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Kids are showing reading gains in dual-language classrooms. There may be underlying brain advantages at work.

How hard can it be? The weekend, that is.That depends on who you are and how much you’re willing to push. From dogged baseball believing and deep-rooted…

Sunday's earthquake caused power outages and landslides as the island is still recovering from another quake earlier this month that killed more than 400 people.

Autumn’s brisk temperatures will have to fall back at this weekend’s hot entertainment choices.Folks out and about can heat up to searing soul music,…

Want to get weird?Tapping into the offbeat is a snap this weekend with peculiarly appealing events that include bizarre musicals, a campy retro sci-fi…

Superstition is absolutely ridiculous. Unless it’s not.So you might as well cover your keister this entire Friday the 13th weekend with totally…

Like to be a kid again? Ha! Who wouldn’t want to take another crack at their tender years, if only for a day or two?The next best thing to finding the…

There are lots of kinds of laughs – warm laughs, hysterical laughs, astonished laughs, cute laughs and sometimes even naughty laughs. And that’s just for…

We’d all like to make our mark and leave something of lasting value. Of course, some of us are luckier than others in that department.As luck would have…

NPR's Scott Simon highlights the case of the missing chickpeas. A restaurant in Washington, D.C., says its latest shipment is missing.