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I'm Not Scary, I'm Just Drawn That Way: Great Comics For Halloween

Ready for a Halloween scare? Reviewer Etelka Lehoczky says these graphic novels and compilations — packed with creepy cults, alien monsters, gravediggers and ghosts — are just the ticket.

State High Court Disciplines 32 Lawyers

The Florida Supreme Court is disciplining 32 attorneys, including eight lawyers in the Orlando metro region.The high court has disbarred David Osborne of…

Former FAMU bandmember Robert Champion died after a hazing ritual in Orlando in 2011.

UPDATE: Former FAMU band member she was shunned for avoiding hazing

A former Florida A&M University band member says she submitted to a ritual prosecutors describe as hazing because she felt shunned for not doing it.The…

In the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy, a former Red Cross official says, as many as 40 percent of the organization's emergency vehicles were assigned for public relations purposes. This photo, which shows one of the trucks in Long Island, N.Y., in January 2013, is one example of the many publicity photos taken by the Red Cross.

Red Cross 'Diverted Assets' During Storms' Aftermath To Focus On Image

An investigation by NPR and ProPublica reveals how the Red Cross increased its focus on public relations while it struggled to meet basic needs of storm victims.

Amy Poehler plays Leslie Knope on <em>Parks and Recreation</em>, which will air its final season next year. Poehler says, "It's a privilege in television to be able to have a proper goodbye."

A Candid Memoir From Comedian Amy Poehler? 'Yes Please'

Poehler joins Fresh Air's Terry Gross to talk about fighting the body image "demon," being a "world-class snooper" and how she was once told that she had a "great face for wigs."

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Behold The Entrenched — And Reviled — Annual Review

Performance review season is nearing, and if you're like most people, there's no celebrating that. Studies show that 60 to 90 percent of employees dislike the ritual. So some firms are backing away.

In Pakistan, Islamic State Draws In Taliban Commanders

Few scenarios worry the U.S. and its allies more than the prospect of the rise of the Islamic State on the war-battered landscape of northwest Pakistan and neighboring Afghanistan. In Pakistan, six top Taliban commanders have pledged allegiance to ISIS.

William Moulton Marston went by the pen name Charles Moulton when he wrote Wonder Woman from 1941-1947. This example is from a newspaper strip in March 1945.

The Man Behind Wonder Woman Was Inspired By Both Suffragists And Centerfolds

Wonder Woman's creator, William Moulton Marston, had a secret life: He had a wife and a mistress and fathered children with both of them. Jill Lepore explains in The Secret History of Wonder Woman.

The Serious History Of Hocus Pocus In 'Penguin Book Of Witches'

In Colonial America, a witch was not a Halloween costume, but a criminal. NPR's Rachel Martin revisits this moment in history with Katherine Howe, editor of the new Penguin Book of Witches.

Mississippi Rebels fans cheer for their team prior to their game on October 18. The University of Mississippi has been in an ongoing effort to distance the state's flagship academic institution from its segregationist history.

'Ole Miss' Debates Campus Traditions With Confederate Roots

The University of Mississippi is making an ongoing effort to remove potentially divisive and racially charged symbols to try and make the campus more welcoming, but not everybody welcomes the changes.

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