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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Must Reads
Tuesday
This is an undated file photo of a shadowy shape that some people still claim is the Loch Ness monster in Scotland. AP hide caption
British author A.A. Milne looks positively Bond-esque in this photo from 1952. Associated Press hide caption
Monday
Jason Collins (left), then of the Washington Wizards, during a game this month against the Chicago Bulls. Jim Young/Reuters /Landov hide caption
That's a baseball zooming in behind Kelly Nash's head. The image is from Nash's Instagram account, with her permission. @KNashSports hide caption
In the Hall of Remembrance at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, visitors can light candles in memory of the 6 million Jews killed by the Nazis and their collaborators during World War II. Nicholas Kamm/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
He'll have to find a new team now: Then-New York Jets backup quarterback Tim Tebow on the sidelines during a game last December. The team cut him from its roster on Monday. John Angelillo/UPI /Landov hide caption
Mary Thom, seen in an undated photo, was "one of the great writers, editors, and visionaries of the women's movement," said Julie Burton, president of The Women's Media Center. Women's Media Center via AP hide caption
Friday
Jerry Seinfeld knows what this is. Now Steve Inskeep does as well. Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images hide caption
George Jones in the late 1980s. Hulton Archive/Getty Images hide caption
Eric Fisher, offensive tackle from Central Michigan, was the No. 1 pick in the 2013 NFL draft. He was chosen by the Kansas City Chiefs. Rich Kane/UPI /Landov hide caption
Don DeLillo at the 2012 Carl Sandburg Literary Awards dinner in Chicago. Timothy Hiatt/Getty Images hide caption
Thursday
Writer and poet Maya Angelou attends her 82nd birthday party in Winston-Salem, N.C. Steve Exum/Getty Images hide caption
Wednesday
This is a composite of 25 separate images spanning the period from April 16, 2012, to April 15, 2013. In a video, NASA has also collected three years' worth of such images and set them in a new video. NASA/SDO/AIA/S hide caption
A photo of J.D. Salinger taken in September 1961. AP hide caption