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The only "AA meeting" happening in this game is in celebrities' names, where the first names end with, and the last names begin with, the letter "A."

An oxymoron is a figure of speech that combines contradictory terms, such as "living dead." In this game about contradictory phrases, all clues are sung to the tune of Hendrix's "Foxy Lady."

When Connie Casey learned her adolescent son was gay, she blamed herself and sent him to conversion therapy for several years. But when Samuel, now 22, went away to college, Connie says, she realized that "it was time to take a look at everything that I'd ever been taught to believe."

Now a family man, the British singer continues to experiment with his music. His latest album, The Man, is all about growth, development and evolution.

Synthetic biologist Jay Keasling has already taught yeast to make the leading anti-malarial drug. His next project takes the technology a step further, using yeast to turn plant waste into diesel — and maybe gasoline and jet fuel, too.

NASA has a plan to fend off giant asteroids, but what about tsunamis, earthquakes, storms that last 45 days and mammoth floods? Earth scientists say science-based strategies can help communities prepare for the worst of the worst.

Tax fossil fuels in proportion to the amount of carbon they release. That's it; that's the whole plan.

The last of the mandated federal budget cuts begin in July. Federal agencies have had to work around furloughs and other issues. For more on the effects of sequestration, David Greene talks to NPR's Brian Naylor, Tamara Keith, Pam Fessler and Larry Abramson.

Renee Montagne talks to Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa as he prepares to leave office. After serving the city for eight years, he's termed out of office. He's the first Latino mayor of Los Angeles in more than a century, and has said he wants to run for governor of California.

Federal regulators have filed civil charges against former New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine in connection with the failure of his commodities firm, MF Global. The government says Corzine failed to stop the firm from dipping into customer funds during a financial crisis in October 2011.