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As a woman and an evangelical Christian, Rachel Held Evans wanted to know just what being a "biblical woman" meant. She spent a year documenting her quest, which included submitting to her husband's choice in movies and holding a sign praising him at the entrance to her town in Tennessee.

Sweetheart of the Sun is the first album in seven years by the The Bangles. The original quartet is now down to a trio: Susanna Hoffs and sisters Debbie and Vicki Peterson. Rock critic Ken Tucker says the new album is a nostalgia trip for a period that's even older than The Bangles' 1980s stardom.

Actor Brad Pitt details his role in the new movie Moneyball. Also, children's author Maurice Sendak talks about his life and his latest book Bumble-Ardy. And critic John Powers examines Roger Ebert's memoir.

Herman Cain, who won the Florida Straw Poll over the weekend, is no newbie when it comes to showing up career politicians. Texas Gov. Rick Perry was just the latest one to be Hermanized by the former Godfather's pizza company CEO. In 1994, President Bill Clinton had an encounter with Cain in which many conservatives believe the Man from mozzarella got the best of the Man from Hope.

The U.S. military has had great success with drones in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan. Now the U.S. is planning to use them to track al-Qaida figures in places that include Somalia and Yemen.

The Israel Museum in Jerusalem in partnership with Google digitized the scrolls, which are considered the most significant archaeological find of the 20th century. The scrolls were digitized using a $250,000 camera and went online today.

This week a high school in western Pennsylvania canceled its production of Kismet, citing sensitivity over the Sept. 11 attacks. The musical was adapted from the Arabian Nights; might it not be good for students to learn a lesson about controversy?

The military is trying to make big changes in what fuel it uses. The Air Force and Navy have been testing their aircraft — everything from fighters to unmanned spy planes — on fuel made from vegetable oil or even animal fat. One catch: It costs 10 times the price of traditional fuel.

For a sizable chunk of Americans, retirement is proving to be more difficult than they had imagined, according to a new poll by NPR, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Harvard School of Public Health.

By Candice Ludlowhttp://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/wkno/local-wkno-558418.mp3Memphis, TN – Memphis, a city notorious for movie…