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Wednesday

Heartsick? An Estonian Pharmacy May Have A Cure

Ulle Noodapera is a pharmacist at Town Hall Pharmacy, which first opened for business in Tallinn, Estonia, in 1422. It's famous for selling aphrodisiacs — but even more famous for a piece of almond candy that allegedly cures those who are lovestruck. Raigo Pajula/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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Europe

Heartsick? An Estonian Pharmacy May Have A Cure

NATO foreign ministers gathered for a summit last week in Tallinn, the seaside capital of the former Soviet state of Estonia. One of the town's biggest attractions is a pharmacy dating from the 15th century that deals in herbs, wine and drugs to make you fall in — and out of — love.

Heartsick? An Estonian Pharmacy May Have A Cure

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Monday

Business

And The Award For Convoluted Legalese Goes To ...

A new award recognizes the worst in "official" writing — and attempts to shame governments and companies into communicating better. The Center for Plain Language hopes its new award will encourage clear and useful writing.

And The Award For Convoluted Legalese Goes To ...

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Saturday

Sunday Puzzle

Accentuate The Positive

A "dactyl" is a metrical foot in three syllables, accented on the first syllable, like "Anderson." Every answer is the name of a famous person whose full name is a double dactyl, like "Pamela Anderson."

Accentuate The Positive

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Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!

ESPN'S Buster Olney Plays Not My Job

Buster Olney is a senior writer for ESPN: The Magazine, and a regular on ESPN's Baseball Tonight. We'll ask him three questions about some of the lesser-known aspects about the life of Mark Twain — who died 100 years ago this week.

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Wednesday

Marquee Lights Dim At Seattle's Lusty Lady Strip Club

Pedestrians walk past the iconic marquee of The Lusty Lady in downtown Seattle earlier this month. The nude peepshow is closing. Elaine Thompson/AP hide caption

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National

Marquee Lights Dim At Seattle's Lusty Lady Strip Club

A storied Seattle strip club known for its pithy marquee is closing its doors. Business at The Lusty Lady just isn't what it used to be with so much pornography on the Internet. But Seattle residents say they'll miss the bawdy puns that have long been a part of downtown Seattle life.

Marquee Lights Dim At Seattle's Lusty Lady Strip Club

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Saturday

Sunday Puzzle

Two-For-One Travel

Every answer is the name of a country. For each word given, take two consecutive letters in that word and change them to one letter to name a country. For example, in the word CUBIC, you would change IC into an A to spell CUBA.

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Quarterback Kurt Warner Plays Not My Job

St. Louis is known for beer, so we've invited former St. Louis Rams quarterback Kurt Warner to play a game called "That tastes like carbonated death." Three questions about soft drinks ... the drink to have when you're out of beer.

Quarterback Kurt Warner Plays Not My Job

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Sunday

Why The Animal Critic Gives The Panda An F
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Opinion

Animals

Why The Animal Critic Gives The Panda An F

For too long, Jacob Lentz thinks, certain animals have gotten by on good looks and charm, while more impressive species are ignored by children and stuffed-animal manufacturers. Lentz intends to right this wrong in The Animal Review. See what grades he gave other species.

Why The Animal Critic Gives The Panda An F

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Saturday

Sunday Puzzle

Divide And Conquer

Every answer is a six-letter word, name or phrase in which the first five letters read backward and forward the same. In other words, if you drop the last letter, what's left will be a palindrome.

Divide And Conquer

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Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!

The 'Village People' Play Not My Job

Felipe Rose and David Hodo are two of the founding members of the Village People (and, before you ask, because we know you're about to: they are "The Indian" and "The Construction Worker.") They'll be playing a game called "Really, really not my job" — three questions about the other jobs in the Village People.

The 'Village People' Play Not My Job

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Wednesday

Settling The Word Score: No Proper Nouns In Scrabble
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Opinion

Settling The Word Score: No Proper Nouns In Scrabble

Calm down, Scrabble purists. Turns out rumors about allowing proper nouns in the beloved board game were just rumors. Scrabble expert Stefan Fatsis says the rules have remained virtually unchanged since the game was first marketed in 1948 — and after 62 years of consistency, no one can mess with the game that easily.

Hear Stefan Fatsis' Discussion With Neal Conan

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Saturday

Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!

Gibbons And Hill Of ZZ Top Play Not My Job

Dusty Hill and Billy Gibbons, two thirds of the blues rock trio ZZ Top, play a quiz about a famous miser, Hetty Green. Known as the "Witch of Wall Street," Green was incredibly wealthy by the time she died in 1916 -- but she was famous for never parting with a nickel if she could help it.

Gibbons And Hill Of ZZ Top Play Not My Job

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Thursday

Surprising Provision In Bill Shortens Months

In the health care overhaul bill, there is apparently language that will shorten each month of the year, effective April 1. Critics damn the provision as foolish, but supporters point to cost savings for the federal government, which spends about $8 billion per day.

Surprising Provision In Bill Shortens Months

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