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Oregon High School Spanish teacher Kimberly Radostits has won Illinois’ top honor for educators. Ms. “Rad,” as her students affectionately call her, is the new Illinois Teacher of the Year.

It's like the start of a bad joke: a vegan, a gluten-free and a paleo walk into a bar — except it's your house, and they're gathered around the Thanksgiving table. Don't panic — we've got recipes.

NPR Music celebrates the alt-rock heroes, Hollywood idols, Pulitzer-winning composers, jazz luminaries, cult legends, bold activists, old masters and rising stars the world lost this year.

Pennsylvania, Georgia, Nevada and Arizona come into focus in final days. Plus: where things stand in seven other Senate contests.

Seven of the arrests took place in Oregon, and one man turned himself in to authorities in Arizona. At least 10 people reportedly are believed to be occupying the federal wildlife refuge.

Harry Houdini famously tried to escape from being buried alive — and famously failed. Recently, escape artist Antony Britton tried to do what Houdini couldn't. He describes the view from down under.

Researchers found 6 percent of middle-schoolers in Portland, Ore., have tried a game that involves asphyxiation to get high. About a quarter of them have tried it at least five times.

NCAA basketball's Final Four teams will play in New Orleans Saturday, to decide who will play in Monday night's title game. The first match-up pits Louisville against No. 1 Kentucky. In the second game, Ohio State will face the University of Kansas.

It's been grueling for Newt Gingrich as he defends his record just days before the Iowa caucuses. Some of the stress may have surfaced Friday when one question brought on the tears.

It's still too early to tell just how much the magnitude-6.0 quake will cost the region, but it comes after a drought had already made things difficult for wineries.