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Sue Klebold plays in the snow with a young Dylan. "He's like an invisible child that I carry in my arms everywhere I go, always," she says.

Columbine Shooter's Mother: I Carry Him 'Everywhere I Go, Always'

3:27pm February 16, 2016

Sue Klebold says she wishes she'd asked her son Dylan "the kinds of questions that would've encouraged him to open up." Published 17 years after the massacre, her new memoir is A Mother's Reckoning.

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Misty Copeland (center) performed in the Washington Ballet production of Swan Lake in April 2015.

Misty Copeland Achieves #SquadGoals In The Documentary 'A Ballerina's Tale'

1:37pm February 16, 2016

by Leah Donnella

Misty Copeland talks body image, ballet and blackness in the new PBS documentary A Ballerina's Tale.

A scene from the TV show Leave It To Beaver. The 1950s emphasized the importance of a happy nuclear family — and in popular media, the dining table often became a place to showcase these idealized dynamics.

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'No Place For Discontent': A History Of The Family Dinner In America

1:22pm February 16, 2016

by Mackensie Griffin

The dining room, with the dining table at its center, didn't catch on in America before the late 1700s. These rooms — and the family meals held in them — became a place to cultivate social values.

A Mexican soldier stands guard next to marijuana packages in Tijuana following the discovery of a tunnel under the U.S.-Mexico border in 2010.

'Narconomics': How The Drug Cartels Operate Like Wal-Mart And McDonald's

12:47pm February 16, 2016

The cartels' business models are similar to those of big-box stores and franchises, says Tom Wainwright, former Mexico City bureau chief for The Economist. His new book is Narconomics.

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'Indentured' Explores Efforts To Fight Mistreatment Of College Athletes

7:23pm February 15, 2016

College sports rake in billions, but the athletes' pay just covers college costs. NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with author Joe Nocera about Indentured: The Inside Story of the Rebellion Against the NCAA.

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'You Bite Off A Little Bit': 'Mad Max' Editor On How To Shape A Film

6:56pm February 15, 2016

by NPR Staff

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Margaret Sixel, Oscar-nominated editor for Mad Max: Fury Road, about how she highlighted emotional content in the action film.

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Supreme Court Justices Antonin Scalia and Ruth Bader Ginsburg in 2014.

Ginsburg And Scalia: 'Best Buddies'

6:34pm February 15, 2016

by NPR Staff

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and the late Justice Antonin Scalia were ideologically at the opposite ends of the Supreme Court bench. Despite their dissenting opinions, they were also great friends.

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Kodak To Revive Storied Super 8 Camera

4:28pm February 15, 2016

Kodak is reviving its storied Super 8 camera as a digital-analog hybrid. NPR talks about what made the 8 mm film format such an appealing one, what its return might mean, and whether this relaunch can be successful for Kodak.

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Triad Music Teacher To Take Home Grammy

2:44pm February 15, 2016

by David Ford

The 58th Annual Grammy awards will be held Monday night in Los Angeles, and their Nielsen ratings may receive a boost from Triad audiences.

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'Saul' And The Limits Of Hustle

11:32am February 15, 2016

by Sarah Ventre

Better Call Saul succeeds in part, Sarah Ventre writes, because the struggle to get by without losing yourself is one so many people understand.