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NPR's Eyder Peralta plays the puzzle with puzzle master Will Shortz and this week's winner, Teri Fenner from San Diego, Calif.

Meredith Wald plays the puzzle with puzzlemaster Will Shortz and NPR's Ayesha Rascoe.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with winner Angie Miller from Beatrice, Nebraska and puzzle master Will Shortz.

Daniel Stutzman plays the puzzle with puzzlemaster Will Shortz and NPR's Elissa Nadworny.

Soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo and his partner, Georgina Rodríguez, say their newborn son has died.

The South Carolina Department of Transportation has announced the temporary changes in traffic flow for interchange construction at Exit 26.

Brian Dunworth plays the puzzle with puzzlemaster Will Shortz and Lulu Garcia-Navarro.

Joshua Levs of member station WABE in Atlanta reports on some of the African Americans who celebrated Kwanzaa this year. Today marks the end of the seven-day holiday, which is based on African harvest festivals. People of all ages came to Kwanzaa ceremonies in Atlanta this year seeking personal, political and even professional renewal. Started 30 years ago by a black American university professor in California, Kwanzaa has become increasingly popular. Each day of Kwanzaa commemorates one of seven principles. Translating from Swahili, they are: 1) Umojoa, which means unity; 2)Ujima, which means collective work and responsibility; 3) Kujichagulia, or self determination; 4) Ujamaa, cooperative economics; 5) Nia, purpose; 6) Kuumba, Creativity; and 7) Imani, faith. Together, these principles are known as the "Nguzo Saba."

He is also known as "?uestlove" of the hip-hop group The Roots. The Grammy award-winning sextet has six albums to its credit. Their latest CD is Phrenology. Their first single from the album is "Break You Off." One reviewer writes, "To fully savor the sound, you've got to commit to spending time with The Roots, to wallow in both the music and the message. There's Chuck Berry-style rock-and-roll, jazz fusion, funk, poetry, shoutouts to hip-hop pioneers, lyrical slaps upside the heads of money-mad rappers, black nationalism and some groove-laden neo-soul musings." This interview previously aired February 6, 2003.

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is recalling about 204,000 of the children's weighted blankets, which were being exclusively sold at Target.