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Harvard University has created a new program to recruit low-income, high-achieving students who might not be planning to apply to Harvard — or other top colleges.

This pre-1955 Graflex Crown Graphic camera has "NPR NY" etched into the top. Who originally owned it and what does it mean? Help us solve a mystery.

The state's top school board has approved $2 million in financing to pay for students to take individual classes elsewhere if their public school is

The home of the Red Sox may be a Boston landmark but it also holds a place in baseball history. The big green wall in left field is known as the Green Monster. Some fans are paying more than $1,000 to sit on top of the Green Monster when the Red Sox play Friday.

Make a list of bands with integrity, still highly respected and still making music after 25 years, and that list will have Cowboy Junkies near the top. The band remains prolific, tender and poignant, as evidenced by this performance at the NPR Music offices.

To welcome the Year of the Dragon, China's postal service plans to release commemorative postage stamps featuring the fabled beast. But many customers are finding the image to be a little over the top.

For this week's Sandwich Monday, we try a new dish from Domino's. It's essentially pizza with crust made out of chicken.

After New York Times top editor Jill Abramson was abruptly dismissed, there's reporting she had confronted her bosses about her pay.

Today's 2 p.m. ET vote is to decide who will join House Speaker John Boehner in a top leadership role. While that slot seems decided, the No. 3 spot is up for grabs.

Along with his musical partner and onetime wife, Carole King, he wrote such Top 40 hits as "Will You Love Me Tomorrow" and "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman."