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Weekend Edition Saturday wraps up the week's news, offers a mix of analysis and features such topics as arts, sports, entertainment and human interest stories.

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Saturday Sports: Baseball Playoffs

By editor • Oct 6, 2018

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You know what we could all use this week? Sports.

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Sans Forgetica: A Font To Remember

By editor • Oct 6, 2018

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The Actor Behind 'Robocop' On Detroit And Art History

By editor • Oct 6, 2018

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He's part-man, part-machine - all cop.

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PETER WELLER: (As RoboCop) Let the woman go. You are under arrest.

UNIDENTIFIED ACTOR: (As Creep's Friend) You better back up, pal.

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Phoenix Residents Respond To Flake And Kavanaugh

By editor • Sep 29, 2018

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The High Drama Of The Wrigley Rat

By • Sep 29, 2018

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Saturday Sports: Free Agents In The NFL, The Patriots, Tiger Woods

By • Sep 29, 2018

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Finally, time for sports.

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Red Sox Win AL East, Browns Win A Game And Vontae Davis Retires

By editor • Sep 22, 2018

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Now it's time for sports.

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Working On A Cathedral, Roofer Finds His Grandfather's Message In A Bottle

By editor • Sep 22, 2018

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W.Va. Plan Would Allow Some Service Members To Vote Via Smartphone

By editor • Sep 22, 2018

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First Debate Held In Surprisingly Close Texas Senate Race

By editor • Sep 22, 2018

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In Texas, a race that no one expected to be this competitive. The candidates for Texas Senate battled in a debate last night. KERA's Christopher Connelly reports from Dallas.

Study: Since The 1970s, Drug Overdoses Have Grown Exponentially

By • Sep 22, 2018

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A Minneapolis Theater 'Prop God' Retires

By editor • Sep 15, 2018

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UNIDENTIFIED SINGERS: (Singing) Ding dong merrily on high...

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Saturday Sports: End Of Baseball Season

By editor • Sep 15, 2018

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Cajun Navy Volunteer Rescuer On Responding To Storm

By editor • Sep 15, 2018

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Bobi Wine Is Willing 'To Die Trying' To Win Freedom For Uganda

By • Sep 8, 2018

"I'm supposed to be a dead man," says Bobi Wine, a Ugandan musician turned politician.

His driver Yasin Kawuma was shot dead on Aug. 13. Wine tweeted a graphic picture he said was of the man's dead body. Wine says police were the ones who shot Kawuma, but Wine says he was their real target.

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