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  • The fact that Nashville's famously bustling live music scene has temporarily gone silent makes this an opportune time to enjoy a round-up of Nashville voices.
  • This week, the U.K. introduced a polymer 5-pound note that's designed to be waterproof, tear-resistant and chewable. The Bank of England still doesn't recommend setting it on fire.
  • Nobody wants to hear a baby cry. Researchers say the same techniques that soothe a colicky infant can help relieve the pain of vaccinations.
  • An American Idol runner-up and its first openly gay contender, Lambert has transitioned neatly into the role of a pop star.
  • Creators are raking in millions of views as they poke fun at the trauma and humor of U.S. workplace culture. A look at their popularity and what it means that the top comedians are Black.
  • One of the hottest tickets in Washington, D.C., was to a festival that was all about drinking and having fun — but not about booze.
  • Mississippi is a much-changed place since civil rights pioneer Medgar Evers was murdered there 40 years ago this week. The civil rights leader refused to leave the state he loved. He believed conditions would improve. And now his state leads the nation in the number of black elected officials. NPR's Melanies Peoples reports from the county where Evers grew up.
  • Writer Dick George has this stock market stuff all figured out: he's selling...actually, he's buying...really though, he's just thinking about buying.
  • The House Financial Services Committee held a hearing where members probed major players in the GameStop and meme stock story.
  • Zachariah Fike finds old military medals for sale in antique stores and on the Internet, tracks down the medals' owners, and returns them. So far, Fike — who earned a Purple Heart when he was wounded in Afghanistan on Sept. 11, 2010 — is 5 for 5.
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