Saturday, April 6

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On Swedish game designer Markus Persson and his singular creation, Minecraft, which has sold over twenty million copies and earned Persson over a hundred million dollars last year.

Friday, April 5

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Will LaFever never felt right in the world. So he took to the Utah desert, barely making it out alive.

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Covering an election in Peru’s largest prison.

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On the segregation of Slovakia’s Gypsies.

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"Five years, four judges, six lawyers, $400,000 in attorney and expert fees and costs, a child yanked back and forth, [and] petty arguing." Chronicling the slow end of one American marriage.

Thursday, April 4

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“Ebert: Sometimes we do really dislike each other.

Siskel: And sometimes we don’t.”

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A profile of the late critic.

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An oral history of the day Martin Luther King, Jr. was shot.

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The crumbling of an American icon.

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A profile of the D.O.C., the rapper’s rapper, who ghostwrote for Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg.