"Bear," who has been trained to sniff out Giant African Land Snails. Joe Skipper/Reuters /Landov 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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Friday
Irish poet Seamus Heaney in 2010. Paul McErlane/EPA/Landov hide caption
Thursday
Junior Seau sustained many concussions during his career and was suffering from a degenerative brain disease when he killed himself in May 2012. Otto Greule Jr./Getty Images hide caption
Mars: Our "home" planet? NASA/Getty Images hide caption
Wednesday
Boston bombings suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev on April 19 as he emerged from a boat stored in a Watertown, Mass., backyard. The red dot of a police sharpshooter's laser sight can be seen on his forehead. Mass. State Police Sgt. Sean Murphy/Boston Magazine hide caption
Singers Miley Cyrus and Robin Thicke during Sunday night's MTV Video Music Awards in New York. Her twerking raised many eyebrows. Lucas Jackson/Reuters/Landov hide caption
The New York Times' alternate site. http://news.nytco.com/ hide caption
Tuesday
A reporter (not Deep Throat) strikes a dramatic pose beside one of the columns inside the Arlington, Va., garage where Bob Woodward met with his secret source during the Watergate days. Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Monday
In 2012, these two base jumpers wearing wingsuits were high above Chamonix in the French Alps. Cyril Duval/AP hide caption
Wingsuit Flying: Incredible Thrill, But 'No Second Chance'
Singers Miley Cyrus and Robin Thicke during Sunday night's MTV Video Music Awards in New York. Lucas Jackson/Reuters/Landov hide caption
Friday
Whatever it is, it's not pretty at this point. https://www.facebook.com/ideal.almeria hide caption
The detention camp at the U.S. military base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Michelle Shephard/AP hide caption