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Yabbadabba-what? These aren't the Flintstones you remember

Yabbadabba-what? These aren't the Flintstones you remember

When you say "The Flintstones," most people think of the old Hanna Barbera cartoons. But a new comic book adaptation keeps the humor, and tackles some heavy themes like capitalism and human frailty.
by Mallory Yu

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Marin Alsop's childhood idol: Leonard Bernstein

Marin Alsop's childhood idol: Leonard Bernstein

As a kid, Marin Alsop had two posters on the wall of her bedroom: The Beatles and Leonard Bernstein. She was so nervous to meet Bernstein as a young adult that she almost backed out, but she found out he was even greater in person that she could have imagined. The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra music director shares her memories of Bernstein.

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Appetites: The rye grain comeback

Appetites: The rye grain comeback

Many kinds of crops are grown in Minnesota -- corn and soybeans, of course, also wheat, sugar beets, flax and oats, to name a few of the most popular. Rye is one crop that we hardly grow at all anymore, but it's starting to mount a comeback because it makes some fine young whiskey.
by Tom Crann

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Scientists are 'Spying on Whales' to learn how they eat, talk and ... walked?

Scientists are 'Spying on Whales' to learn how they eat, talk and ... walked?

Paleobiologist Nick Pyenson is dedicated to uncovering the "hidden lives" of whales. Forty to 50 million years ago, he says, whales had four legs and lived at least part of their lives on land.
by Dave Davies

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How 'Grazing in the Grass' was created

It was No. 1 on the Billboard pop chart 50 years ago Wednesday.
by MPR News Staff

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'The Third Hotel' will get under your skin

'The Third Hotel' will get under your skin

Laura Van Den Berg's new novel follows a woman who runs into her ostensibly-dead husband at a Cuban film festival. It operates in symbols and layers, leaving readers disoriented, but fascinated.
by Lily Meyer

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Why it's still OK to 'trash' poor white people

Why it's still OK to 'trash' poor white people

A lot has changed in the U.S. over two centuries. One thing that hasn't? How we talk about poor white people.
by Leah Donnella

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'The Incendiaries' is a poignant and powerful look at campus life

'The Incendiaries' is a poignant and powerful look at campus life

R.O. Kwon's new novel explores the attractions -- and dangers -- of faith, against the overheated, over-the-top backdrop of an upper-crust college somewhere in the Northeastern United State.
by Maureen Corrigan

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Cartoonist Thi Bui weaves together personal and political history

Cartoonist Thi Bui weaves together personal and political history

Thi Bui's Eisner Award-nominated graphic memoir "The Best We Could Do" chronicles her family's struggles in fleeing war-torn Vietnam to immigrate to the United States.
by Mallory Yu

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