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7:53 am
Fri September 14, 2012

Lost And Found: The Colorful Story Of Charles Cushman

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Charles W. Cushman gazes across the Grand Canyon in Arizona, November 1939
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In the 1990s, a photo historian made a wonderful discovery: In a trove of boxes headed for the trash was a view of American history like he'd never seen it. That is, America in color, as early as 1938.

A Blog Supreme
7:11 am
Fri September 14, 2012

A Piece Of Technology That Makes Listening To Jazz Better

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The landing page for the Blue Note Spotify app.
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The bottom half of the Blue Note Spotify app landing page divides its artists into three categories. (Artists can fall into multiple categories.)
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The Blue Break Beats section pairs Blue Note recordings with the songs in which they've been sampled.
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A sample entry for an album in the Blue Note Spotify app — in this case, Clifford Jordan and John Gilmore's Blowin' in From Chicago.
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Originally published on Tue September 18, 2012 4:11 pm

Maybe you remember when you first realized that the rabbit hole of jazz was far, far deeper than you'd possibly imagined. That the same tenor saxophone player on Kind of Blue also made Blue Train and Giant Steps and A Love Supreme and Interstellar Space and dozens of other albums and who knows how many guest appearances, and that that was just what people recorded of John Coltrane. And that all those records involved scores of other contributors, who in turn played with scores of other people over scores of years.

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The Two-Way
6:36 am
Fri September 14, 2012

Friday Prayers In Muslim Countries Bring Wider Anti-American Protests

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A Sudanese demonstrator burns a German flag as others shout slogans after torching the German embassy in Khartoum during a protest against a low-budget film mocking Islam on Friday. Around 5,000 protesters in the Sudanese capital angry over the amateur anti-Islam film stormed the embassies of Britain and Germany, which was torched and badly damaged.
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Protesters set a bank security booth on fire during a demonstration near the U.S. embassy in Cairo, Friday.
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Police try to stop Kashmiri lawyers during a demonstration in Srinagar, India. The controversial low budget film portrays Muslims as immoral and gratuitous sparked fury in Libya, where four Americans including the ambassador were killed on Tuesday when a mob attacked the U.S. consulate in Benghazi.
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Kashmiri Muslim protesters throw stones at Indian policemen during a protest in Srinagar, India. The protest was held against an anti-Islam film called "Innocence of Muslims" that ridicules Islam's Prophet Muhammad.
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A Sudanese demonstrator burns a German flag as others shout slogans after torching the German embassy in Khartoum during a protest against a low-budget film mocking Islam on Friday. Around 5,000 protesters in the Sudanese capital angry over the amateur anti-Islam film stormed the embassies of Britain and Germany, which was torched and badly damaged.
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Sudanese demonstrators remove the German embassy sign after storming its premises in Khartoum.
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Originally published on Fri September 14, 2012 5:33 pm

Anti-American protests — some peaceful, some not — have been seen in many parts of the Islamic world today, as Friday prayers became an opportunity for many to express anger over a film produced in the U.S. that denigrates the Prophet Muhammad.

The Atlantic Wire has a good map that shows where the protests are happening.

Update at 6:17 p.m. ET. Seven Dead:

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The Two-Way
6:09 am
Fri September 14, 2012

Copts In U.S. Fear 'Terrible' Reaction In Egypt To Muhammad Film

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Father Mina celebrates the Christmas Nativity Liturgy, the start of Christmas, at the Coptic Orthodox Church of St. George on Jan. 6 in Brooklyn, N.Y. Coptic churches around the country have witnessed a surge of Christians fleeing Egypt since the start of the Arab Spring.
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Originally published on Fri September 14, 2012 12:31 pm

The film Innocence of Muslims, which denigrates Islam and its prophet, Muhammad, has put the spotlight on a little-known community, Coptic Christians.

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Deceptive Cadence
6:03 am
Fri September 14, 2012

Van Cliburn Speaks, Atlanta's War Of Words And Domingo's Successor

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Pianist Van Cliburn made a surprise appearance at the 50th Anniversary Van Cliburn Competition Gold Medalists concert in Fort Worth, Texas Sept. 6.
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Originally published on Wed October 24, 2012 12:26 pm

  • Very touching: the ailing Van Cliburn addressed the Fort Worth audience at the concert celebrating his competition's 50th anniversary: "I personally want to thank you all for all of your faithful support. Never forget that I love you all from the bottom of my heart forever."

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Strange News
4:49 am
Fri September 14, 2012

Cat Sneaks Onto Plane Bound For Disney World

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Originally published on Fri September 14, 2012 10:43 am

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STEVE INSKEEP, HOST:

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Strange News
4:47 am
Fri September 14, 2012

On Your Cellphone At The Movies? Watch For Ninjas

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Originally published on Fri September 14, 2012 10:43 am

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STEVE INSKEEP, HOST:

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Middle East
3:24 am
Fri September 14, 2012

Inciting Outrage, Film Spurs Delicate U.S. Response

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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks at the State Department in Washington Wednesday, Sept. 12 on the recent deaths of Americans in Libya.
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Originally published on Fri September 14, 2012 10:43 am

As U.S. embassies and consulates face protests in the Muslim world over an anti-Islamic film, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is walking a fine line. She is distancing herself and the State Department from the video that has sparked anger among Muslims, but stressed the US commitment to free speech.

"To us, to me personally, this video is disgusting and reprehensible," she said Thursday in Washington, D.C. "It appears to have a deeply cynical purpose: to denigrate a great religion and to provoke rage."

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Economy
3:24 am
Fri September 14, 2012

Discouraged In Hunt For A Job, Many Stop Looking

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A job fair was held at the The Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C., last month. The U.S. unemployment rate declined in August in part because the number of "discouraged workers" climbed.
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Geoff Dutton, an unemployed software developer, has given up on finding a job. He says the market has shifted, and he could not keep up. "I wasn't up on the new version of everything anymore," he says.
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Originally published on Fri September 14, 2012 10:43 am

The U.S. population is growing. In normal times, the labor force — working or not — would be growing too. But these are not normal times, and the labor force is actually smaller than it was four years ago, meaning millions of people who should be there aren't.

The reasons people drop out of the workforce are myriad. People go back to school. Others have health issues or family priorities that keep them from looking for work. But some stop looking because they are discouraged.

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U.S.
3:24 am
Fri September 14, 2012

California Online Sales Tax Faces Enforcement Hurdle

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An Amazon worker sorts packages at a fulfillment center in Goodyear, Ariz.
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Originally published on Fri September 14, 2012 10:43 am

It's not hard to find online shoppers these days. Take the hipster cafe in San Francisco's Mission District where Shirin Oskooi opens her laptop and ticks off her latest Amazon purchases.

Next to her is Craig Sumner. He opens an Amazon invoice to see how much sales tax he was charged on his latest pair of Levis: none.

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