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Keith Murdoch, Father Of Media Baron, Disclosed Disaster At Gallipoli

6:55pm April 24, 2015

NPR's Robert Siegel interviews Australian journalist Peter FitzSimons, author of Gallipoli, about how Keith Murdoch defied military censors and got the word out about how badly the battle was going.

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An illustration of noblemen enjoying a feast outdoors, from a French edition of The Hunting Book of Gaston Phebus, 15th century.

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Sexy, Simple, Satirical: 300 Years Of Picnics In Art

4:32pm April 24, 2015

by Tove Danovich

From Goya to Banksy, artists through the centuries have tackled modernity and its discontents through depictions of eating outdoors.

(Left) This is one of two cameras that the telescope originally carried, and it has since been replaced with a more up-to-date version. (Right) Workers study Hubble's 8-foot main mirror. After launch the mirror was found to have a problem, which astronaut

After 25 Years, The Hubble Space Telescope Still Wows Humanity

4:26pm April 24, 2015

by Geoff Brumfiel

Launched shortly after the fall of the Berlin Wall, the Hubble telescope isn't showing its age. Astronomers and other fans hope this old charmer will be useful for many years to come.

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"Why are you dressed like Chun Li from Street Fighter?" Eddie asks his mom Jessica.

In Its Season Finale, 'Fresh Off The Boat' Is Still Wrestling With Authenticity

11:06am April 24, 2015

by Kat Chow

Its fiercest critic, Eddie Huang, whose memoir inspired the show, says his life isn't recognizable in it. What's "real" or not is up for debate.

Armenians lay flowers Tuesday at the Tsitsernakaberd Armenian Genocide Memorial in Yerevan, Armenia. Armenians on Friday will commemorate 100 years since 1.5 million of their kin were killed by Ottoman forces. Armenians and many historians call it the fir

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Turks And Armenians Prepare For Dueling Anniversaries On Friday

3:16pm April 23, 2015

by Peter Kenyon

Turkey has moved up a major military celebration by a day this year. Critics say it's a clunky attempt to overshadow the 1915 slaughter of Armenians by the Ottoman Empire.

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This Date In History: Wham! (Awkwardly) Opens Doors In China

2:18pm April 23, 2015

30 years ago this month, Wham! became the first Western band to perform in communist China. NPR's Rachel Martin reflects on the anniversary.

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Friday Marks Centennial Of Armenian Mass Killings During World War I

7:59pm April 22, 2015

NPR's Robert Siegel interviews Peter Balakian, author of The Burning Tigris: The Armenian Genocide and America's Response, about the anniversary of the mass killing of Armenians during World War I.

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Chef Andrew Gerson of Brooklyn Brewery organized a dinner party featuring ingredients used by Dutch settlers and Native Americans living in 1650s New York City.

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Brooklyn Brewery Dares Diners To Eat Like Dutch Settlers

2:22pm April 22, 2015

by Hansi Lo Wang

Pass the salt pork! A brewery in New York took diners back in time with local dishes from the 1650s. That means a lot of venison, sumac, fried dough and — don't worry — beer.

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Pelicans are nesting at Queen Bess Island in Barataria Bay. Five years ago, the nesting season here was marred by the oil gushing out of the Deepwater Horizon disaster.

5 Years After BP Oil Spill, Effects Linger And Recovery Is Slow

7:04pm April 21, 2015

by Debbie Elliott

The 2010 explosion at the Deepwater Horizon rig set off an environmental and economic catastrophe. Towns and ecosystems along the Gulf Coast are still struggling to rebound.

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In the Fortune Garden kitchen in El Centro, Calif., near the Mexican border, cooks speak to each other in Cantonese, and waiters give orders in Spanish.

The Chinese-Mexican Cuisine Born Of U.S. Prejudice

4:20pm April 20, 2015

by Lisa Morehouse

Fried yellow chilis. Baja-style fish. Not the typical Chinese restaurant fare, unless you're near the U.S.-Mexico border. The reasons go back to an 1882 law enacted to keep Chinese out of the U.S.