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Here are your morning headlines for Monday, November 13th: Kasich calls for common ground in gun control debate; Cleveland City Council president plans...

Ashtabula County, about 66 miles east of Cleveland, is long way from the urban center but the two Ohio communities have one thing in common -- an above average rate of infant deaths in the first year of life. ideastream’s Marlene Harris-Taylor reports, as part of our Zip Code: The Hidden Vital Sign series, lack of access to prenatal care and some unhealthy lifestyle choices is major problem in this rural community. ----

Are playgrounds in the U.S. too sterile and risk-averse to help our kids thrive? Anthropologist Barbara J. King considers play and child development in evolutionary perspective.

The most successful technologies are so seductive, user-friendly, and so apparently innocuous that we hardly notice them entering our lives, says Jimena Canales. One such technology? The pushbutton.

"I have two words to leave with you tonight," the actress told the audience after winning her Oscar: "inclusion rider." But she didn't define those words onstage — so, here's a helpful primer.

NPR's Rachel Martin talks with Collin Binkley of The Associated Press about an AP investigation into millions of dollars the NRA gives to schools.

A scientific project for killing invasive green iguanas in Florida has become the center of national attention. Anthropologist Barbara J. King looks at wildlife management and methods.

Positive scientific results aside, the idea of shinrin-yoku shouldn't be surprising: Who hasn't felt an inner sense of well-being when walking along a forest trail? asks commentator Marcelo Gleiser.

Investor Jack Bogle is leading a populist revolution on Wall Street. He wants everyday Americans to make a lot more money in the stock market and give less of their returns away to financial firms.

Seismologist Lucile Jones discusses how accurate — or not — the plot of this new California earthquake thriller really is. Bonus: Her advice on what to include in an earthquake kit.