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Poetry
5:22 am
Sat March 17, 2012

A St. Patrick's Poem On Shamrocks And Stereotypes

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Ireland has launched some of the greatest writers in English literature, from William Butler Yeats to Oscar Wilde to George Bernard Shaw.

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Music Interviews
5:27 pm
Fri March 16, 2012

Moot Davis: A Rocker With A Honky-Tonk Heart

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Moot Davis' new album is Man about Town.

Originally published on Sun March 18, 2012 9:07 am

Though guitarist Moot Davis grew up a New Jersey rocker, he had an appreciation for country music thanks to his West Virginian parents. But it wasn't until he saw a certain cola commercial that he really turned a corner.

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Simon Says
7:57 am
Sat March 10, 2012

Internet Privacy: What's Vital Information?

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Actress Junie Hoang is going to court because her IMDB profile reveals her age.

I hope it's not ungentlemanly to note that Junie Hoang is 40 years old. Her birth date appears in the Internet Movie Data Base, or IMDb, as does the fact that she has played a headless woman in Domain of the Damned and Ms. Fix-It in Voodoo Dolly.

She doesn't sound like a woman to cross.

Junie Hoang is going to court against IMDb, which is owned by Amazon, because they reveal her age in her entry. She believes that could cost her work.

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NPR Story
7:00 am
Sat March 10, 2012

Non-Romney Candidates Continue Delegate Search

Host Scott Simon reports on the other candidates for the Republican nomination for president: Rick Santorum, Newt Gingrich and Ron Paul. This week, they've been campaigning in the South and Midwest in the hunt for votes and nominating delegates.

NPR Story
7:00 am
Sat March 10, 2012

How Powerful Is A Political Yard Sign?

Think of them as political mushrooms, popping up on yards and street corners across the country every campaign season. They are yards signs, blaring the names of candidates. But do they work? Host Scott Simon speaks with Costas Panagopoulos, professor of political science at Fordham University.

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