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Documentary Shows George Plimpton's Best Story Was His Own
May 22, 2013 | NPR · A new documentary about writer George Plimpton uses its subject's own voice to tell the story of his career as a path-breaking "participatory journalist" and longtime editor of the Paris Review. The film also uses the voices of Plimpton's friends and colleagues to defend him against the charge of dilettantism that dogged him throughout his career. NPR's Joel Rose reports.
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L.A. Mayoral Race Made History For High Spending, Low Turnout
May 22, 2013 | NPR · Los Angeles has elected a new mayor: Eric Garcetti, a longtime city council member and the son of the district attorney who prosecuted O.J. Simpson. The election Tuesday had a record-low voter turnout. Both Garcetti and his opponent, Wendy Gruel, had trouble getting voters excited.
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Go East, Young Marijuana Dealer
May 22, 2013 | NPR · A San Francisco dealer quadrupled his income by moving to New York after California legalized medical marijuana.
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Working Women On Television: A Mixed Bag At Best
May 18, 2013 | NPR · Research shows that prime-time television isn't a bad place to find portrayals of working women. Working moms and working women over 40 are another story.
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Taxi! Chinese Company Finds Fair Deal In London Cab Maker
Feb 1, 2013 — The iconic black cabs of London got a lift Friday when a Chinese company rescued the British automaker that manufactures the taxis. Zhejiang Geely Holding Group said it will pay $17.5 million to buy Manganese Bronze Holdings, which has been making the cabs since 1899.
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Fireball, Panic As Helicopter Crashes In London
Jan 16, 2013 — Flying through mist, the helicopter hit a crane and came crashing to the ground. At least two people, including the pilot, are said to be dead. Several others were injured.
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Beach Volleyball Star Walsh Has Sights On London, And Babies In Diapers
Apr 10, 2012 — U.S. beach volleyball star Kerri Walsh is honing her game for the 2012 Summer Olympics, where she and playing partner Misty May-Treanor hope to continue a streak of dominance that goes back to 2004. One thing that might help, she says, is her new sponsorship deal with Pampers.
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The Power Of Performance
Dec 3, 2010 — Can four hundred people have a conversation? In a theater? On failing to have a conversation and what performance can teach us.
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The President Doesn't Pack Light
Mar 31, 2009 — The president doesn't travel light, apparently.
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Sex in the Wrong City and I'm a Cliche
May 13, 2008 — Why on earth did SATCpremiere in the wrong city?!
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Extra! Extra!
Jan 9, 2008 — In the United States, professors and media critics like to speculate on the future of
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U.K. Riots Continue Outside London; Bookstores Soldier On
Aug 9, 2011 — With 16,000 police officers out in full force on London's streets in an effort to put a stop to violent riots that have ravaged the city for three days, the British capital was "relatively calm" Tuesday, says the BBC.
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London Endures A Third Night Of Riots, Violence; Cameron Cuts Vacation Short
Aug 8, 2011 — Cars and buildings were burning and stores were looted in areas across London Monday, on the third night of riots and violence in the British capital. "Area is an absolute war zone," pub manager Alan McCabe told the BBC in Croydon.
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Tube Strike in London
Oct 4, 2010 — Workers on London's Underground have walked off the job. Millions of people are having to find other ways to get to work.
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