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Americans will eat more than 600 million Marshmallow Peeps and Bunnies this Easter season. A sampler of conversations with peep-eaters about the very best ways to eat the sugary treats.

For baseball fans, Florida's Grapefruit League is pure heaven -- sunny skies in winter, cheap tickets to games and big-name big leaguers up close and personal. For All Things Considered, NPR's Brian Naylor talks to fans enjoying spring training at Dodgertown in Vero Beach.

In 1933, Midwestern artist Thomas Hart Benton painted one of his famous murals for Indiana University. Today, black students are protesting a scene that depicts a Ku Klux Klan rally. The students say it's a painful image and should be removed. Defenders say it honestly reflects a regrettable part of the Hoosier State's history. Will Murphy of member station WFIU reports.

A White House commission recommends a variety of ways to promote the adoption of alternative medicine therapies. Critics say the report goes too far and offers false hopes. NPR's Joanne Silberner reports.

South Carolina has a long and complex Jewish history -- at one point, there were more Jewish families in South Carolina than in any other state. NPR's Joshua Levs reports for Morning Edition on a new museum exhibit exploring 300 years of Jewish life in South Carolina.

There's no question the word OK is universal -- it's used from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe and everywhere in between. But how did OK come to be? NPR's Neva Grant sifts through the various answers for Morning Edition's Present at the Creation series.

Though many churches are replacing traditional hymns with more upbeat "praise songs," Dale Wiley is determined to preserve the classic church music of his youth. Hymn fan Wiley shares some old-fashioned favorites with host Bob Edwards.

As the space shuttle Atlantis prepares for its latest mission to the International Space Station, some observers fear the will and money to finish the orbiting laboratory may be running out. NPR's David Kestenbaum reports for Morning Edition.

After the driest fall and winter on record, cities and states along the East Coast have declared drought emergencies. For All Things Considered, John Ydstie talks with people from Maine to Georgia to find out how they're managing.

Mistaken for fish, thousands of sea turtles are illegally slaughtered in Mexico for Lenten meals. Environmentalists are on a campaign to protect the endangered reptiles -- and they want the pope to help. NPR's Mandalit del Barco reports for All Things Considered.