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The U.S. cable giant has been on a buying spree, and acquiring the Formula One auto-racing franchise would boost its sports offerings.

On his 82nd birthday, Leonard Cohen has released a new song, the title track to his forthcoming album, You Want It Darker.

Boston Light, the nation's first lighthouse, first lit up the Boston coast 300 years ago. Its resident keeper — one of the last in the country — calls it "the best government housing" in the U.S.

Russia's para-athletes were caught up in the same scandal as the country's Olympic team. "The anti-doping system in Russia is broken," says the head of the International Paralympic Committee.

The deputies were able to radio for help and were transported to St. Francis Medical Center, where they underwent surgery.

With the flu season looming, the rate of new cases in the U.S. and other countries is rising at rates not seen in months.

Veterinarians at the zoo in Washington, D.C., performed an ultrasound on the giant panda, and videos show a well developed fetus. Mei Xiang's pregnancy is considered high risk.

There have been 74,155 fires in Brazil so far this year, mostly in the Amazon, and about half of which have ignited in just the past month. Some world leaders are raising the alarm.

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro and Weekend Edition puzzlemaster Will Shortz play a word game with WCBE listener Todd LaPlace of Dublin, Ohio.

Officials say the tsunami was triggered by underwater landslides caused by volcanic activity on the island of Anak Krakatau.