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Appeals Court Rules Youtube Video Of Baby Dancing To Prince Was Fair Use

7:43pm September 15, 2015

NPR's Audie Cornish talks to Daniel Nazer of the Electronic Frontier Foundation about the impact of this ruling. An appeals court ruled the music used in the video was an instance of fair use.

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"Poetry is a call to action," says poet laureate Juan Felipe Herrera, "and it also is action."

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Poet Laureate's Migrant Childhood Was Like 'Living In Literature Every Day'

7:42pm September 15, 2015

by NPR Staff

Juan Felipe Herrera is the child of Mexican migrant farmworkers. He says, "I had a mother [who] sang and told stories and loved poetry, even though she only went to third grade."

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'Story Of My Teeth' Covers Art, Identity And Dental Adventures

5:37pm September 15, 2015

by Heller McAlpin

Critic Heller McAlpin calls Valeria Luiselli's novel a "philosophical funhouse" that melds the story of a charming auctioneer with meditations on the value of objects and the power of story.

CBS Entertainment Chairman Nina Tassler speaks at the TCA Summer Press Tour 2015 in Beverly Hills, Calif.

CBS Entertainment Chief Nina Tassler Is Stepping Down

4:38pm September 15, 2015

by Eric Deggans

Tassler has been at the helm of the most-watched broadcast network's drama, comedy and late-night offerings since 2004. It's a surprising development at a network known for executive stability.

Felicity Huffman and Timothy Hutton star in American Crime.

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'American Crime': An Ambitious And Inventive Drama With Miles To Go

4:21pm September 15, 2015

by Linda Holmes

It's hard to predict where the complex American Crime might be headed, but it's led by terrific performances and it's tearing into some interesting issues.

Vigorón served at El Gordito in Granada, Nicaragua. The combination of soft, starchy yucca; salty, rough pork cracklings; and tangy, cool slaw made with cabbage, onions, tomato, mimbre fruit (also known as mimbro), chile and vinegar offers a distinct int

In Divided Nicaragua, National Dish Brings Rich And Poor Together

1:42pm September 15, 2015

by Julie Schwietert Collazo

Nicaragua's civil war and dictatorship exacerbated social problems and economic disparity. But the richest and the poorest eat vigorón, a hearty dish of yucca and pork, side by side.

Scott Shane reports on the U.S. intelligence community for The New York Times.

Drone Strike That Killed Awlaki 'Did Not Silence Him,' Journalist Says

8:38pm September 14, 2015

In Operation Troy, author Scott Shane details the life, death and influence of Anwar al-Awlaki. "His status as a martyr has given his message even greater authority," Shane says of the propagandist.

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Harvard's Hasty Pudding Club Considers Adding 1st Female Performers

7:43pm September 14, 2015

by Craig LeMoult

Women auditioned for the Harvard musical theater group, Hasty Pudding, this weekend, which has never had a female member in the troop.

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Pop icon and former Beatle Ringo Starr poses for the media in front of some of his photographs as he launches a book, Photograph, in London on Wednesday.

Ringo Starr Cleaning House, Will Auction Beatles 'Stuff' For Charity

4:18pm September 14, 2015

by Scott Neuman

The Fab Four drummer is putting an original pressing of the White Album, a guitar once owned by John Lennon and one of his own Ludwig Oyster drum kits on the block.

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'Fake Fruit Factory' Portrays Warped, Whimsical Small-Town America

4:06pm September 14, 2015

by Jason Heller

The city at the center of Patrick Wensink's novel may be one of "America's Boringest," but critic Jason Heller says it makes a great setting for this "overstuffed buffet of a book."