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20 Most Popular Stories Of 2015: Texas Bucket List, Bad Weather, More Recess For Kids

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What were the most popular stories of 2015 on KERANews.org?

Folks who visited KERANews.orgin 2015 were especially interested in a Texas bucket list, Sandra Bland, a bike superhighway, rainy weather, and getting school kids more time on the playground. 

Here's a listing of our most popular stories -- the top 20 -- with links to each piece.

Top 20 stories on KERANews.org in 2015

1.  39 Things You Should Do In Texas Before You Die

2.  With Recess In Decline, Some Schools Are Bucking The Trend

3.  10 Things About The Sandra Bland Traffic Stop That Every Texan Should Know

4.  Whatever Happened To Marina Oswald?

5.  Texan Slam Poet's 'Ode To Whataburger’ Goes Viral (Video)

6.  A 64-Mile Bike 'Superhighway' Will Connect Fort Worth To Dallas

7.  Commentary: Dark Secrets In The Classroom

8.  9 Tornadoes Strike North Texas, Killing 11; Hundreds Of Homes Damaged In Rowlett, Garland

9.  Homecoming Mums: Inside A Larger-Than-Life Texas Tradition

10.  The 'Other' Parker Rice: How The OU Scandal Trapped A Student With The Same Name

11.  Woman Breaks Big Texan Record By Eating Three 72-Ounce Steaks In 20 Minutes

12.  7 Things You Should Know About May’s Record Rainfall In North Texas

13.  Forget Woodshop, This May Be The First High School Class That Teaches Instrument Repair

14.  Parkland Doctor Breaks 50-Year Silence About The Day JFK Was Shot

15.  A New Trail Brings North Texas Closer To A 64-Mile Bike Superhighway

16.  Mother Nature Has Drowned the Drought In Texas

17.  Dallas-Based Teladoc Questions Texas Medical Board’s Telemedicine Rules

18.  Downside Of Cheap Prices At The Gas Pump: Oil Field Layoffs

19.  Diet And Colon Cancer: What Seventh-Day Adventists Can Teach Us

20.  Meet The Folks Trying To Stop The Dallas-To-Houston Bullet Train

What about NPR.org?

Here are the 30 most popular stories in 2015 on NPR.org.

Eric Aasen is KERA’s managing editor. He helps lead the station's news department, including radio and digital reporters, producers and newscasters. He also oversees keranews.org, the station’s news website, and manages the station's digital news projects. He reports and writes stories for the website and contributes pieces to KERA radio. He's discussed breaking news live on various public radio programs, including The Takeaway, Here & Now and Texas Standard, as well as radio and TV programs in New Zealand and the United Kingdom.