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Co-director Bruce Sinofsky attends the Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory press day at HBO Studios on Jan. 6, 2012, in New York City.

Acclaimed Documentary Filmmaker Bruce Sinofsky Dies At 58

5:14pm February 25, 2015

by Elizabeth Blair

Sinofsky and his longtime co-director, Joe Berlinger, are perhaps best known for Paradise Lost, a trilogy of films about three teenagers convicted of killing three little boys in West Memphis, Ark.

Siblings Jessica and Oliver Schaap of Holland, Mich., test out the temporary vegetable tattoos known as Tater Tats.

Produce Pride: Showing The Love With Vegetable Tattoos

3:24pm February 25, 2015

by Eliza Barclay

Vegetable tattoos, both temporary and permanent, can make for beautiful body art. Some enthusiasts are hoping to use them to encourage healthy, seasonal eating.

The "Blue Collar" tribe assembles on the premiere of Survivor, season ... 30.

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Not Just Eating Bugs For Money! A Story Of 'Survivor' And Strategy

11:54am February 25, 2015

by Linda Holmes

What's the actual appeal of Survivor for people who have been watching it for almost 15 years, through what will soon be 30 seasons? Believe it or not: strategy.

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'Darker Shade' Paints A Fantasy World Rich In Depth And Color

10:03am February 25, 2015

by Tasha Robinson

V.E. Schwab devotes a chunk of her new novel to developing a compelling vision of an alternate, magical London. But reviewer Tasha Robinson says it's the multilayered characters that make the book.

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'Parks And Recreation' Sets Off Into The Future

9:49am February 25, 2015

by Linda Holmes

The finale of Parks And Recreation carried the people of Pawnee beyond the things they could have imagined when the show began.

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Local Laughs: The Idiot Box Comedy Club in Greensboro

8:46am February 25, 2015

by David Ford

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The 1970s, Warts (And More Warts) In 'Inner City Romance'

7:03am February 25, 2015

by Etelka Lehoczky

Underground cartoonist Guy Colwell's dyspeptic chronicle of the 1970s captures a decade when idealism was out of style. Reviewer Etelka Lehoczky says Colwell's style is uneven but at times beautiful.

Philip Connors' first book Fire Season was about how he spent a few months every year for eight years as a fire lookout, living in a cabin and scanning the horizon with binoculars atop a 45-foot tower in a remote region of New Mexico.

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After His Brother's Suicide, Writer Seeks Comfort In 'All The Wrong Places'

8:35pm February 24, 2015

In his new memoir, Philip Connors writes about "living in the shadow of a suicide." Wracked by guilt and haunted by what-ifs, Connors investigated his brother's death and learned a terrible secret.

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Amid Declining Ratings, Cable Networks Speed Up Reruns To Make Room For Ads

7:16pm February 24, 2015

If you've been noticing that cable reruns of your favorite sitcom sound a little strange, you might be on to something. We'll look at the trend of compressing shows to make room for, of course, more commercials.

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Writer Edwidge Danticat at around 10 years-old with her brother Bob and cousin Nick in Haiti. She joined her parents in the U.S. a couple of years later. She describes it as a tough landing.

Becoming American: Immigrants Tweet Their Stories

4:51pm February 24, 2015

by Michel Martin

Entrepreneurs and engineers, performers and professors are among those who are sharing their stories about becoming American on Twitter.