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Sweet-natured and sharply pointed, The Band's Visit follows the adventures of an Egyptian musical group meant to be on a goodwill tour in Israel. Through a mishap, the band is stranded in a remote desert town.

Most people at risk of home foreclosure aren't getting any kind of help, according to a group of state prosecutors and banking regulators. The mortgage industry has pledged to work with homeowners falling behind on their payments, but often borrowers and lenders never connect.

Unable to keep their furnaces fueled, some landlords in Maine are abandoning their rental units and leaving tenants in the cold. On the flip side, some landlords are getting stiffed on rent by cash-strapped tenants choosing fuel and groceries as their priorities.

Amtrak's solution: Train-aissance. The company posted a twitter thread of routes that will take fans to tour stops — alongside a graphic of a conductor sitting atop a metallic horse.

Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney dropped out of the presidential race Thursday. It was a rare defeat for an otherwise successful businessman, politician and Olympic Games chairman.

The breakaway province of Kosovo is expected to declare its independence from Serbia this weekend. But the official separation can't take place until a new constitution has been approved by parliament. One of the biggest issues still being discussed is about guaranteeing the rights of ethnic minorities.

Barack Obama was in Wisconsin on Tuesday when he got news of his primary victories in the District of Columbia, Virginia and Maryland. Wisconsin votes in less than a week, and the Obama campaign is looking for a clean sweep of the February states.

Barack Obama won most of the states on the Democratic side of Super Tuesday, but Hillary Clinton won the biggest ones on both coasts. Several states hold events Saturday, and next week brings the Potomac Primary in Virginia, Maryland and the District of Columbia.

Del. Eleanor Holmes-Norton (D-D.C.) discusses the upcoming primaries in Washington, D.C., and neighboring Maryland and Virginia. The so-called Potomac primaries are set for Tuesday. Holmes-Norton also explains concerns about the role of superdelegates at the Democratic convention.

Author Philip Dodd traveled the world to find out how common words like guppy, saxophone and even the Mercedes got their names. The stories he uncovered in The Reverend Guppy's Aquarium are fascinating, funny and sometimes tragic.