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  • The Andrew Wyeth painting "Christina’s World" depicts a woman in a pink house dress stretched out in a field, turned toward a house in the distance.
  • The late American painter created one of the 20th century's most recognizable works in "Christina's World." His centenary puts his distinct mastery, and varied critical reception, into perspective.
  • Woody Allen's new comedy Anything Else stars Jason Biggs and Christina Ricci. Film critic David Edelstein reviews the film.
  • Student Christina Appleberry argues that standardized tests are good for her. She doesn't get very good grades because she doesn't do her homework, but she is smart and always does well on tests.
  • Frank Gasparro, the man who designed the back of the Lincoln penny -- the side that displays the Lincoln Memorial -- died this past weekend at the age of 92. Linda Wertheimer talks with Christina Hansen, daughter of Frank Gasparro, about her father's work.
  • Woody Allen has a new movie out -- not that you can tell from the preview. NPR's Bob Mondello has this review of Anything Else, starring Christina Ricci and Jason Biggs.
  • Newly released bodycam footage shows Phoenix police violently arresting a man with disabilities. The department was already facing intervention for misconduct. Charges against the man were dropped.
  • A sound montage of a few prominent voices in this ast week's news, including an excerpt from President Clinton's State f the Union Address, New Jersey Governor Christina Whitman's epublican response, O.J. Simpson from the audio companion to his book, rosecutor Marcia Clark, Defense Attorney Johnnie Cochran, and House ajority Leader Dick Armey and Congressman Barney Frank.
  • This week, a researcher revealed the ancestral homeland of Elvis Presley. Three hundred years ago, Andrew Presley worked as a blacksmith in the tiny village of Lonmay, Scotland, and the modern-day residents of Lonmay are bracing for the potential windfall of tourism. NPR's Liane Hansen speaks with Christina Gibbons, owner of the village's only hotel, the Bancar.
  • When neighborhoods become gentrified, there's often a sense of loss for longtime residents of the communities. That's the case for Radio Rookie Christina Adja and her friends.
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