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The Fort Myers Film Festival returns for it’s 13th year May 17-21 and will include screenings of 79 international and independent films in five categories as well as a red-carpet gala, Q&As with filmmakers, a cosplay competition and a closing-night award ceremony. We’ll get a preview with film festival founder Eric Raddatz. We’ll also hear from director Sasha Levinson whose short film “Yachts on the Rocks” will have its world premiere at the festival, and Steve Hilficker who produced the short film “Warriors: The Bernie Mac Disease,” which will be featured.

Five years and 1,300 miles separated Portland, Ore., resident Viktor Usov from his cat, Sasha. NPR's Scott Simon tells the story of how owner and cat were reunited.

Sasha Chanoff of RefugePoint, and Yar Ayuel, one of the "lost girls" of Sudan, will meet with President Obama tomorrow.

The film Hidden Figures is inspiring a new generation of young female coders of color. NPR checks in with some teenagers who like the movie.

Japan's Shizuka Arakawa has won the women's figure skating gold medal at the Turin Olympics. It's Japan's first medal of these games. Sasha Cohen of the United States took the silver medal and Russian World Champion Irina Slutskaya earned bronze.

"Just Not Sorry" is a Gmail plug-in that identifies qualifying words with an underline so users can come off more confident in their professional communication.

The big cat had the husky named Sasha pinned down. William Gibb punched the cougar in the face. The cougar took some swings too, but Gibb won, and the dog got medical attention.

Coaches and friends are mourning the loss of two American prospects in World Cup skiing. Linda Wertheimer talks to Sasha Rearick, head coach of the U.S. ski team.

Women's figure skating got under way at the Winter Olympics in Turin on Tuesday. American Sasha Cohen came in first place after the short program, but only slightly ahead of Russian Irina Slutskaya, the reigning world champion.

Obama says they're putting off a move when his term is up so Sasha can finish high school in Washington, D.C. It's been 95 years since a president stayed on in the nation's capital after his term.