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3:00pm

Sat October 20, 2012
From Our Listeners

Three-Minute Fiction: Check-In With The Judge

Round 9 of Three-Minute Fiction is in full swing. Readers from all over the country have made their selections, and now judge Brad Meltzer is close to making his decision. Meltzer is best-selling author of The Tenth Justice and The Inner Circle. He tells host Guy Raz about his favorite stories in Three-Minute Fiction so far. You can read the stories at www.npr.org/threeminutefiction.

6:36am

Sat October 13, 2012
From Our Listeners

The Antidote To Your Burning Health Care Questions

Originally published on Sat October 13, 2012 1:14 pm

Credit iStockphoto.com

As we approach the presidential election in November, Weekend Edition is seeking your questions about issues and candidates in a new segment called Reporter Hotline. This week, we answer inquiries about health care.

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2:57pm

Thu October 11, 2012
The Two-Way

'Softball-Sized Eyeball' Washes Up In Florida; Can You I.D. It?

Originally published on Mon October 15, 2012 8:41 am

Credit Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission

Tell us you can resist clicking on this headline from Florida's Sun Sentinel:

"Huge Eyeball From Unknown Creature Washes Ashore On Florida Beach."

It's big, it's blue and the newspaper says "among the possibilities being discussed are a giant squid, some other large fish or a whale or other large marine mammal."

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission has sent the eye off for study.

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3:36pm

Tue September 11, 2012
From Our Listeners

Letters: A Daughter's Connection To 'American Pie'

Originally published on Tue September 11, 2012 7:57 pm

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AUDIE CORNISH: Now a correction. Followed by your letters about we made you cry. Correction first. On Friday's program, in a story about Amazon's latest Kindle device, we said that Apple does not offer an iPad with a 4G wireless connection. In fact, some iPad models do include a 4G connection.

MELISSA BLOCK, HOST:

And now, on to those tears. They were shed over a connection of a different type.

(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "AMERICAN PIE")

DON MCLEAN: I met who girl who sang the blues, and I asked her for some happy news.

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