politicalbs.com » NPR Most Emailed: NPR Most Emailed Stories http://www.politicalbs.com/ politicalbs.com » NPR Most Emailed: NPR Most Emailed Stories Gregarius 0.5.4 en NPR Most Emailed: NPR Most Emailed Stories: Listeners Pick The Year's Best Music (So Far) http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=106997113&ft=1&f=100 Sun, 27 Jul 2014 16:53:00 -0500 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=106997113&ft=1&f=100 NPR listeners cast thousands of votes for the year's best music (so far) and kept the race tight. In the end, Animal Collective edged out every other artist in both the Best Album category, and for Best Song. Artists like Grizzly Bear, The Decemberists and Neko Case weren't far behind. One thing was clear: 2009 has been one of the strongest years for new music in recent memory.

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]]> NPR Most Emailed: NPR Most Emailed Stories: Determining 'Brain Age' With A Simple Scan http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=129754434&ft=1&f=100 Thu, 09 Sep 2010 13:46:00 -0500 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=129754434&ft=1&f=100 Doctors can easily tell whether a child's body is growing normally. But they have a much harder time assessing the brain. Now, using a new type of MRI scan, they can more accurately determine a child's "brain age" and help identify children with developmental problems.

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]]> NPR Most Emailed: NPR Most Emailed Stories: Rahm Emanuel: Mayor Of [Expletive] Chicago http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=129751345&ft=1&f=100 Thu, 09 Sep 2010 13:45:00 -0500 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=129751345&ft=1&f=100 White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel is rumored to be considering a run for mayor of Chicago. Writer Dennis O'Toole imagines what a Mayor Emanuel might be like.

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]]> NPR Most Emailed: NPR Most Emailed Stories: One Woman's Journey From Homeless To Harvard http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=129753532&ft=1&f=100 Thu, 09 Sep 2010 12:00:00 -0500 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=129753532&ft=1&f=100 As a child, Liz Murray dealt with the typical stresses of growing up. But she also grappled with going days without food and living on the streets. Despite these obstacles, Murray finished school and went on to attend Harvard University. Murray talks about her memoir, Breaking Night.

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]]> NPR Most Emailed: NPR Most Emailed Stories: For Chile, Colossal Trouble On Easter Island http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=129723910&ft=1&f=100 Thu, 09 Sep 2010 11:03:00 -0500 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=129723910&ft=1&f=100 The monumental statues of Easter Island draw tourists from around the world. But the modern-day descendants of the people who made those ancient figures, the indigenous Rapanui, have a conflict with the Chilean state. They want to recover ownership of their island.

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]]> NPR Most Emailed: NPR Most Emailed Stories: The Beauty Of Bug Eggs http://www.npr.org/blogs/pictureshow/2010/09/09/129748904/insect-eggs?ft=1&f=100 Thu, 09 Sep 2010 10:47:00 -0500 http://www.npr.org/blogs/pictureshow/2010/09/09/129748904/insect-eggs?ft=1&f=100 When viewed close-up, even nature's nastiest things can look beautiful.

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]]> NPR Most Emailed: NPR Most Emailed Stories: Franzen On The Book, The Backlash, His Background http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=129747555&ft=1&f=100 Thu, 09 Sep 2010 08:43:00 -0500 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=129747555&ft=1&f=100 Jonathan Franzen's new novel Freedom has been called "a masterpiece" by Time Magazine and has received rave reviews from critics. Franzen talks about the runaway success of his previous novel The Corrections, and the strong reaction elicited by Freedom.

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]]> NPR Most Emailed: NPR Most Emailed Stories: Marines Storm Ship Seized By Pirates http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2010/09/09/129746357/marines-storm-ship-seized-by-pirates?ft=1&f=100 Thu, 09 Sep 2010 08:00:00 -0500 http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2010/09/09/129746357/marines-storm-ship-seized-by-pirates?ft=1&f=100 U.S. Marines boarded and seized a commercial German vessel in the Gulf of Aden that had been attacked and boarded by Somali pirates. A group of 24 marines took control of the ship, Magellan Star, from nine pirates.

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]]> NPR Most Emailed: NPR Most Emailed Stories: Hawking And God: An Intimate Relationship http://www.npr.org/blogs/13.7/2010/09/08/129736414/hawking-and-god-an-intimate-relationship?ft=1&f=100 Thu, 09 Sep 2010 07:00:00 -0500 http://www.npr.org/blogs/13.7/2010/09/08/129736414/hawking-and-god-an-intimate-relationship?ft=1&f=100 Hawking's recent claims about physics finding the answers to the origin of the universe are very far-fetched. They turn out to be based upon highly speculative theories without any obervational evidence.

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]]> NPR Most Emailed: NPR Most Emailed Stories: Did Sleaze Bring Preppy Back? http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=129742908&ft=1&f=100 Thu, 09 Sep 2010 03:00:00 -0500 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=129742908&ft=1&f=100 As New York Fashion Week gets underway, Linda Wertheimer talks to fashion writer and Barneys' creative director Simon Doonan about the resurgence of prep. A sequel to the 1980's The Official Preppy Handbook has just come out. And preppy clothes are being worn by everyone from Brooklyn hipsters to Palm Beach dowagers.

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