Opinion

Is Honest Abe's Stovepipe Hat A Fake?

by Scott Simon

State officials in Illinois want to conduct DNA tests on the top hat on display at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum to see if he ever really wore it. Museum officials think the idea is worse than bad.
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Sandip Roy and his great-aunt, Debika Ghosh, took this picture after she told him about her great romantic escapade.

An Affair To Remember In Pre-Independence India

by Sandip Roy

It began like a typical Bollywood story. Boy meets girl in pre-independence India. They fall in love. Her family says no way. So one night, she escapes. NPR commentator Sandip Roy recounts how his great-aunt jumped off a moving train for love, and went on to have a happy 60-year-long marriage.
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The heart Paym Rajabi biked for his girlfriend, Clare

Guy Pumps Out A Valentine — Literally

by Robert Krulwich

Last year a guy in San Francisco jumped on a bicycle, clicked on his GPS, clicked on an app, snapped on his helmet, and 27 miles, 2 1/2 hours and many calories later, he'd etched a valentine message onto a street map of San Francisco. That was nice. Now, a year later, it's getting really interesting.