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NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with writer Drew Magary on his "Hater's Guide to the Williams-Sonoma Catalog," blogging after leaving the website Deadspin, and nearly dying from a brain hemorrhage.

Robin Williams was found dead at his home in California on Monday. The cause of death is believed to be suicide, according to a statement by the Marin County Sheriff's Office. Williams was 63.

Stanley Tookie Williams, a co-founder of the Crips gang, dies by lethal injection at San Quentin prison, where spent the last 25 years of his life. Supporters said the convicted killer was a changed man who worked from behind bars to end gang violence.

the refugee crisis and fighting in Zaire.

NPR's Juan Williams reported on the White House while President Ronald Reagan was in office, and he shares with NPR's Alex Chadwick his memories of the former president.

Williams became a household name in 1978 starring in the TV sitcom Mork & Mindy. He went on to appear in films such as Good Morning Vietnamand Good Will Hunting, a role which earned him an Oscar.

Former Police Commissioner of Philadelphia, WILLIE WILLIAMS. He's gone on to head Los Angeles's police force, where he replaced the controversial chief Daryl Gates. WILLIAMS took over last summer and his challenge has been to improve the relationship between the police and the community, and to build-up morale within the force. WILLIAMS has also had to prepare the department for possible further disturbances in the community, in light of the April riots over the Rodney King verdict. Two court cases coming up could ignite more rioting: the Federal civil rights trial of the four white officers acquitted of beating Rodney King, and the trial of three black men accused of beating white truck driver Reginald Denny during the April riot. Yesterday jurors for the federal trial of the officers were sworn in. Opening statements in the trial are expected to take place tomorrow.

The New Zealand country singer plays "When I Was A Young Girl" for KCRW's Morning Becomes Eclectic.

William Kristol, editor of the Weekly Standard, offers his reactions to the Sept. 11 commission report, and discusses with NPR's Scott Simon whether there is the political will in Washington in an election year to act upon the report's recommendations.

Seattle-based pianist William Chapman Nyaho joins Performance Today for a Black History Month celebration. A native of Ghana, he specializes in keyboard music written by composers of the African Diaspora.

From the moment we pan out of a literal tiny desk diorama, a jolt of energy leaps from Paramore's Hayley Williams. Her home band includes Julien Baker and Becca Mancari.

During a stellar career in which she's straddled the boundary between rock and country, Williams has often sung about love gone wrong. That's certainly the case in "Jailhouse Tears," only the bad-love scenario here comes with a twist: Her imperfect man, played by Elvis Costello, gets to answer back in the song.

Director of the Jamestown Excavation Project about a new archaeological find -- Jamestown, Virginia -- the first permanent English settlement in America.

The widow of a slain Mississippi civil rights leader Medgar Evars will help open the inaugural ceremony Monday. President Obama has selected activist Myrlie Evers-Williams to deliver the invocation. She's the first woman and lay person to have the honor.

For his second solo album, The Smashing Pumpkins visionary worked with renowned producer Rick Rubin. The result is a breathtaking balance between intimacy and imagination.

NPR's Juana Summers talks with singer-songwriter Lucinda Williams about her new memoir Don't Tell Anybody the Secrets I Told You.

The husband-and-wife roots duo performs a set of original songs and beloved covers.

Author William F. Buckley Jr., regarded by some as the father of the modern conservative movement, died Wednesday morning at his Connecticut home. Buckley founded the journal National Review in 1955, and was known also as a television host and novelist.

The NBC News anchor admits his story of being on a helicopter hit by enemy fire in Iraq was untrue. The question is why the veteran newsman's tale took on new — and false — elements in recent years.

For her Tiny Desk (home) concert, Yasmin Williams keeps the background sparse to foreground her inventive playing.