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Nixon's manhunt for the high priest of LSD

Nixon's manhunt for the high priest of LSD

Author Bill Minutaglio's new book chronicles Timothy Leary's international escape from a California prison and the president's campaign to make him the poster child for his war on drugs.
by Ari Shapiro

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'Women & Power' links today's trolls with ancient ancestors

'Women & Power' links today's trolls with ancient ancestors

Classicist Mary Beard's new book -- a compilation of two of her lectures -- traces current strains of misogyny back to the ancient world (one 7th century B.C. poet compared women to yapping dogs).
by Annalisa Quinn

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Time to make the doughnuts free of artificial dyes, Dunkin' decides

Time to make the doughnuts free of artificial dyes, Dunkin' decides

Dunkin' Donuts had previously pledged to eliminate the dyes by the end of 2018, and is still working on its other menu items.

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4 women accuse filmmaker Paul Haggis of sexual misconduct

4 women accuse filmmaker Paul Haggis of sexual misconduct

The women were early in their careers in the entertainment business when, they say, the Hollywood heavyweight lured them to private or semi-private places under the guise of discussing productions or a subject of a professional nature.
by The Associated Press

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'I'm not a hit man,' Michael Wolff tells NPR about his controversial Trump book

'I'm not a hit man,' Michael Wolff tells NPR about his controversial Trump book

President Trump's lawyer sent a cease-and-desist letter to the publisher, but the book went on sale days ahead of schedule. The White House has pushed back on the criticism in the book.

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Is 'The Star-Spangled Banner' racist?

Is 'The Star-Spangled Banner' racist?

In his inaugural address this week, St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter suggested that one of the unfamiliar verses reveals that our national anthem is racist.
by MPR News Staff

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Why our favorite actors are so good

Why our favorite actors are so good

What is it about the best actors that makes them exceptional? With awards season coming up, we posed this question to our Friday round table of theater professionals.
by Kerri Miller and Suzanne Pekow

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Thread Book Hour: David Grann, 'Killers of the Flower Moon'

Thread Book Hour: David Grann, 'Killers of the Flower Moon'

Best-selling author David Grann tells the story of a little-remembered crime that modernized investigative procedure in the United States.
by MPR News Staff

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YouTube star Logan Paul steps away from posting after outcry

YouTube star Logan Paul steps away from posting after outcry

Following an outcry when he uploaded images of what appeared to be the body of someone who killed themselves in a Japanese forest, Paul took to Twitter on Wednesday to say he was suspending his video blog "for now" and "taking time to reflect."
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When the Monkees became artists

When the Monkees became artists

"Pisces, Aquarius, Capricorn and Jones" by the Monkees was No. 1 on the Billboard album chart 50 years ago.
by MPR News Staff

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