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  • Audie Cornish talks to Drew Magary about his new book on parenthood, Someone Could Get Hurt.
  • The high school football game is the center of life for many towns in rural America. One town in western North Dakota is celebrating the return of the ritual for the first time in more than 25 years.
  • As campaign budgets keep pushing upward, politicians from would-be congressmen to would-be presidents are looking overseas — especially to London. Republican Mitt Romney plans to hold two fundraisers there on his weeklong trip, along with another in Jerusalem.
  • The Divine Miss M has had a colorful career, but even she's not as outsize a personality as larger-than-life Hollywood superagent Sue Mengers, whom she portrays in the new solo show I'll Eat You Last. Midler spoke with NPR's Rachel Martin about the role, her career and her love of classic Hollywood.
  • The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame held its 20th annual induction dinner Monday in New York, where blues legend Buddy Guy, rhythm and blues singer Percy Sledge, and the soul vocal group The O'Jays were inducted. Irish rock band U2, and British pop group The Pretenders were also inducted.
  • The singer joins Fresh Air for a conversation about her career and her relationship with photographer Robert Mapplethorpe. Smith's new memoir is M Train. Originally broadcast in 1996 and 2010.
  • Janet Sims-Wood, 67, is like millions of other seniors still working in order to make ends meet. For the part-time librarian, the recession put a huge dent in her savings, so she expects she'll have to work as long as her health allows.
  • 'Better for you' food products drove more than 70 percent of food company sales growth in the last five years, a new analysis says. Although a food activist suggests that the numbers could be a bit misleading.
  • ANALYSIS: There were appeals to what unites Americans, and even to what may unite the warring parties in Washington. But the spirit and bite of the address were in the throwing down of the gauntlet.
  • Director Garry Marshall talks to NPR's Scott Simon about his career, his relationship with his own family, and his new memoir.
  • Eminem once used the same jokey, poppy formula on each album's debut single, but "Not Afraid" breaks that mold, eschewing catty pop-culture references for sincere introspection. Over a solemn keyboard riff, he speaks of wanting to be a better father to his daughter, and ponders his recent struggles with drug addiction.
  • 71st Day of 2013 / 294 Remaining8 Days Until The First Day of SpringSunrise:7:24Sunset:7:1511 Hours Minutes of 51 DaylightMoon Rise:7:36amMoon…
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