Claudia Felder, 21, was in and out of the U.S. foster care system for nearly 10 years before she found a permanent family. Her difficult story ended happily, but that's not always the case for the 400,000 kids in foster care in America. Daniel Hajek/NPR hide caption
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The Common Core Standards establish academic expectations across states in math and English language arts. iStockphoto.com hide caption
Boxes of empty Jinro soju bottles sit in a downtown Seoul, South Korea, shop on April 1, 2005. Jung Yeon-Je/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
From left, Bob Odenkirk and David Cross co-created the sketch comedy series Mr. Show. They have since played long-running roles on Breaking Bad and Arrested Development, respectively. Sharon Alagna/Courtesy of Grand Central Publishing hide caption
?uestlove and The Roots play backing band to Elvis Costello on the new collaborative album Wise Up Ghost. Courtesy of the artist hide caption