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Two Is Company, Three Is A Crowd

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Originally published on Sun January 13, 2013 1:22 pm

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On-air challenge: Given three three-letter words, give a three-letter word that can follow each to complete a familiar six-letter word. None of the words in a set will be related in meaning. For example, given "dam," "man" and "sew," the answer would be "age," which results in "damage," "manage" and "sewage."

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From Corn Belt To Main Street: The Drought's Far-Reaching Grasp

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The sun shines above a farm near White City, Kan., in November.

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Originally published on Sat January 12, 2013 6:37 pm

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The U.S. had its hottest year on record last year. That heat, combined with the relatively dry winter that came before, has brought a historic drought.

From forest fires and low crop yields, to infrastructure and recreation, the drought has been costly, with early estimates putting the cost at between $50 billion and $80 billion.

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Aaron Swartz, Reddit Cofounder And Online Activist, Dead At 26

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Aaron Swartz co-authored RSS and founded the company that later became the social media website Reddit.

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Originally published on Mon January 14, 2013 7:54 am

He was 14 when he co-authored RSS and later helped found the company that would become the social media website Reddit. Internet activist Aaron Swartz was found dead in his Brooklyn apartment, authorities said Saturday. He was 26.

Update at 7:42 p.m.: Swartz To Be Remembered For 'Technological Virtuosity':

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Father's Death Spurs Son To Tackle Health Care

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Businessman David Goldhill's father died of a hospital-related infection. His book Catastrophic Care argues that the American health care system needs to become more consumer-driven.

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Originally published on Sat January 12, 2013 6:37 pm

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In 2007, David Goldhill's father, in good overall health, checked into the hospital with a minor case of pneumonia. Within a few days, he developed sepsis, then a wave of secondary infections. A few weeks after entering the hospital and the day after his 83rd birthday, he died.

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Remembering PFLAG Founder And Mother

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Jeanne Manford, gay rights advocate and PFLAG founder.

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Manford was the grand marshal of the pride parade in Queens.

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Jeanne Manford, founder of the national support group Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays, or PFLAG, holds a photo of her son, Morty, circa 1993. Manford died Tuesday at 92.

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Manford's support group has swelled to more than 350 groups nationwide with thousands of members.

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Manford marches with Morty in what would become New York City's gay pride march, in 1972.

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Journalist Andy Humm interviews Manford at a gay pride march in Queens in 1993.

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Jeanne Manford, founder of the national support group Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays, or PFLAG, holds a photo of her son, Morty, circa 1993. Manford died Tuesday at 92.

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Originally published on Sat January 12, 2013 9:32 pm

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President Obama spoke about Jeanne Manford in a speech he gave at the annual Human Rights Campaign National Dinner in 2009. Her son, Morty, was an important figure in New York City's gay community during the turbulent 1970s.

"Soon after the protests at Stonewall 40 years ago, the phone rang in the home of a soft-spoken elementary school teacher named Jeanne Manford," he said. A police officer told her Morty had been arrested.

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