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LinkedIn co-founder and chairman Reid Hoffman shares his secrets for career advancement — namely, managing a career as though it's a startup business — in his new book, The Start-up of You.

About 40 percent of TV households have digital video recorders. Once you have one, you may think differently about the shows you watch. TV critic Eric Deggans of the Tampa Bay Times has found some hidden meanings in the TV series his DVR tapes week after week.

The explosions come a day after Israel accused Iran of launching twin attacks against its diplomats.

What was once considered a normal rate will now be considered a tax hike. Reverting to the status quo is now politically dicey. That could affect Social Security's financing over the long haul.

Instead the government wants Uzbecks to celebrate the Moghul emperor Babur, who didn't have much luck in the love department.

In Black Cool, Rebecca Walker collects essays that assemble a "periodic table" of coolness in African-American culture. Walker and artist Hank Willis Thomas, who contributed an essay, talk with NPR's Neal Conan about the ever-evolving definition: from Nike Air Jordans to Barack Obama.

The animal rights organization, a longtime critic of factory farming practices, has collaborated with McDonald's to require pork suppliers to figure out how to phase out crates that confine pregnant sows.

The Westminster Kennel Club dog show is under way, and dogs are being pampered, brushed and cajoled to walk before the event's judges. And in a competition for canine actors held out West, Martin Scorsese's attempt to rally support for a Hugo star falls short.

A medical study published in Science finds that an FDA-approved skin cancer drug can reduce Alzheimer's-like symptoms in mice. It is unclear if the drug, marketed as Targretin, will have the same effect on humans. Some researchers want to begin testing the drug for its efficacy in treating Alzheimer's patients.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu blames Iran and Hezbollah for a blast that ripped through a diplomatic car in India and what officials said was a foiled car bombing in Georgia.