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Slate contributor Mark Jordan Legan offers a roundup of what movie critics are saying about the weekend's new releases -- Aeon Flux, Transamerica and The Kid and I.

A Baltimore-based group is working to change the messages companies are sending about sex. So far, it has created convincing, fake websites pretending to be Playboy and Victoria's Secret — but putting an emphasis on consent.

A full-on family brawl is the kind of fodder that makes for a good time at the movies, at least when all the elements are in place. Critic Ella Taylor reports that despite its A-list cast, Dennis Lee's high-octane melodrama doesn't quite catch fire.

Archaeologists are on a mission to unearth the history of the Olympic Games in Nemea, Greece. The project looks back some 2,700 years, when athletes competed much like they do today -- only in the nude, and barefoot. NPR's Christopher Joyce reports for the NPR/National Geographic co-production Radio Expeditions.

Jean-Pierre will also be the first openly gay person to have the most visible post at the White House aside from the president.

To mark International Women's Day, the Vatican is opening its doors to a group of women pushing for a greater role in the Catholic Church. The organizers hope to raise issues of church inequality.

L.L. Bean's iconic rubber and leather boots have swung back into fashion with young people and are more popular than ever. The backlog stands at nearly 100,000 pairs; it will take months to catch up.

St. Louis is fighting to keep its NFL team from bolting to Los Angeles. Proponents see an economic benefit to keeping the team, and they fear losing of the Rams will hurt the city's prestige.

Around the world, many of us start our day with a drug derived from a natural insecticide: caffeine. Murray Carpenter tells the tale in Caffeinated: How Our Daily Habit Helps, Hurts and Hooks Us.

Renee Montagne talks with Ofeibea Quist-Arcton about South Africa's 10-day goodbye to Nelson Mandela. His body will lie in state at the Union Buildings in Pretoria, the scene of his presidential inauguration in 1994.