies when it was originally published in 1965. It's now acknowledged as a classic work, is a best-seller across Europe and the No. 1 novel in the Netherlands.

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Three-Minute Fiction Reading: 'Plum Baby'

7:47pm May 18, 2013

NPR's Susan Stamberg reads an excerpt of one of the best submissions for Round 11 of our short story contest. She reads Plum Baby by Carmiel Banasky of Portland, Ore.

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'Waiting To Be Heard' No More, Amanda Knox Speaks Out

7:47pm May 18, 2013

by NPR Staff

Less than two months into her study abroad program in Italy, Amanda Knox was accused and eventually convicted of murdering her roommate, Meredith Kercher. After her conviction was overturned, Knox returned home to Seattle — and now faces a potential retrial. Knox tells her story in a new memoir.

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Zachary Quinto as Spock, with Chris Pine as Kirk, in Star Trek: Into Darkness.

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New 'Trek' Goes 'Into Darkness,' But Not Much Deeper

7:47pm May 18, 2013

by Bob Mondello

NPR's Bob Mondello says J.J. Abrams' latest Star Trek film knows how to make the sparks and feelings fly, but doesn't bother making the sparks and feeling matter very much.

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Karen Russell's debut novel, Swamplandia! was a Pulitzer Prize finalist in 2012. Her most recent work is a collection of short stories, Vampires in the Lemon Grove.

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Three-Minute Fiction Round 11: Finders Keepers

6:30am May 18, 2013

by NPR Staff

For this round of our short story contest, write a piece of original fiction in which a character finds something he or she has no intention of returning.

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The Ruth Ellis Center helps about 5,000 young people each year.

Michigan LGBT Youth Center Does Outreach With A Dance 'Hook'

6:52pm May 17, 2013

by Kyle Norris

The Ruth Ellis Center in Highland Park, Mich., is making an effort to meet its clients where they are — on the dance floor, specifically with the dance form known as "vogue." From there, the center can connect them with counseling, health services, tutoring and clean clothes.

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