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Monday, December 24, 2012

Music From The Show

Bill Evans, “Santa Claus Is Coming to Town”
Vince Guaraldi, “Linus and Lucy”
Ahmad Jamal, “Stolen Moments”
Nathan Milstein, “Bach: Sonatas and Partitas for Violin”

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Thursday, May 23, 2013
A Message For Black High School Graduates
First lady Michelle Obama, second from right, hands out diplomas at the graduation ceremony for Martin Luther King, Jr. Academic Magnet High School on Saturday, May 18, 2013, in Nashville, Tenn. (Mark Humphrey/AP)

A professor from Howard University has some advice on what African American high school graduates need to hear when they receive diplomas over the next few weeks.

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Thursday, May 23, 2013
Foam Peanuts Replaced By (Real) Mushrooms
Foam peanuts. (HidingInABunker/Flickr)

What if you could replace styrofoam with something that biodegrades and doesn’t contain petroleum? That’s what one start-up is trying to do — with mushrooms.

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Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Touré: Why Prince Became An Icon
1989 photo of singer, musician and entertainer, "Prince." (AP)

Prince is a brilliant musician, a mesmerizing performer and — according to cultural commentator Touré — a Generation X icon. Touré says Prince played a wise older brother to the latchkey kids of Gen X.

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