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Lots of people are opting for the clinics, which are springing up inside big-box retailers and chain drugstores across the country. We found that people are open to the idea of trying the clinics. And those who have used them seem to like them a lot.

Today NPR President and CEO Gary E. Knell introduced to NPR staff and Member Stations two new leaders to round out the NPR executive ranks and play big roles in making public radio more central in the lives of millions of listeners.

In some places, celebrating the dead is a bigger deal than Christmas. In Oaxaca, Mexico, it's the most important holiday of the year — and it starts today.

Yaron Zilberman's A Late Quartet, which follows the internal collapse of a string quartet, goes down the all-too-familiar path of a work-family drama. But critic Ella Taylor praises the quiet performances from the film's seasoned stars, including Christopher Walken and Philip Seymour Hoffman.

Boyd Applegate, a 56-year-old trucker who lives in San Diego, has been a poll worker for nearly every election over the past 20 years. Many people in his precinct greet him by name. He says he enjoys the work because he is a representative of what's right in America.

The folks who went to Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum in Washington, D.C., this weekend found out that a little sugar, a chance to meet wax figures of presidents, and voting in life-like voting booths may help kids begin to develop a passion to participate in elections.

Sandy's effect on classical musicians, creating a Cloud Atlas masterpiece and a Glyndebourne death: your guide to this week's must-read music news. Also: scientific research shows that dogs prefer Beethoven to Megadeth or even silence.

Melissa Block talks with senior Washington editor Ron Elving about the Senate races to watch on Tuesday.

Dr. Michael White and his Original Liberty Jazz Band play authentic New Orleans traditional jazz as well as any ensemble on the planet. Their combination…

Schools in New York City opened for the first time since superstorm Sandy hit the city last Monday. Some buildings had to be cleaned up before students arrived and a few had no heat. Still more than 90 schools remained closed due to storm damage or because they are still being used as evacuation shelters.