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Dodgers come from behind to beat the Yankees to win their 8th World Series

The Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the New York Yankees to win the World Series 4-1. It's the first title for the Dodgers since the COVID-shortened "asterisk" season of 2020.

Search Engine Wars: Google's Cinderella Story

In the 1990s, Stanford students Sergey Brin and Larry Page figured out how to use the structure of the Internet — the way pages link to one another — to put the most relevant items at the top of a search list. Their discovery transformed their garage startup, Google, into the Internet's top search engine, a household name and even a verb. NPR's Rick Karr reports.

According to legend, the Explorers Club — a society of scientific adventurers — served its members a prehistoric dish at its annual dinner in 1951. By some accounts, the mystery meat was woolly mammoth; by others, extinct giant sloth. Now DNA analysis has provided a definitive answer — and unraveled a decades-long deception.

Two Grad Students Use Science To Bust The Dinner Hoax Of The Century

In 1951, members of the scientific Explorers Club thought they had dined on prehistoric meat dug out of the Alaskan tundra. The meal became legend. Now two Yale students have unraveled the deception.

Sports: MVP's Drug Suspension Ends, Lin Takes Heat

One of baseball's best young stars has his drug ban overturned, but why isn't Major League Baseball celebrating? Also, a tough outing in Miami tempered the Linsanity, and another big Tiger Woods putt rolled away. Host Scott Simon talks with NPR's Tom Goldman for news on the sports of the week.

Sports To Look Forward To: NBA, NFL Pick Up

This weekend the NBA gets going, the NFL gets exciting, and the Boise State Broncos get to clean out their lockers. They demolished Arizona State in the Las Vegas Bowl, but now their season is over, and they'll head home to sit on the couch and watch lower-ranked teams compete in the Bowl Championship Series. Host Scott Simon talks with NPR's Tom Goldman about the week in sports.

Tens of thousands of anti-war protesters gathered outside the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago.

How The Vietnam War Put Picking Presidents In The Hands Of The People

After the Vietnam era, it's hard to see how either party could dial back on its commitment to letting the people — at least those active in party voting — decide presidential nominations.

A Texas-size obstacle at the Peter Pan minigolf course in Austin, Texas — created in 1948.

4 Creative Takes On Golf In America

Leave it to resourceful Americans to tinker and toy with the royal and ancient game of golf.

Stacy Holcomb, 57, stands in front of his home in Bladenboro, N.C., where he says he was approached by a woman during the midterm elections and offered assistance submitting an absentee ballot, an occurrence that many in Bladen County have said happened to them.

Democrats Weigh Options In Potentially Tainted N.C. Congressional Race

State investigators appear focused on whether a Republican political operative violated the law by hiring people to collect mail-in ballots from voters. The GOP candidate won with a 900-vote margin.

Can You Trust A Movie Trailer?

Movie trailers are a thing unto themselves, but can you really trust them? Linda Holmes and Glen Weldon of NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour explain how manipulative and sneaky movie trailers can be.

Student loan debt forces many young adults to make hard choices about how they spend their money — and can prevent them from making investments that will pay off down the road.

Paying Off Student Loans Puts A Dent In Wallets, And The Economy

Repaying college debts prevents many Americans from investing in homes or retirement. The impact can add up — for individuals and the economy as a whole, a researcher says.

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