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Singer Toni Price, the Toast of Austin

NPR

Published February 18, 2002 at 12:00 AM EST

Sipping whiskey and flashing arm tattoos, R&B singer Toni Price performs at a small club in Austin in a weekly ritual called Hippie Hour. NPR's John Burnett has Price's story.

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With the collapse of the Assad regime, families across Syria search for loved ones

Leila Fadel

People in Syria are looking for their relatives and friends in prisons, hospitals and morgues. The U.N. estimates over a 100,00 people have gone missing in Syria under the Assad regime.
People in colder countries understand the magic of winter. What's their secret?

Marielle Segarra

Researcher Kari Leibowitz traveled to places with some of the harshest winters on Earth to understand how people thrive in the cold and dark. Her findings may inspire you to find comfort and joy in the season.
For kids with rare genetic disorders, customized CRISPR treatments offer hope

Rob Stein

The gene-editing technique is effective for treating some illnesses but it's been too expensive to consider it for rare conditions. A new approach in the works could make it more widely available.

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