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Two new biographical studies that read like novels explore the familial relationships that shaped two of the 19th century's most beloved authors. Critic Maureen Corrigan calls Great Expectations: The Sons And Daughters Of Charles Dickens "a Gothic nightmare" and Marmee & Louisa "a romance."

A home builder in Southern California is battling a softening real esate market by taking advantage of an abundant local resource: actors. The Centex company has hired four actors to play a family "living" in one of their model homes -- a performance called Homelife.

A trailer burned in a fire that crews contained Sunday on the Northern Cheyenne reservation in southeast Montana.The fire started northwest of the…

The singer-songwriter channels Whitney Houston, Alanis Morissette and The Cranberries' Dolores O'Riordan in her Tiny Desk quarantine concert.

The Alt.Latino favorite comes together virtually to perform a handful of songs from the band's latest album, Invisible People.

For 20 years the stadium was called Heinz Field and giant Heinz Ketchup bottles framed the scoreboard. But naming rights expired, and those bottles loved by Steelers fans are being removed.

Some folks who planned to buy a home this spring have changed their plans, citing political and economic uncertainty.

On average, single-family house prices have risen 50 percent nationwide over the past five years. That's meant record profits for homebuilders, even as some economists warn that price increases are not sustainable.

The body of Massachusetts Democratic Sen. Edward Kennedy made its way Thursday from Hyannis to Boston. It will lie in repose at the JFK Library in Boston until a weekend funeral.

Two days after India orders five Pakistani officials out of the country, Pakistan retaliates and expels five Indian diplomats. India accuses the Pakistani officials of funneling money to separatists in Indian Kashmir, but Pakistan denies the accusations. Hear NPR's Michael Sullivan.