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Buddha statue on Vesak at the Borobudur temple in Magelang, Indonesia, on Sunday. Commonly referred to as the "Buddha's Birthday," Vesak commemorates the birth, enlightenment and death of Gautama Buddha.

Remembering Maurice Sendak and His ‘Riotous and Strange’ Inner Child

Remembering Maurice Sendak and His 'Riotous and Strange' Inner Child…

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Obesity in America: By the Numbers

Collectively, the numbers spell out a familiar story. American adults are expanding by the year, along with their children and health care costs. Depressing? Yes. Easy to tune out? Even more so. In isolation, the statistics are a little…

‘Weight of the Nation’: U.S. Obesity Crisis Tackled in HBO Special

EmbedVideo(3341, 514, 320); They're the new minority in the United States: "healthy" waistlines. With a third of the nation's adults weighing in as overweight and another third registering as "obese," America's collective eating disorder has relegated those with…

Around the Nation

Here are four arts and culture videos from public broadcasting partners around the nation.

Maurice Sendak Dies at Age 83

Maurice Sendak, the author and illustrator of children's literature who was best known for his book, "Where the Wild Things Are," died early Tuesday in Danbury, Conn., at age 83. He had suffered a stroke on Friday.

Conversation: Filming “The Weight of the Nation”

John Hoffman, executive producer of HBO's "Weight of the Nation" series, talks obesity.

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Seward Johnson's "Forever Marilyn," a 26-foot high statue of Marilyn Monroe on Michigan Avenue in Chicago, is dismantled Monday as it prepares to travel to its new home in Palm Springs, Calif.