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Christina Lamoureux planned a perfect wedding. Now she is among the unlucky set of soon-to-be married couples frantically making contingency plans as clouds of polluted air linger over their nuptials.

The WNBA Finals are underway, and the league's popularity has increased. But SB Nation's Tamryn Spruill says the WNBA and its players are still trying to win something more than games — respect.

In 1972, NPR invited listeners to write ads for things that brighten everyday life, like clouds and love letters. It was so nice, we're doing it twice: Submit your best ad and it might get produced.

The hottest, driest summer since the government began recording rainfall and temperature 61 years ago has wilted crops and left reservoirs at half their normal water level.

Thirty forensics specialists have been sent to the explosion site in Boston to learn as much as they can about what happened and who might be responsible. Melissa Block talks to Frank Doyle, Jr., a former FBI special agent who has worked on major bombing incidents, about how the investigation is likely to proceed and what evidence might be found.

Lawrence Osborne's well-structured new novel follows a group of Western expats in Cambodia, all hunting for something nebulous — money, happiness, or even just an edge up on everyone else.

A massive sandstorm envelops the Iraqi capital, bringing life to a virtual standstill. It was like waking up on Christmas Day to find the landscape had turned white with snow -- except that it was orange. The huge cloud of dust was blown in from the western Syrian desert.

Even the rescue teams could not go forward during one of the fiercest of many sandstorms this spring. Herders have lost their herds — an estimated 1.6 million livestock — and their lives.

Years ago, a developer let graffiti artists paint on his warehouse. He took the building down when he wanted to build condos. A judge found he failed to wait for a lawsuit or for permits.

The committee has granted extensions to deadlines before, especially when there have been ongoing talks with a subject's lawyers.