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It was one year ago when a student at Virginia Tech gunned down 32 of his classmates and instructors in a nightmarish killing spree. At the Blacksburg campus, students, administrators and residents gather to honor those who died.

Napoleonic Wars? The Royal Navy? Yawn. Novelist Nicola Griffith had low expectations when she started reading Patrick O'Brian's Master and Commander. But soon she was tearing through the 20-volume series, reveling in the deeply rendered friendship between the characters Jack and Stephen. It's a masterpiece, she says: "Jane Austen on a ship of war."

Ireland's Supreme Court ruled that, for tax purposes, Subway bread had too much sugar to qualify as bread. The case raises questions about changing tastes, niche tax law, and what is bread anyway?

The mayor said that while murders are down 40% from this time last year, too many people are still dying from violent crimes.

Cellist Gautier Capuçon plays Camille Saint-Säens’ Concerto for Cello No. 1.

Celebrity Edition, Hour 1: S. Epatha Merkerson Bonus Video

Appraisal: Louis Vuitton Steamer Trunk, ca. 1890, in Virginia Beach

Report: Pa. priests abused sexually abused 1,000 children

Humans pushing 1 million species to brink of extinction, says UN report

How did criminals steal 1.2 billion web credentials?