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'Letters Of Note' Finds Lessons In Candid Correspondence

10:18pm October 14, 2014

For a week-long series on letter writing, Audie Cornish speaks to Shaun Usher, author of Letters of Note: An Eclectic Collection of Correspondence Deserving of a Wider Audience.

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The Man Who Casts The Metal For The Master Sculptors

8:15pm October 14, 2014

by Karen Michel

If you're an artist with an idea for a metal masterpiece, you'd probably turn to Dick Politch to cast it. His foundry has done works for over 500 artists. We get a look at an exhibit of his creations.

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A handful of restaurants across the U.S. are experimenting with no-tipping models, opting instead to charge higher set prices for menu items and give their servers higher hourly pay.

Customers Can Keep The Tip — Which Might Please Restaurant Workers

3:45pm October 14, 2014

by Alan Greenblatt

A handful of restaurants are experimenting with no-tipping models, guaranteeing their servers a base level of pay. So far, satisfaction is up and turnover is down.

The November issue of Cosmopolitan magazine.

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Editor: New 'Cosmo' Woman Is 'Interested In Mascara And The Middle East'

2:12pm October 14, 2014

by NPR Staff

"Men are allowed to talk about sports relentlessly, and yet we still take them seriously," says Cosmo's Joanna Coles, so women should be able to talk about fashion and politics.

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Theaters that call themselves 4-D use lights, moving seats, fog and even sprays of water and air to give moviegoers a unique experience — one they hope audiences will consider worthy of higher ticket prices.

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Movie Theaters Hope To Add Another Dimension To Their Profits

2:10pm October 14, 2014

by Sam Sanders

Domestic movie ticket sales seem to have topped out. Now, cinema owners are trying to lure customers — and justify higher ticket prices — with innovations like panoramic screens and so-called 4-D.

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Luci Cook doesn't want her tattoos to die with her. She's asking her friends and family which ones they' want to receive in the event that she dies before they do.

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Extra-Permanent Ink: Preserving Your Tattoos After Death

2:10pm October 14, 2014

by Martha Bebinger

Got a killer tat? There's no reason for it to die with you. Thanks to a Dutch tattoo artist, if you sign the right forms and pay the right price, a lab can preserve your body art after you die.

Books
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The Feathery Saga Of A 'Sucker For Unwanted Birds'

1:43pm October 14, 2014

by Heller McAlpin

Michelle Raffin's new The Birds of Pandemonium is an impassioned but occasionally jumbled memoir of her adventures in the noisy, smelly, exhausting, rewarding world of rare bird conservation.

Journalist Talks Confidential Sources, Getting Subpoenaed And His New Book

1:31pm October 14, 2014

James Risen could face prison for refusing to reveal his source for a story about a botched CIA operation intended to sabotage Iran's nuclear weapons program. His new book is Pay Any Price.

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Neil Patrick Harris has hosted the Tony Awards four times.

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What's It Like To Be Neil Patrick Harris? He Gives You Options

1:01pm October 14, 2014

The actor says he's been able to do a lot of different things in his life, including his role as Doogie Howser. So when he sat down to write a memoir, he made it a "Choose Your Own Adventure."

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Rosamund Pike plays Amy Dunne, whose mysterious disappearance turns her husband into a murder suspect.

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'Gone Girl,' Take Two: The Very, Very Spoiled Edition

12:42pm October 14, 2014

by Linda Holmes

If you've already read Gone Girl, or if you don't mind swimming in a sea of spoilers, we've got a few thoughts that require giving up some of the book's bigger secrets.

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