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Books
10:00 am
Mon October 1, 2012

Nancy Pearl's Books To Pass Along

Nancy Pearl
Librarian Nancy Pearl.

Many of us pass along books we love to family and friends. If you could only pass along one book — one you truly love — which book would it be? Librarian Nancy Pearl gives Weekday her list of books that should be passed along to loved ones.

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Lifestyle
9:14 am
Mon October 1, 2012

Opium University

Ceramic opium pipe bowls
Credit (N3 Photo/Tom Banse)
Ceramic opium pipe bowls; the center one has a toad design.

University of Idaho is unpacking 1000 pieces of rare opium smoking equipment. An eccentric collector beat his addiction. Now he just wants them out of his house. Correspondent Tom Banse has the intriguing back story of how these so-called "instruments of self-destruction" came to a small Northwest town.

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Family
4:40 pm
Thu September 13, 2012

Homeless Mom: It Costs $700 A Month To Live In A Van

The back of Elizabeth Jay's Dodge Ram minivan is cluttered with her clothes and supplies because the van is her living room and bedroom.
Credit KUOW Photo/Sarah Rosenthal
The back of Elizabeth Jay's Dodge Ram minivan doubles as her living room and bedroom.

When Elizabeth Jay tallies up her living expenses each month, they come to about $700. That doesn't include rent, because Jay is homeless: she lives in her van.

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