Michael Lewis' latest book, Flash Boys: A Wall Street Revolt, was released Monday. Tabitha Soren hide caption
Must Reads : The Two-Way Some stories are just too weird, too funny or too sad to ignore. They may not be "serious news," but are so fascinating you must read them. NPR correspondents are on the watch for such tales. We pass along the best, from NPR and other news outlets.
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Sunday
Paul Edward O'Brien, a stage actor, poet, and oncologist, delivered a Game Day-style analysis of how William Shakespeare's plays would match up in a tournament bracket. Wesley Moore hide caption
Paul O'Brien's Bracketology
Friday
He's got 290 million reasons to smile: The Detroit Tigers' Miguel Cabrera. C.J. Gunther/EPA/Landov hide caption
Hattie McDaniel played Mammy alongside Vivien Leigh's Scarlett in Gone with the Wind. MGM Studios/Getty Images hide caption
Thursday
An image from "Do it for Denmark," which urges Danes to get going. Spies Rejser video hide caption
Ian Fleming, best-selling British author and creator of James Bond, is seen in this 1962 photo. AP hide caption
Wednesday
A large apartment complex under construction is consumed by fire, sending black smoke billowing into the sky and drawing hundreds of emergency personnel on Tuesday in Houston. Christopher Laski/AP hide caption
This diagram for the outer solar system shows the orbits of Sedna (in orange) and 2012 VP113 (in red). The sun and terrestrial planets are at the center, surrounded by the orbits (in purple) of the four giant planets — Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. The Kuiper belt, which includes Pluto, is shown by the dotted light blue region. Scott S. Sheppard/Carnegie Institution for Science hide caption
New Dwarf Planet Found At The Solar System's Outer Limits
Ka-thunk. This pothole repair crew in East Lansing, Mich., met its match. Robert Boomer/Facebook.com/bikerboomer hide caption
Christopher Miller, who police say returned to the scene of his crime. N.J. Department of Corrections hide caption
Playwright Tennessee Williams sits at his typewriter on Nov. 11, 1940, in New York. Dan Grossi/AP hide caption
Tuesday
Philip Pullman, pictured in 2007, says of the U.K. prison restrictions: "Words nearly fail me on this." Shaun Curry/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Monday
