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Broadway: Around the World in 30 Blocks

Food Reporter Elaine Corn takes a taste of Sacramento's most delicious street.

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Spring Equinox Brings Balance, At Least To Eggs

Saturday was the vernal equinox, the first moment of spring, and a time when the periods of light and dark are equal. Last year, Donna Henes greeted the spring equinox in a snowstorm at around 4 in the morning. But this year was different.

Rubik's Cube Still Confounds At 30

It has been 30 years since one of the world's great puzzles came to this country. The multicolored device was called the Magic Cube when it first went on sale in a Budapest toyshop. But by 1980, the puzzle carried the name of its inventor, Hungarian architecture professor Erno Rubik. Host Liane Hansen takes a moment to note the toy's anniversary.

Paralyzed Graffiti Artist Draws With His Eyes

A group of artists and hackers have crafted a gadget that lets a paralyzed graffiti artist continue making art using only his eyes. And it costs about as much as an iPod shuffle.

Shake Or Stir, But Please Don't Sweeten

A proper martini isn't made with vodka. It isn't green, and its ingredients do not include fruit flavoring or chocolate. For food commentator Bonny Wolf, these points are not insignificant, so Wolf shares her recipe for the perfect martini, a pleasure that needs no sweetening.

Abraham Lincoln Reborn As A Vampire Slayer

Suppose that, in 19th-century America, the forces of good and evil battled for the soul of the new republic — what we now know as the Civil War. Author Seth Grahame-Smith explores that premise in a new book you can really sink your teeth into.

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