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At Blackout Improv, comedy wrestles with tragedy

At Blackout Improv, comedy wrestles with tragedy

Blackout's shows have become a platform for talking about the beauty and complexity of black life.
by Marianne Combs

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Feeling the music with deaf 'America's Got Talent' finalist Mandy Harvey

Feeling the music with deaf 'America's Got Talent' finalist Mandy Harvey

The singer-songwriter was born with an ear deformity that made hearing difficult; eventually, she lost her residual hearing. But if you're going to vote for her, she wants you to look past that.
by Stacy Nick

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Boxer LaMotta, immortalized in 'Raging Bull,' dies at 95

Boxer LaMotta, immortalized in 'Raging Bull,' dies at 95

The Bronx Bull, as he was known in his fighting days, compiled an 83-19-4 record with 30 knockouts, in a career that began in 1941 and ended in 1954.
by The Associated Press

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Gentry says 'Billie Joe' was about unconscious cruelty

Ever since the song came out listeners have speculated about what Billie Joe and his girlfriend threw off the Tallahatchie Bridge before he decided to jump off the bridge himself.
by MPR News Staff

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Board the 'Hoopla Train' for dancehall polka fun

Board the 'Hoopla Train' for dancehall polka fun

Sod House Theater brings back a small-town tradition that modern Minnesota lacks.
by Euan Kerr

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Silicon Valley's Ellen Pao tackles sex discrimination, workplace diversity in memoir

Silicon Valley's Ellen Pao tackles sex discrimination, workplace diversity in memoir

The tech investor dives into the lawsuit that thrust her into the national spotlight and the workplace conditions that prompted it. She says firms are largely applying "tepid diversity solutions."
by Mary Louise Kelly

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Rise of the beerbots: Is tech taking the craft out of homebrewing?

Rise of the beerbots: Is tech taking the craft out of homebrewing?

Automated systems have turned the messy, ancient art of brewing into a tidy hobby requiring fairly minimal skill, and of course, a smartphone or tablet. Critics ask: Where's the craft in that?
by Alastair Bland

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