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  • Update: WWNO's Zehnomobile auction concluded at noon Sunday with a winning bid of $2000. Congratulations to the winner — we don't know his or her identity…
  • If iconic movie monsters and villains posted personal ads on the dating website e-HORROR-mony, they might read a little like these clues. Jonathan Coulton reminds us that the slimy, mean, and deranged have feelings too.
  • Jennifer Lopez isn't the only "J. Lo" on the block. Puzzle geek Will Hines challenges contestants to name other famous folks who could rock the nickname "J. Lo."
  • Will Hines is back for the final round, in which contestants have a 50-50 chance of choosing the right answer based on his clues. Hint: it's harder than it sounds.
  • Construction of four new schoolhouses should be completed as classes resume in August, education officials announced Wednesday night, but modular…
  • Rhode Island officials are wrestling with the meltdown of a video game company that was meant to bolster the economically depressed state. Former Red Sox star Curt Schilling blames the state for not keeping his company afloat. About 400 workers lost their jobs, and taxpayers are on the hook for close to $100 million.
  • The unemployment in Michigan is dropping as the auto industry rebounds, and the state has a budget surplus for the first time in many years. But many local leaders say they're not seeing a comeback. They believe state leaders are helping themselves — and the business community — at the expense of the well-being of cities.
  • NPR editor Krishnadev Calamur didn't expect to like Hindoo Holiday. It looked like a tedious colonial book about India, full of dust and poverty and elephants. But the book's charm and silly characters made it a favorite guilty pleasure.
  • Citations issued by the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) say managers at one mine failed to evacuate a section that was enveloped in thick smoke generated by a malfunctioning conveyor belt. The company disputes that finding.
  • But Lawrence Adams deflects the attention he's getting. He says the real hero is the barista who alerted police. A gunman killed four people at a cafe on Wednesday, and another person nearby, before taking his own life.
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