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  • Headed to an annual family gathering? Wish you didn't have to deal with your family? Justin Racz and Alec Brownstein, authors of 50 Relatives Worse Than Yours, identify characters you might find gathered around the punch bowl.
  • Playwright David Henry Hwang's award-winning plays include 1980's FOB (or "Fresh Off the Boat") and M. Butterfly. For our series Scenes I Wish I'd Written, Hwang discusses an exchange from Tony Kushner's play Angels in America.
  • Police found the cow late one night this week and managed to keep it in a fenced area until they could move it in the morning. They posted on Facebook: We wish the cow well on its future adventures.
  • We read listener responses to our call out: What do you really want for Mother's Day?
  • Hes the bestselling author of Great Political Wit. His new book, called Great Presidential Wit (I Wish I was in the Book), is a collection of funny anecdotes and quotations by or about American Presidents. Dole was the longest-serving Republican leader in Senate history. He is currently serving as the chairman of the World War II Memorial campaign and as chairman of the International Commission on Missing Persons in the Former Yugoslavia. Dole was also a commentator for Comedy Centrals Indecision 2000.
  • Speaking to the jury who will decide whether to apply the death penalty in his case, Zacarias Moussaoui said, "I wish there would be more pain" for Americans, whom he blames for the suffering of Muslims. The confessed al-Qaida conspirator said he should receive life in prison.
  • It had to be on Kai Neukerman's wish list to play with Pearl Jam. Neukerman left the Oakland arena saying it felt surreal, but also with a bit of immortality.
  • Plenty of people wish they could play golf for a living, but few are good enough to do it. Golfers who want to compete against the best must first play in the PGA Tour National Qualifying Tournament, known as Q School.
  • Cubans woke up Tuesday to news that Fidel Castro is stepping down as president and commander in chief. The announcement came overnight in a letter published online. In the letter, he tells Cubans his only wish "is to fight as a soldier in the battle of ideas."
  • Muguruza was walking through Central Park two years ago when a fan wished her luck at the U.S. Open and asked for a selfie. That fan, Arthur Borges, recently asked her to marry him. She said yes.
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