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Meet Lun Lun's elegant and happy (panda) daughters

Meet Lun Lun's elegant and happy (panda) daughters

Atlanta's zoo announced the names of two 100-day-old panda babies born there this fall. Their names Ya Lun and Xi Lun mean "elegant" and "happy," and honor their mother, Lun Lun.
by Rebecca Hersher

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Wonder Woman dumped as a special U.N. ambassador after uproar

Wonder Woman dumped as a special U.N. ambassador after uproar

The comic book heroine Wonder Woman has been abruptly fired from her honorary ambassador job at the United Nations following protests from both inside and outside the world organization.
by Associated Press

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Jimi Hendrix toured with the Monkees, bringing rise to "foxy Davey"

Jimi Hendrix toured with the Monkees, bringing rise to "foxy Davey"

Today's Morning Edition music is from the Jimi Hendrix Experience with "Foxy Lady." Hendrix recorded the song 50 years ago today.

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The U.S. and China: Two centuries of infatuation and disappointment

The U.S. and China: Two centuries of infatuation and disappointment

In a new book, journalist and author John Pomfret tackles a relationship that stretches back to America's earliest years and is now more important - and challenging - than ever.
by Alan Yu

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Beach Boys hit No. 1 50 years ago with 'Good Vibrations'

Beach Boys hit No. 1 50 years ago with 'Good Vibrations'

It was the most expensive, elaborate single ever produced when it was released in October 1966.

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Dylan to give concerts in Sweden after missing Nobel fete

Dylan to give concerts in Sweden after missing Nobel fete

The new Nobel Prize winner will give two concerts at the Waterfront in the Swedish capital April 1-2, as well as playing in the southwestern city of Lund on April 9.
by The Associated Press

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Why sci-fi and fantasy matter

Why sci-fi and fantasy matter

Sci-fi and fantasy stories "can short-circuit our assumptions about the world around us," says author Ann Leckie.
by MPR News Staff

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Ask a bookseller: Print in Portland, Maine

Ask a bookseller: Print in Portland, Maine

Josh Christie's recommendation of the moment is for "the first book that's a deep dive into the activists of the Black Lives Matter movement and the police on the other side of these conflicts."
by Tracy Mumford

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