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Pakistanis angry over President Pervez Musharraf's suspension of the country's chief justice hold their largest demonstration yet.

TED Fellow Abigail Washburn wanted to be a lawyer working in Beijing — until she picked up a banjo. She tells the story of the remarkable connections she's formed touring across the U.S. and China while playing that banjo and singing in Chinese.

The National Weather Service says the tornado that hit Indian Lake killed three, injured 27 and traveled for 31 miles.

Vance's book already had sold more than 3 million copies before Trump chose him for the Republican ticket.

There's confirmation now that the housing market has taken a "double dip" and that prices are down to mid-2002 levels, the widely watched S&P/Case-Shiller report says.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with KPBS listener Anthony Baio and Weekend Edition Puzzlemaster Will Shortz.

Ilyse Levine-Kanji of Westborough, Massachusetts plays the puzzle with Weekend Edition Puzzlemaster Will Shortz and host Ayesha Rascoe.

Fresh out of modern-art school in Manhattan in 1949 Alex Katz headed to Maine to study painting. And he wanted to paint from life. “It was really painting from the unconscious, from life and photos,” he said. While Abstract Expressionism was of the moment Katz wanted to develop his own style. “Brand New and Terrific: Alex Katz in the 1950s” at the Cleveland Museum of Art spotlights the 89-year-old artist’s early work finding his way in the art world.

James David Vance's 2016 memoir about his southern-Ohio childhood has spent more than 40 weeks on the New York Timesbestseller list. Hillbilly Elegydescribes a tightly-knit Appalachian culture that promotes close, family ties. But it is also plagued by substance abuse and domestic violence. Vance's stories are by turns harrowing and hilarious, and the book is due to become a motion picture.

Christopher Liddell appeared to be invested in 18 companies when he joined the president in meetings with their CEOs. The investments totaled between $3 million and $4 million.