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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with special guest, 'Jeopardy!' host Ken Jennings.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with WVXU listener Dennis Pattinson of Cincinnati, Ohio and Weekend Edition Puzzlemaster Will Shortz.

The FDA meets Friday to consider COVID-19 booster shots. The Capitol on Saturday faces its biggest security test since the Jan. 6 attack. The Wall Street Journal examines Facebook's internal memos.

St. Tammany Parish officials have proclaimed a 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. curfew because of Tropical Storm Isaac.Parish President Pat Brister says up to a foot of…

St. James Parish officials have ordered a parish-wide curfew from 9 p.m. Sunday to 6 a.m. Monday.Parish officials say Blind River has stayed at a 5.6-foot…

New Orleans Hornets rookies Anthony Davis and Austin Rivers both have been ruled out for tonight's game against the Philadelphia 76ers.Davis has been…

Unemployment ticked down in Louisiana in August as some people left the labor force.The state's jobless rate fell to 7.4 percent, down from 7.6 percent in…

The giant coffee chain sent a cease-and-desist letter to the owner of Exit 6 Pub and Brewery in Missouri. Starbucks told the pub to stop referring to one of its dark, frothy beers as "the frappicino." Starbucks noted it sounds a lot like its trademarked frozen coffee drink.

We're using numbers to highlight some of the stories of 2013. We look now at the situation in Iraq and the number is 6,639. Steve Inkseep talks to William Dunlop of Agence France-Presse, which has been compiling numbers of those killed and wounded in Iraq.

You're invited to join WWNO and ChickieWahWah on the last Thursday of each month for SpeakEasy, our new series where we discuss topics of interest to the…