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Book News: Mich. School System Won't Ban Anne Frank's 'Pornographic' Diary

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Anne Frank is seen at Amsterdam Town Hall in July 1941.

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The daily lowdown on books, publishing, and the occasional author behaving badly.

6:52 am

Mon May 13, 2013

In Pakistan, Sharif Turns To Unstable Nation's Dire Problems

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Nawaz Sharif, who will lead Pakistan's next government, at a campaign rally last week.

By Mark Memmott

Originally published on Mon May 13, 2013 10:19 am

With a commanding lead for his party in the vote count following Saturday's parliamentary elections, former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is returning to power with a clear mandate to focus on the grave problems facing his nation, as NPR's Julie McCarthy reports from Lahore for Morning Edition.

3:06 am

Mon May 13, 2013

Google Fights Glass Backlash Before It Even Hits The Street

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A visitor at the "NEXT Berlin" conference tries out Google Glass on April 24 in Berlin.

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Originally published on Mon May 13, 2013 11:57 am

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Google Glass isn't even for sale yet, but it's already facing backlash.

3:02 am

Mon May 13, 2013

Cases Of Mysterious Valley Fever Rise In American Southwest

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Emily Gorospe, 8, loves to dance and usually can't sit still, so her parents started to worry when she became very tired two years ago. Emily was eventually diagnosed with valley fever, a fungal disease that 150,000 people contract each year.

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Winemaker Todd Schaefer will take anti-fungal medication for the rest of his life. Not only does it cause nausea and vomiting, but it means he can't drink his own wine.

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Valley fever is caused by tiny spores that live in California and Arizona soil. When the spores are disturbed, they can be inhaled into the lungs, so people who work outside are at higher risk of contracting it.

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Todd and Tammy Schaefer walk through a neighbor's vineyard with their Old English mastiff, Daisy Ray. Todd was working in a vineyard when he contracted valley fever about 10 years ago and has since struggled with his health.

By Rebecca Plevin

Originally published on Mon May 13, 2013 4:01 pm

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When she was just 6, Emily Gorospe became very tired and sick. The spunky girl, now 8, developed a fever that wouldn't go away, and red blotches appeared across her body.

"She's got so much energy usually," says Emily's mother, Valerie Gorospe. "Just walking from one part of the house ... she was drained." The little girl was also very pale. "She just didn't look like herself," Valerie recalls.

6:11 pm

Sun May 12, 2013

Checking More Than One Box: A Growing Multiracial Nation

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Thien-Kim Lam (left) and Larry Bright (right) with their 3-year-old son and 7-year-old daughter, are a multiracial family. They represent a growing segment of American families that are inter-racial and whose children identify as both races.

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Originally published on Sun May 12, 2013 8:35 pm

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Larry Bright holds his 3-year-old son's hand while the boy steps through a leafy playground in Silver Spring, Md., and practices counting his numbers in English.

At the top of the slide, the boy begins counting in his other language: Vietnamese.

Bright, the boy's father, is African-American; his mother, Thien Kim Lam, is Vietnamese. The couple has two children.

"They are a perfect mix between the two of us," Lam tells Arun Rath, host of weekends on All Things Considered.

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