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NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with listener, Karen Brock, and puzzlemaster, Will Shortz.

As the Earth warms up, rising sea levels will increase the threat of storm surges and flooding. In some places, that will make exisiting problems worse. Venice, Italy, offers a glimpse at what may lie ahead. A major engineering project aims to protect it from the rising sea, but most Venetians seem to take high water in stride.

For Brig. Gen. William Grimsley, down time for reading does not necessarily mean a break from the battlefield. The deputy commanding general of the Army's fourth infantry division tends to choose heavy nonfiction about combat, wars and world history when he reads. He shares his summer reading list.

More than 220 athletes will represent the United States at the Olympics in Beijing, making it the largest delegation at the Games. Other large teams include China and the Russian Olympic Committee.

The controversial, best-selling Egyptian novel The Yacoubian Building describes a country that is corrupt, unfair and thuggish. Now it's being made into a star-studded film.

The Bob Dylan Center opens in Tulsa on Tuesday. It contains more than 100,000 pieces from his archives.

Imagine staying in business for 127 years. That's what Cross Western Wear has managed in Ogden, Utah. But the decline of ranching and changing taste in clothes are forcing the descendants of C.W. Cross to close the store he opened in 1878.

The music of Rodrigo Sanchez and Gabriela Quintero attempts to reconcile their love of heavy metal music with their traditional style of Mexican guitar playing. Their self-titled debut combines Sanchez's intricate fingerpicking with Quintero's smooth melodic style — and works wonderfully.

The unmistakable voice of Roberta Flack has been part of the American soundtrack since the 1960s.

Shortly after Bob Woodruff was tapped as lead anchor on ABC's World News Tonight, he and his cameraman were gravely injured by a bomb while reporting in Iraq. Now, he and his wife have written a book about his recovery.