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  • Democrats Give Up On Capturing Maine Senate Seat
    It looks like the Democratic Party has all but given up on clinching the seat now held by retiring Republican Senator Olympia Snowe. Independent Angus King has lead in the polls since he announced he was running. Even the Democratic Senate Campaign Committee isn't helping Democrat Cynthia Dill in her run for the seat.
  • Which one of these sunscreens would be considered safe and correctly labeled by the Food and Drug Administration? Not a single one. Safe sunscreens are SPF15 or higher, and the new rules require those with broad-spectrum protection to include the term next to and in the same style as the sun protection factor.
    Consumers Stuck With Murky Sunscreen Labels Another Summer
    Consumers who were expecting the Food and Drug Administration's new requirements for sunscreen labels to be implemented this month will have to wait. The agency has given sunscreen manufacturers until December to catch up to the mandate for clearer information on labels.
  • There's No Such Thing As A Sold Out Concert (Even For Justin Bieber)
    Or: Why Justin Bieber didn't really sell 40,000 tickets in 30 seconds.
  • Alexander Massialas (left) lands a touch on Britain's Keith Cook during last year's Fencing International Invitation in London.
    Fencing's Father-Son Duo Hones An Olympic Dream
    When they travel to London to compete in this summer's Olympics, many elite athletes will be joined by family members. But for Alexander Massialas and his father, Greg, it's different. Both of them will represent the United States — one as a coach, and the other as an athlete.
  • At N.Y. Speedway, Families Join Dreams Of Race Glory
    Stock car racing is one of America's favorite spectator sports. For the drivers at Airborne Park Speedway in Plattsburgh, N.Y., racing's an all-consuming passion that defines them and their families. Drivers from the Adirondacks, Vermont and southern Quebec head to the track on Saturdays to race cars they've built themselves.
  • Responding to a Taliban attack, NATO Black Hawk helicopters fly over the Spozhmai Hotel on Lake Qargha outside Kabul. More than 20 people were killed before the Taliban fighters were shot dead.
    A Look At The Afghan Resort The Taliban Targeted
    The latest Taliban attack was not on a military installation or a government building. It was on a lakeside resort that attracted Afghan families. NPR's Ahmad Shafi was a visitor there just last month.
  • University, Community Reacts To Sandusky Conviction
    Former Penn State assistant coach Jerry Sandusky has been convicted on child sexual abuse charges and he'll likely spend the rest of his life in prison. Weekends on All Things Considered host Guy Raz talks with NPR's Jeff Brady about the reaction from the university and the community.
  • The Panel of Hands in the Cave of El Castillo in Spain. New dating methods suggest the paintings could have been drawn by Neanderthals, not humans, as previously thought.
    Famous Cave Paintings Might Not Be From Humans
    The eerie stencil paintings of human hands in Spanish caves might not be from humans at all. New dating methods of the paintings suggest some of the cave art could have been drawn by Neanderthals.
  • Mathematician's Work Lives On In Everyday Life
    The British computer pioneer and wartime code-breaker Alan Turing was born 100 years ago Saturday. With today's world so dominated by the computer, Turing's work impacts all our lives on a daily basis. Host Scott Simon talks with Stanford professor Keith Devlin about this remarkable man.
  • A Shriver Learns It's Harder To Be Good Than Great
    Great people do great things, says author Mark Shriver, but they're often not good people. Shriver's new memoir of his father, R. Sargent Shriver, is a loving look at a man he says managed to be both great and good.
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