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If one's true love bought everything mentioned in the song, "The 12 Days of Christmas," it would cost more than $34,000, according to PNC Wealth Management's annual Christmas Price Index.

Poet Tracy K. Smith's three favorite poems of 2011 blur the private and public, the personal and political, and will refresh how you look at language and the world.

Justin Casquejo, 16, scaled scaffolding, took the elevator and then crept past a sleeping guard before climbing a ladder all the way to the top of the antenna.

Almost no one knows more about the rapidly growing Texas population than the state's demographer, Lloyd Potter. He talks about the historic shift in Hispanic population — and why he's glad he isn't studying the demographics of, say, New Hampshire.

For years, NBC has struggled at the bottom of the pile of big broadcast networks, ratings-wise. However, this season it's on top, thanks in part to Sunday Night Football.

In entertainment news: Netflix has its day in the sun, receiving nominations for "House of Cards" and its reboot of "Arrested Development."

We're putting a stop to some of the myths about genetically modified seeds and when farmers can be sued over them.

If you haven't been paying attention, here's a primer on the changes Congress is considering making to U.S. surveillance practices.

Did you know how fast these green shoots, the season's iconic vegetable, can grow? Or that they come in male and female versions? Or that what we eat in the U.S. is mostly now grown abroad?

The Republicans and the Democrats have had their say. The bad news: NPR's Ron Elving and Ken Rudin now have to have their say. This week's episode of the "It's All Politics" podcast reviews both conventions, the highs and the lows, and what if anything it all means for November.