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Mardi Gras Spectators in Mobile, Ala., in 2010.

For Mardi Gras, Les Bon Temps Rouler In Mobile, Ala., Too

Most people think of New Orleans on Mardi Gras. But the pre-Lenten celebration has roots in another Gulf Coast city. Mobile, Ala., proudly bills itself as the "mother of mystics."

Marco Dorta and his daughter, Patricia Dorta, use three phones to try to find service along Highway 22 in Puerto Rico.

Cut Off From The World, Puerto Ricans Search For A Ghost Of A Signal

On a major expressway in the north of the island, drivers chase after elusive cell service. Some have managed to make calls to the mainland — though not always to relatives elsewhere on the island.

Electricity poles and power lines toppled by Hurricane Maria are seen in Humacao, Puerto Rico, Wednesday. The storm left the island without electricity service, officials say.

'We've Never Gone Through This': Hurricane Maria Knocks Out Puerto Rico's Electricity

"We are without power, the whole island is without power," Jenniffer González-Colón, Puerto Rico's resident commissioner, tells NPR.

A color postcard of the Dutch Haven restaurant and gift shop in Ronks, Pa., circa 1955.

No More Fakelore: Revealing The Real Pennsylvania Dutch Cuisine

News flash: Whoopie pies are not indigenous Pennsylvania Dutch food, no matter what the tourist traps say. Nor are the seafood bisque, chili, roast beef, and other dishes crowding the steam tables at tourist restaurants in Lancaster County, Pa.

K.A.A.N. stands for Knowledge Above All Nonsense.

K.A.A.N. Is The Answer To All Of Your Rap Desires

If you enjoy rap, allow Brandon Perry, aka K.A.A.N., to make your day.

Dave Rauchwerk is CEO of Next Thing Co., which makes the CHIP computer.

Can A $9 Computer Spark A New Wave Of Tinkering And Innovation?

It fits in your hand, can connect to Wi-Fi and has Bluetooth. The $9 CHIP promises to be a teaching tool that's also fun to play with. It's just one of several low-cost computers hitting the market.

The mothers of Militsa Kamvysi, 83, (left) and Maritsa Mavrapidou, 85, arrived on the Greek island of Lesbos nearly a century ago as refugees from what was then the Ottoman Empire (now Turkey). "We welcomed refugees because we're descended from refugees, too," Mavrapidou says.

For These Greek Grandmas, Helping Migrants Brings Back Their Own Past

The women, now in their 80s, say they live on Lesbos because their parents came to the island as refugees a century ago. Pope Francis will highlight the plight of all migrants on a visit Saturday.

They Brought Cookies: For A New Widow, Empathy Eases Death's Pain

Her husband died. Then the neighbors started showing up. They brought soup. Cookies. Tea. But what they really brought was empathy. And that made the pain bearable.

The destructive diamondback moth has spread across the world and mutated to become immune to each new chemical pesticide designed to slay it.

Scientists Try To Fight Crop Damage With An Invasive Moth's Own DNA

The diamondback moth attacks cabbage, broccoli and cauliflower, costing farmers billions of dollars every year. But will these lab-bred insects inherit the same stigma as genetically modified crops?

Phila Hach (standing, center) and her husband, Adolf Hach, are seen here with Minnie Pearl (seated, far right) of Grand Ole Opry fame, and another woman. "What the Grand Ole Opry did for country music, she has done for Southern food," one food writer wrote about Hach.

Phila Hach, Who Spread The Gospel Of Southern Cuisine, Dies At 89

"What the Grand Ole Opry did for country music, she has done for Southern food," one writer says of Hach — host of the South's first TV cooking show, cookbook author and caterer for world leaders.

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