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Test your knowledge of this week's big stories.

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Imagine the ideal slice of pear--then give it a texture that is buttery.

Biden framed his foreign policy as the fight of democracy vs. authoritarianism. There were some problems with that.

Imagine a Hoover novel with an idealistic heroine who has horrible things happen to her--and then: "I heard rumors of something bad up near My Lai."

Author Dan Kois joins guest Prudie Kristen Meinzer.

When sky-high levels of mistrust get caught up in an ever-more crowded airspace.

Few comics have achieved such notoriety by being so brilliantly anodyne.

And, Disney's ABC News settled with Donald Trump. Will they live happily ever after?