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Natural disasters are no respecters of political parties or any of the other numerous ways humans use to separate themselves from each other. That seems to get largely ignored until calamities strike. Then, state officials who usually pan feds as intrusive welcome help from Washington.

The boy brought a loaded 9mm pistol to his third-grade class and sold it to a classmate for $3.

More questions for the panel: Haley's Donut; The Artful Dodger Barber; The Root of Embarrassment.

The Irish composer is reshaping our ideas about his homeland's culture, via works that reference everything from traditional folk tunes sung in Gaelic to the poetry of Yeats.

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Our panelists tell three stories of unwanted government intervention, only one of which is true.

In her new novel, In Zanesville, writer Jo Anne Beard tells the story of two 9th grade girls, struggling to deal with life in a small town and pressure from the 'popular kids.'

The Royal Wedding went off with all of the British storybook touches — tiaras, boy sopranos, and maids-of-honor named Pippa. But recent history suggests that the Royal Marriage could be more difficult to navigate.

Even Brits who were ambivalent about the much-ballyhooed royal wedding still hold Prince William and Kate Middleton in relatively high regard. Guest host Linda Wertheimer talks with Simon Hoggart, a political columnist with The Guardian newspaper in London.

When it comes to the debt ceiling, most lawmakers would rather take a salary cut than vote to raise it. But Democratic Rep. Tim Walz of Minnesota is not one of them. True, he's among the dozen House Democrats the GOP considers most beatable next year. Walz is back in his swing district trying to keep his balance, and NPR's David Welna travels with him.