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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Friday April 30, 2010

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USGS Reports, Then Unreports California Earthquake

April 30, 2010 • The U.S. Geological Survey reports Friday that there was a slip, as in human slip up, and not a slip as in geologic tectonic plates.

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Friday Afternoon Lion Cub Break

April 30, 2010 • By Frank James A lioness in the Bronx (at the New York Zoological Society) had a new litter of cubs. They're entrancing. Check out their Three Stooges routine at about 23 seconds. A pleasant break from the growing Gulf oil disaster and Arizona ...

International

Some Fliers Still Stranded; Euro Ash Fallout Not Quite Over

April 30, 2010 • Ten days after the skies over Europe were reopened to air travel, many folks still aren't home.

Thursday April 29, 2010

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Animals Can Get Genes From Other Species: Research

April 29, 2010 • I'm guessing most people don't spend a lot of time thinking about aphids. But there's reason to give them a little more thought than usual. Scientists studying aphids have learned that some aphids pick up and incorporate genes from fungi in order ...

America

Dorothy Height, Civil Rights Icon, Saw Incredible Changes In Her 98 Years

April 29, 2010 • In Dorothy Height's 98 years, much changed.

Wednesday April 28, 2010

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Gulf Of Mexico Oil Slick As Seen From Space

April 28, 2010 • A NASA photo taken Sunday by the agency's Aqua satellite when the Gulf of Mexico oil slick was relatively smaller is nonetheless at once impressive and alarming. The Associated Press reports that the slick on Wednesday morning was about 100 miles ...

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As Obama Works Out, Our Intrepid Reporter Spots 'Barack The Barbarian'

April 28, 2010 • As he wait while the president works out, NPR's Ari Shapiro reads Barack the Barbarian.

America

Laura Bush Opens Up About Deadly 1963 Car Crash

April 28, 2010 • Revealing heart-breaking details about a car accident she caused as a teenager that left another young person dead, former first lady Laura Bush writes in a new book that after the tragedy "I lost my faith that November, lost it for many, many yea...

Tuesday April 27, 2010

America

Elizabeth Post Has Died; Etiquette Authority And Successor To Emily Post

April 27, 2010 • Elizabeth Lindley Post, who married into a family famous for its good manners and directed the Emily Post Institute in Burlington, Vt., after the death of her famous grandmother-in-law, has died.

Korean Hailed As First Woman To Climb All 14 Of World's Highest Mountains

South Korean mountaineer Oh Eun-sun, shown in Kathmandu on March 9, reached the summit of Annapurna in Nepal on Tuesday, becoming the first woman to scale the world's 14 highest peaks. Prakash Mathema/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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International

Korean Hailed As First Woman To Climb All 14 Of World's Highest Mountains

April 27, 2010 • South Korea's Oh Eun-sun, 44, today became the first woman to successfully climb all 14 of the world's highest mountains.

Monday April 26, 2010

Playboy Founder Hefner Helps Save View Of 'Hollywood' Sign

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Don't Tell The Aliens We're Here, Stephen Hawking Says; They Might Not Be Friendly

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Thursday April 22, 2010

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Whitney Harris, Nuremberg Prosecutor Who Yearned For Peace, Has Died

April 22, 2010 • "The world has lost a key player in an event that reshaped modern international law," Matt Sepic of St. Louis Public Radio reports. "Whitney Harris was the last surviving courtroom prosecutor from the first Nuremberg Trial after World War II. He d...

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Looking Back: The Elian Gonzalez Story

April 22, 2010 • Ten years ago today, Elian Gonzalez was taken away from relatives in Miami.