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Hosted by Rachel Martin, Weekend Edition Sunday features interviews with newsmakers, artists, scientists, politicians, musicians, writers, theologians and historians. Every week listeners tune in to hear a unique blend of news, features and the regularly scheduled puzzle segment with Puzzlemaster Will Shortz, the crossword puzzle editor of The New York Times

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Thousands Of Venezuelans Take To The Streets To Protest Ongoing Political Crisis

By • Feb 3, 2019

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After 33 Years, Northern Haze Is Back With New Album 'Siqinnaarut'

By editor • Feb 3, 2019

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On a week when some Americans experience bitterly cold temperatures, perhaps it's appropriate we spend some time with a band that knows all about life subzero, Northern Haze.

(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "SINNAKTUQ")

Lucky Lamp Lighting And Anchovy Overload: Wacky Rituals Sports Fans Swear By

By • Feb 3, 2019

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Sunday Puzzle: In The 'No'

By • Feb 3, 2019

On-air challenge: Every answer is a word or name that has the accented syllable "no" somewhere inside it.

Example: Kind of equation in mathematics --> BINOMIAL or POLYNOMIAL

1. Children's character whose nose grows when he lies

2. Wine-making region of California

3. Trance-like state in which a person may be easily manipulated

4. Site of a 1986 nuclear disaster in Ukraine

5. Brilliantly exploding star

6. One of the longest rivers in South America

7. French city that hosted the 1968 Winter Olympics

Gov. Northam Resists Calls To Resign, Despite Demands Across The Political Spectrum

By • Feb 3, 2019

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Reuters Investigation Finds UAE Employed Former NSA Hackers As Spies

By editor • Feb 3, 2019

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'I Came Because Of A Dream': Honduran Father And Son Meet For The First Time In The U.S.

By • Jan 27, 2019

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After Damaging Year, Pope Francis Calls For 4-Day Clerical Sex Abuse Summit

By • Jan 27, 2019

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Talk Show Host Shares How Conservative Listeners Have Reacted To Trump's Shutdown Deal

By editor • Jan 27, 2019

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Shutdown Makes Government Websites More Vulnerable To Hackers, Experts Say

By • Jan 20, 2019

Several parts of the federal government have been shut down for about a month now, and cybersecurity professionals say government websites are becoming more vulnerable to security breaches each day the shutdown lasts.

Visitors to manufacturing.gov, for instance, are finding that the site has become unusable — its information about the manufacturing sector is no longer accessible. Instead, it features this message at the top of the homepage:

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