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We dig into the NPR audio archives for another installment of a our feature "First Mention" to hear the initial use on air of the term "Wikipedia."

Listener Gradie Cartlidge plays the puzzle with puzzlemaster Will Shortz and NPR's Sacha Pfeiffer.

Charles McGee, a Tuskegee Airman who flew 409 fighter combat missions over three wars, has died.

Actor Gabriel Byrne may play a therapist on TV, but he's never actually been to therapy himself. Instead, he prepared for his role on HBO's In Treatment by drawing on his experience as observer.

From Broadway to Sesame Street, Kristen Chenoweth has tackled a wide range of roles, genres and media. Now, she tells her own story in her autobiography, A Little Bit Wicked.

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro and puzzlemaster Will Shortz play the puzzle this week with Nicole Castonguay of Portland, Ore.

Letters that start the name of a city are combined with letters that start the name of its state to spell a word. What are the city and state? For the word "latex," the answer would be Laredo, Texas.

NPR's Debbie Elliott plays the puzzle with puzzlemaster Will Shortz and listener Clark Neider of Pheonix.

NPR's Asma Khalid plays the puzzle with puzzle master Will Shortz and this week's winner Paula Kroeker from Foothills, Alberta, Canada.

NPR's Don Gonyea plays the puzzle with puzzle master Will Shortz and this week's winner Jamie Tyrrell from Somerville, Mass.