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Planet Money tries to make a program that reads Donald Trump's tweets and then trades stocks. The first step is training the program to interpret the tweets using something called sentiment analysis.

Lonesome George was the last surviving member of his species and a conservation icon. When the tortoise died, taxidermist George Dante set out to preserve his body, and his legacy.

How did the ex-Trump campaign manager get indicted in Robert Mueller's Russia investigation? It's a study in how political power can translate into money, and how that money moves around the world.

Bassist Christian McBride says that making his own album at the storied jazz club was like becoming part of a family. He knew: "We'd better bring it harder than we've brought it anywhere else before."

The college application process can be confusing and frustrating for prospective students. Here's a look at what happens behind the curtain.

Australians Robin Warren and Barry Marshall receive the 2005 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. Their research bucked conventional wisdom, showing that a bacterium, not simply excess stomach acid, causes peptic ulcers. Also, it suggested that bacterium may be a major cause of stomach cancer.

Nancy Grace, the fiery advocate for victims of violent crime, is leaving the HLN network after a dozen years. She says she will reemerge on TV and digitally too.

The young ace was the National League's Rookie of the Year in 2013. When he died, he had the second most strikeouts of any pitcher in the National League.

Sheku Kanneh-Mason, a rising star in the U.K. classical world, wants to serve as an inspiration for musicians even younger than he is.

Changes at the U.S. Postal Service - and the pandemic - have workers and customers noticing significant slowdowns in the Philadelphia area. Some worry about the upcoming election in this swing state.