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A new book, The Real Pepsi Challenge, looks at how the cola company sought brand loyalty among African Americans in the 1940s. Hear from the man who led Pepsi's marketing team.

President Bush included several turns of phrase in his State of the Union speech Tuesday that were meant to make his point — and to make it harder for those with other viewpoints to discount the president's ideas. Frank Luntz, author of Words That Work, talks about Mr. Bush's phrasing.

New York City police said detectives executed a search warrant on a Bronx apartment when they found the narcotics and other paraphernalia concealed by plywood and tile flooring.

Alison McGhee's Someday is a new children's book that mothers will relish, too. In a few hundred words, McGhee simply and elegantly charts the arc of motherhood — from birth and childhood through adulthood and the next generation.

Linus had his blanket. But for millions of children, it was the tattered dollies and "stuffies" that were their first true friends. Authors Cheryl and Jeffrey Katz celebrate 50 of these comforting companions in Dirty Wow Wow and Other Love Stories.

One hundred years ago today, Belgian-American chemist Leo Baekeland applied for a U.S. patent on a substance he dubbed Bakelite, the first "true" synthetic plastic. Michele Norris talks with Dr. Jeffery Meikle, a historian of American plastic, about how Baekeland's invention affected the world's thinking.

Cloud, 25, who starred as a drug dealer on the HBO series, died of "acute intoxication," a California coroner's office said. His family has said he'd been struggling with the death of his father.

Volodymyr Zelenskyy says he is making an effort to answer any legitimate questions concerning his administration and its conduct during the war in Ukraine.

This engaging, well-researched, and frequently laugh-out-loud funny history places the Black experience at center stage with stories that should have already been part of our collective memory.

Dr. Lindsay Marsh says it's worth waiting until marriage to engage in sexual activity. A virgin, Marsh urges abstinence for the sake of both health and spirit and advises men and women to avoid masturbation. She runs the program "Worth The Wait," which promotes abstinence.