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A number of listeners submitted recipes for grilled pizza.

Grilled Pizza And Your Other Favorite 'Tastes Of Summer'

A few weeks ago, we asked you to enter All Thing's Considered's Found Recipes' Taste of Summer contest with a great recipe that had a compelling story behind it. Now you can vote for your favorite.

Obama Turns To Comedians To Promote Health Coverage

After being spurned by the NFL, the Obama administration is wooing Jennifer Hudson, Amy Poehler and other big names in entertainment for help in getting younger people to sign up for health insurance under the Affordable Care Act. It's a strategy used in the 2008 and 2012 elections.

Weakening Yen Strengthens Toyota's Profits

Friday, Toyota announced that it nearly doubled its quarterly profit over one year ago. The robust earnings were largely due to the weakening of the Yen, brought on by the economic policies of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

Kerry Relaunches Mideast Peace Talks Amid Skepticism

As Israeli and Palestinian officials head to Washington for their first face-to-face peace talks in more than three years, Secretary of State Kerry named a new special envoy for the peace talks: Martin Indyk, a veteran negotiator and former ambassador to Israel.

A member of the staff at the one-Michelin-starred restaurant Ho Hung Kee prepares wontons in Hong Kong.

From Ramen To Rotini: Following The Noodles Of The Silk Road

Is it possible that pasta originated in China and traveled west to Italy? Author Jen Lin-Liu travels the historic Silk Road from Beijing to Rome, tracing the evolution of pasta and sampling the offerings along the way.

Marti Olesen's recipe for Diane's Dad's Summer Sandwich includes cheddar cheese, cucumbers, tomatoes, onions and crunchy peanut butter. It won many votes for being a strange but surprisingly delicious sandwich.

And The Winning Taste Of Summer Is ...

After careful consideration, gnashing of teeth and cleansing of palates, we have a winner in the Found Recipes Taste of Summer contest. Listeners wrote in, and NPR staff sampled recipes from the three finalists.

Relatives on Sunday attempt to identify the bodies of loved ones following from the collapse of Rana Plaza in Savar, on the outskirts of Dhaka.

Western Retailers To Fund Upgrades At Bangladesh Factories

Sweden-based H&M and Inditex were joined by other brands in saying they would sign a legally binding pledge to fund safety improvements at Bangladesh garment factories.

Players found that male characters could marry one another and raise children in Nintendo's 3DS game Tomodachi Collection: New Life. The company is reportedly removing that option. An image shows Nintendo's <a href="http://www.nintendo.co.jp/3ds/ec6j/">webpage</a> for the game.

Is Nintendo Fixing A Gay Marriage 'Bug' In New Video Game?

Days after the gaming world began to buzz with reports that Nintendo's new life simulation game allows men to marry other men, it now seems that Nintendo is removing that possibility, which by all accounts was unintended.

Surgeon General Regina Benjamin speaks on health disparities in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 5, 2012.

U.S. Surgeon General Regina Benjamin To Step Down

Benjamin, citing her work on disease prevention and wellness programs, will return to her home in southern Alabama to treat patients at the clinic she founded south of Mobile.

Putting Up A Good Front For The G8

County Fermanagh in Northern Ireland is hosting this year's G8 Summit. To spruce up the recession-hit area, the county has created some fake storefronts. Host Rachel Martin speaks with District Council member Brendan Hegarty.

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