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For the annual Quiet Music Festival of Portland, which begins today, the goal is to celebrate calming sounds. The festival gained fame after the show Portlandia featured a Battle Of The Gentle Bands.

The USA's northern neighbor stopped distributing cents on Monday. The Canadian government expects to save millions of dollars a year. The case has been made for years that the U.S. should get rid of its penny too. Would that be a good idea?

Under the new offer, union workers at the farm equipment maker Deere & Co. would get immediate 10% raises, but a strike that began Oct. 14 will go on while workers study the agreement before a vote.

NPR's Danielle Kurtzleben and puzzlemaster Will Shortz play the puzzle with Marion Yoder from Cheyenne, Wyoming.

Listener Dave Treber plays the puzzle with puzzlemaster Will Shortz and NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro.

Early data shows that after the child tax credit payments started going out this summer, the number of households with children who experience food insufficiency dropped.

Listener Daniel Rochberg of Washington, D.C., plays the puzzle with Weekend Edition puzzle master Will Shortz and NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro.

Listener Jo Ann Hauger plays the puzzle with puzzlemaster Will Shortz and NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro.

Listener Jerry Cordaro plays the puzzle with puzzlemaster Will Shortz and NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro.

Listener Charley Parker plays the puzzle with puzzlemaster Will Shortz and NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro.