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Also: Several fires are scorching parts of San Diego County; Nigeria won't trade jailed militants for kidnapped girls; and a family cat drives off a neighborhood dog attacking a small boy.

There's something fishy about this final round. Every answer contains a type of fish, but be careful: some are unexpected. Did you know that a mullet isn't just Billy Ray Cyrus' go-to hairstyle?

Jon Hamm's riveting work on television relies heavily on stillness that is sadly not present in Million Dollar Arm, which casts him as a salesman of a different sort.

Early results indicate the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party would earn enough parliamentary seats to create a government without forming a coalition with regional leaders.

A new investigation suggests hundreds, if not thousands, of doctors are overcharging Medicare for office visits. Steve Inskeep talks to Charles Ornstein of the nonprofit newsroom ProPublica.

In one month, the U.S. Men's national soccer team plays Ghana, in the first of three tough opening round games at the World Cup in Brazil. A pre-World Cup camp opened this week at Stanford University.

Protests against June's World Cup — soccer's biggest tournament — swept across host country Brazil on Thursday. Twelve Brazilian cities saw demonstrations as well as many labor strikes.

Chipotle is one of the fastest-growing restaurant chains but shareholders gave a thumbs down to the company's executive compensation plan. The board can still override the shareholders' vote.

Starting this week short essays can be found printed on the sides of Chipotle cups and takeout bags. Written by contributors such as Toni Morrison, Judd Apatow, Michael Lewis and Malcolm Gladwell.

Also: Jonathan Safran Foer joins forces with Chipotle; two new Flowers in the Atticnovels will revisit the arsenic- and incest-laced world of the Dollanganger siblings.

Many schools dropped cursive writing as computer use spread, and South Carolina hasn't required it since 2008. A state Senate panel approved a requirement to bring it back but the cost is $27 million.

Also: Anti-World Cup protests erupt in Brazilian cities; a report says Donald Sterling will fight to keep the Los Angeles Clippers; and a London skyscraper whose glass walls melted cars gets shades.

The Charlotte City Council’s decision to rezone nearly 6 acres near uptown has highlighted along-runningfear among African-American residents that they…

Martha Woodroof talks to first novelists including Chad Harbach (The Art Of Fielding) about how it feels to gut out the unlikely path that takes a book from idea to publication.

Parliamentary elections in the world's largest democracy ended on Friday with a landslide victory for the opposition. Photos offer a glimpse at the logistics behind a massive, six-week election.

The North Carolina Department of Transportation has received federal approval to restart its work on the Monroe Bypass. That toll road would span from…

How much of what we think of as the beautiful sound of a Stradivarius is the instrument itself — and how much is the brand?

Tori Amos fans understand her music in elemental terms. To celebrate Unrepentant Geraldines,her excellent new album, we asked five of them to pinpoint the elements that make her so unmistakable.

One group whose application to open a charter school in Eastern North Carolina was initially rejected will get a second shot. The state’s charter school…

A top federal regulator for the U.S. housing market signaled some big changes for government-run mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. The changes likely mean lending will be expanded.