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People in Kansas are not happy with the new license plate design
With a yellow background and a black banner on top, some Kansans say it looks too much like New York's plates — or the University of Missouri's colors. Gov. Kelly says it's back to the drawing board.
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Olympic Torch's Everest Climb Raises Controversy
The Olympic torch has reached the top of Mount Everest, the climax of a massive publicity campaign leading up the Olympic Games. China hopes the spectacle of the flame atop the world's highest mountain will erase the memory of ugly protests. But some activists say that by taking the flame up Everst, China is trying to show its dominance over Tibetans.
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There's no sophomore slump for pop star Olivia Rodrigo
The artist's second album Guts sits at No. 1 on the U.S. and U.K. album charts. Since its release, the album's racked up more sales in Britain — outselling the rest of the U.K. Top 10 combined.
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Dentist Wins Bid For Elvis Presley's Crown
A dentist from Alberta, Canada, paid $10,000 for a crown that once belonged to The King: Elvis Presley. That isn't the only dental collectible this dentist has paid top dollar for. He shelled out $31,000 for a rotten tooth that belonged to John Lennon.
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Marjorie Taylor Greene to testify as group seeks to disqualify her from running again
A challenge to Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's candidacy, citing her words and actions around the U.S. Capitol attack, goes before a state administrative judge Friday. Greene is expected to testify.
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Conservative coverage of Trump indictment goes apocalyptic
The news of former President Trump's indictment and upcoming arraignment by New York prosecutors has reverberated through conservative media.
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The Best Albums of 2025
NPR Music critics, editors and Tiny Desk producers each singled out one album they would recommend to anyone who came calling. The elite, no-skips albums of the year.
Skier Mikaela Shiffrin Gets Quizzed On Downhill Cheese Races
We invite the Olympic medal-wedding skier to play a game called "It's the cheese! After it!" — three questions on the Gloucestershire Cheese Rolling Races. Originally broadcast July 11, 2014.
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Taking the toll of Drake and Kendrick Lamar's vicious, gripping psychological warfare
As the jolt of adrenaline lit by the clash between the two biggest rappers of a generation fades, it's worth holding onto the possibility — however slim — that something new can grow from the chaos.
Why California Almonds Need North Dakota Flowers (And A Few Billion Bees)
This month, the bees from 1.6 million hives — many of them trucked in commercially from as far away as North Dakota — will pollinate California's almond orchards. Then beekeepers will pack up their colonies and drive them back to the northern Plains, where bees can graze for the summer. But scientists says that floral feast in the Great Plains is shrinking because of high corn prices.
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