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'I Take You' Is Madcap Marital Mayhem

2:00pm May 04, 2015

by Heller McAlpin

Eliza Kennedy's snappy new novel follows Lily Wilder, a high-powered litigator conflicted about her upcoming wedding because she's having too much fun with sex, booze and work to settle down.

Silence On The Sidelines: An MLB Insider's 'Manifesto' On Youth Sports

1:25pm May 04, 2015

Baseball's Mike Matheny speaks with Fresh Air's Dave Davies about his playing career, managing in the big leagues and the pressures of youth sports. Matheny is the author of The Matheny Manifesto.

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Elisabeth Moss as Peggy Olson in Mad Men.

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'Mad Men' Skates Across A Changed And Changing Landscape

11:20am May 04, 2015

by Linda Holmes

Mad Men's third to last episode was a hard one for Joan, a better one for Peggy, and perhaps a pivotal one for Don — or the man we know as Don.

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Mary Kratt To Read From "Watch Where You Walk" At Scuppernong Books

10:25am May 04, 2015

by Bethany Chafin

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Artist Jonathan Adler attends NYC Bing redesign panel featuring Jonathan Adler and David Bromstad on Sept. 17, 2013 in New York City.

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Not My Job: Designer Jonathan Adler Gets Quizzed On New Coke

10:05am May 04, 2015

Thirty years ago the Coca-Cola company introduced New Coke, which is legendary as both the most disastrous and most successful product launches of all time.

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Heffernan photographs health care worker Martha Lyne Freeman.

An Artist's Brainstorm: Put Photos On Those Faceless Ebola Suits

8:38pm May 03, 2015

by Nurith Aizenman

Printers blew up. People took the photo stickers home. But in the end, art professor Mary Beth Heffernan succeeded in bringing a human face to the scary-looking protective gear.

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As China continues its massive economic growth, especially in cities, the government continues to severely limit people's rights. Is that system sustainable?

From Horses To High-Rises: An Insider 'Unmasks' China's Economic Rise

8:26pm May 03, 2015

by NPR Staff

Over the past 25 years, former U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson watched China turn into the world's second largest economy. He explains what could halt the country's massive growth.

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The e-book's original cover image was used without permission, according to a lawsuit filed against Amazon, Barnes & Noble and Apple.

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An Ohio Couple Would Like To Forget 'A Gronking To Remember'

6:46pm May 02, 2015

by Becky Sullivan

A lawsuit alleges that the popular erotica e-book — which centers on Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski — used an engagement photo on its cover without permission.

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John "Johnny Rotten" Lydon, seen here with his band Public Image Ltd at the 2013 Glastonbury Festival, is the former frontman of the Sex Pistols.

John Lydon: The Foul-Mouthed Yob Sets The Record Straight

6:27pm May 02, 2015

by NPR Staff

"After reading so much rubbish written about me over the years, it became obvious that I had to just tell it like it is," Lydon tells NPR's Arun Rath. Lydon just wrote his memoir, Anger Is An Energy.

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Author Hopes Holocaust-Themed Picture Book Will Prompt Conversations

6:27pm May 02, 2015

by NPR Staff

Jane Yolen's latest is a children's book about a family trying to survive the Holocaust in France. "I consider Stone Angel a kind of starting place for parents to talk to their kids," she says.

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