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A military resume has long been a big plus for political candidates. Only five female veterans have served in Congress, but 11 are running this year — including Republican Wendy Rogers in Arizona.

The NFL is looking for 10,000 volunteers for this season's Super Bowl. Commentator Frank Deford thinks other causes are more deserving.

For more than 260 weeks, ABC World News Tonight trailed NBC Nightly News. At last, they finally won a week. A software glitch, however, caused ABC to come out on top. NBC was restored to the top spot.

Steve Inskeep talks to Charles King, Georgetown professor and author of --Midnight at the Pera Palace: The Birth of Modern Istanbul — about how Turkey's geography defines it politically.

The virus has already caused one spike in chocolate prices, because cocoa is grown in countries that border Ebola-stricken Liberia and Guinea. Prices went back down — for the moment.

A look back at how Cormac McCarthy's last two novels, published late last year, came to be. The author died this week at 89.

Pickles, pots and protein were also employed in their quirky song about pandemic lockdowns and frontline workers.

NPR's Don Gonyea says looking through his old baseball scorecards stirs up sweet memories from summers long past.

Some colleges are trying something surprising to make sure their freshman students make it back to campus for sophomore year: ditching letter grades.

We break down the week in politics: President Biden's first campaign rally for reelection and former President Trump's arraignment.