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New Center Trains Detection Dogs To Save Lives

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Eleven-week-old 11-week-old Bretagne is beginning her training as a detection dog at the Penn Vet Working Dog Center, which opens Tuesday. Click here to see photos of Bretagne at the mic during her Fresh Air interview.

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Cynthia Otto, a veterinarian who tended to the health needs of working dogs at ground zero, created the Penn Vet Working Dog Center.

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Annemarie DeAngelo, the center's training director, founded the New Jersey State Police Canine Unit and has worked with canines for more than 13 years.

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Originally published on Tue September 11, 2012 2:27 pm

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A detection dog-training center opens Tuesday, on the anniversary of Sept. 11, at the University of Pennsylvania so scientists can train dogs for search-and-rescue missions — and study what helps them succeed.

10:22 am

Tue September 11, 2012

Bob Dylan's Baffling And Sometimes Beautiful 'Tempest'

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Bob Dylan's Tempest features 10 new songs with many feisty, baffling, sometimes beautiful moments.

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The Tempest album cover.

By Ken Tucker

Originally published on Tue September 11, 2012 1:48 pm

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Bob Dylan made the rare mistake of talking about his creative process shortly before the release of Tempest. He told Rolling Stone that he'd originally wanted to write a collection of what he called "religious songs," saying, "That takes a lot more concentration to pull that off — 10 times with the same thread than it does with a record like I ended up with." Which means that either his powers of concentration failed him, or he became distracted by other themes, topics and moods.

12:41 pm

Mon September 10, 2012

Andrew Rannells: Gay And Serious In 'New Normal'

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Andrew Rannells plays Bryan Buckley, a successful TV show producer and writer, in the new comedy The New Normal.

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Originally published on Tue September 11, 2012 10:23 am

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After Andrew Rannells pitched himself for a starring role in NBC's The New Normal, the show's creator didn't call for a month.

"I was like, 'Oh my God, I've completely overstepped — I've over-Oprah-ed this,' " Rannells tells Fresh Air's Terry Gross. "I've ruined my chances of working with this man because I was too bold."

11:42 am

Mon September 10, 2012

The Forgotten Story Of Memphis' American Studios

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"Son of a Preacher Man" was Dusty Springfield's debut on Atlantic. The entire album that spawned it, Dusty in Memphis, was recorded at American Studios.

By Ed Ward

Originally published on Mon September 10, 2012 12:41 pm

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Memphis has been a music town since anyone can remember, and it's had places to record that music since there have been records. Some of its studios — Sun, Stax and Hi — are well-known, but American Studios produced its share of hits, and yet it remains obscure. But that's all likely to change with Memphis Boys: The Story of American Studios, both a book and a CD out now.

11:03 am

Sat September 8, 2012

Fresh Air Weekend: Feathers, Cellphones As Trackers

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Thor Hanson's own cast of Archaeopteryx lithographica presents what he calls the "ancient wing written in stone."

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Fresh Air Weekend highlights some of the best interviews and reviews from past weeks, and new program elements specially paced for weekends. Our weekend show emphasizes interviews with writers, filmmakers, actors, and musicians, and often includes excerpts from live in-studio concerts. This week:

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1:49 pm

Tue September 11, 2012