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The power of music to manage pain and illness

The power of music to manage pain and illness

Andrew Schulman, a medical musician, has written a book on the power of music to help patients manage pain and recover from illness.
by MPR News Staff

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In 'Reputations,' a powerful political cartoonist questions his influence

In 'Reputations,' a powerful political cartoonist questions his influence

Juan Gabriel Vasquez left Colombia when he was 23 to escape the violence -- and to write. Now, he's back with the first book he's written since moving home to Bogota.
by MPR News Staff

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Wetterling's favorite song performed at memorial service

Red Grammer was at Sunday's service and performed Jacob Wetterling's favorite song "Listen."

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'Hidden Figures': How black women did the math that put men on the moon

'Hidden Figures': How black women did the math that put men on the moon

Back in the days of the Space Race, "computers" were people -- often women -- who performed vital calculations. "Hidden Figures" tells the stories of the women who got some of the first men to space.

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19 books to read this fall

19 books to read this fall

This fall's reading list is packed with new perspectives on U.S. history, a fresh reinvention of Sherlock Holmes and book that asks: Why is Tetris so addictive?
by Tracy Mumford

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National Museum of African American History opens its doors

National Museum of African American History opens its doors

More than 100 years after it was originally proposed, the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture is opening its doors in Washington, D.C.

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Ask a bookseller: Full Circle Bookstore in Oklahoma City

Ask a bookseller: Full Circle Bookstore in Oklahoma City

Jean Ann Robison has been selling books for more than 20 years, and this month she's excited about a biography of Winston Churchill's early years, which reads like something out of "Indiana Jones," she said.
by Tracy Mumford

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Minnesotans mark the opening of African-American museum in D.C.

St. Paul's first female police officer will be there, along with a group of Minnesotans, some of whom are also charter members for their contributions to the national grassroots effort that brought the museum to fruition.
by Emma Sapong

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