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Josh And Cassie Sutton hiked the trail along with their son Harvey, who earned the nickname "Little Man" from his fellow hikers. The Suttons covered the miles from Georgia to Maine in about 200 days.

Commentator Leroy Sievers died over the weekend at his home outside Washington, D.C. He was 53. As a television journalist, he covered wars in Iraq, Central America, Somalia and Kosovo. After he was diagnosed with cancer, he began writing his daily blog, "My Cancer," on NPR.org. Through selections of past commentaries, Sievers says goodbye in his own words.

Oktoberfest is getting an an alcohol-free treatment this fall. Chicago's Lincoln Park Zoo is hosting the booze-free variation of the Bavarian tradition and calling it "Oksoberfest."

The young referee is Erick Callejas of El Alto, Bolivia. His father is also a referee. Callejas has goals --- one of them is working with FIFA.

The legendary music producer Arif Mardin, has died. In a long and varied career, Mardin worked with performers from Aretha Franklin to the Bee Gees, and from Chaka Khan to Norah Jones. We hear an excerpt from an interview with Mardin — and a collection of his best-known productions.

Forty years ago today, Israel began a short war with its Arab neighbors. It lasted six days — and it expanded the territory controlled by the Jewish state. Over 40 years, we've learned much about what really occurred before, during, and after the fighting. Producer John McDonough has prepared a story that recounts how the events of 1967 were reported.

There is a moment in the Oscar-nominated film The Queen that is known to some simply as "The Stag Scene." In the sequence, Helen Mirren, as Elizabeth II, sits on a hill in the lush Balmoral countryside, brought to tears. Then she sees the stag.

Eight teachers at Long Hill Elementary School were expecting at the same time. WTNH reports that seven worked in the same hallway. They all gave birth between September and May.

Volunteers will keep their eyes on the surface, drones with infra-red cameras will search for the monster's heat signature and sound technicians will monitor sensitive underwater audio.

Kimberly Winter recorded her attempt in April on air during a morning shock jock radio show. At 107.3 decibels, Winter's belch is louder than a blender and some motorcycles.