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Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos holds up the Kindle Fire HD in two sizes during a press conference in Santa Monica, Calif., in September 2012.

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One-Stop Shop: Jeff Bezos Wants You To Buy 'Everything' On Amazon

12:51pm October 15, 2013

In his new book, The Everything Store, journalist Brad Stone says Amazon "ended up forever changing the way we shop and read." He says CEO Jeff Bezos started out selling books, but always had the intention of turning the online market into a company that sold everything.

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Bob Mondello Remembers Columbus Day 1963, And A Visit To Camelot

9:24am October 15, 2013

by Bob Mondello

Bob Mondello remembers a Columbus Day 50 years ago made special by what seemed to him a visit to a real-life Camelot — and an unexpected encounter with John F. Kennedy. The president was atoning for some injudicious remarks about Italian Americans by hosting a special Rose Garden ceremony for government workers with Italian heritage.

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Piedmont Opera Presents The Flying Dutchman

8:21am October 15, 2013

by David Ford

Long ago there was an arrogant Dutchman who thought that he could sail around the Cape making a bet with the Devil in the process. Well, he lost that bet, and to lift the Devil’s curse he’s forced to sail the high seas for centuries in search of the one woman who will love him truly and forever. The Dutchman is given one chance every 7 years to come on land a try to find his one true love, and Friday, October 25th is his lucky day. That’s when the Piedmont Opera’s production of Richard Wagner’s The Flying Dutchman comes to the Stevens Center of the UNC School of the Arts in Winston-Salem.

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S2dio Supplies (Winston's Mobile Art Supply Store) Takes Off

8:15am October 14, 2013

by Bethany Chafin

Bibi Coyne set out on an entrepreneurial adventure when she applied for Winston-Salem’s small business competition earlier this year.

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Thomas Jefferson's Qur'an, by Denise Spellberg

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The Surprising Story Of 'Thomas Jefferson's Qur'an'

2:53pm October 13, 2013

by NPR Staff

Author Denise Spellberg's book draws parallels between the beliefs of the founding father and religious tolerance in the United States today.

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Meg Gill is the president and co-founder of Golden Road Brewing in Los Angeles. Her brewery is favored to win awards at the Great American Beer Festival.

Women, The 'First Brewers,' Lean Into Craft Beer-Making

10:09am October 12, 2013

by Kirk Siegler

The craft-brewing industry has long been a male-dominated world. But that's starting to change. This weekend, several female-owned craft breweries are favored to take home the most prestigious awards at the Great American Beer Festival in Denver.

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Ahmed Hassan is the leader of the group of young Egyptian revolutionaries at the center of The Square.

'The Square' Tightens Lens On Egypt's Revolution

10:56pm October 11, 2013

by NPR Staff

Jehane Noujaim's documentary follows a group of young revolutionaries in Egypt through the political upheaval of the past two-and-a-half years. NPR's Robert Siegel spoke with the director about the film, the activists it follows and their country's future.

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In 1965, Muhammad Ali and Lincoln Perry (Stepin Fetchit) teamed up in pursuit of a legendary boxing technique: the anchor punch.

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'Fetch Clay, Make Man': Ali, Fetchit And The 'Anchor Punch'

6:38pm October 11, 2013

by Mike Pesca

The play Fetch Clay, Make Man explores the sense of identity through the eyes of two significant figures in black history — Stepin Fetchit (Lincoln Perry) and Cassius Clay (Muhammad Ali).

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Elvis Costello On Piano Jazz

4:03pm October 11, 2013

Costello joins host Marian McPartland and bassist Gary Mazzaroppi to perform "At Last" and more.

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They Might Be Giants, The Story of My Life, The Love Language, and More

2:18pm October 11, 2013

by David Ford

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