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Oakland, Calif., is known for being diverse. The tech industry? Not so much. But there's hope the situation will improve as more tech companies move to Oakland.

Physicist-turned-author Paolo Giordano's new novel follows a couple adrift after their beloved housekeeper dies. Critic Heller McAlpin says the book is melancholy, but offers a subtle hope.

Don't call it a comeback: Blocks have been here for more than 100 years. Studies have shown they can help build language and cognition skills — and even help teach math.

Police said they discovered a stockpile of ammunition and explosives inside a house connected to the suspects, husband and wife Syed Farook and Tashfeen Malik, who were killed in a shootout Wednesday.

Inspired by the chill-out music of The Orb and KLF, one of the kings of Norwegian space disco delivers a wonderful slice of psychedelic, electronic ambiance.

Steve Inskeep talks with John Cohen, former counterterrorism coordinator at Homeland Security, now at Rutgers University researching why people carry out mass attacks. Also: Glock author Paul Barrett.

One of Pittsburgh's nicknames is "City of Bridges," referring to its many river-spanning structures. All of the answers in this final round are three-word phrases with the word "of" in the middle.

Contestants tell us whether classes are made up, or a real course that students are amassing thousands of dollars of debt to enroll in.

From Questlove to Jennifer Aniston, it's really the hair that makes the icon. We rewrote the Bon Jovi song "Livin' on a Prayer" to be about famous people with famous hair.

We quiz contestants on some famous characters known only by their nickname.