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The Two-Way
12:49 pm
Mon April 30, 2012

Crash That Killed Seven Was Along 'Cursed' Stretch Of Bronx River Parkway

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This van plunged off the Bronx River Parkway on Sunday. All seven people inside were killed.

A horrible car accident Sunday in the Bronx, which killed seven people from one family, happened on a "cursed" section of the Bronx River Parkway where six people died in a terrible 2006 accident, New York's Daily News reports.

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The Two-Way
12:46 pm
Mon April 30, 2012

Venezuela's Chávez Seeks Permission To Return To Cuba For Treatment

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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez speaking during a TV program in Havana on March 4.

Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez may be once again headed to Cuba for cancer treatment.

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Mountain Stage
12:17 pm
Mon April 30, 2012

Fountains Of Wayne On Mountain Stage

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Fountains Of Wayne.

Originally published on Wed January 9, 2013 4:04 pm

The masterful power-pop band Fountains of Wayne makes its second appearance on Mountain Stage, recorded live in Charleston, W.V. The band's latest album, 2011's Sky Full of Holes, is its first in five years, and features plenty of crunchy, guitar-driven pop.

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Business
12:11 pm
Mon April 30, 2012

Energy Transfer Partners To Buy Sunoco For $5.3B

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Sunoco operates about 4,900 gasoline stations around the United States.

Natural gas pipeline company Energy Transfer Partners is buying Sunoco in a deal valued at about $5.3 billion.

The acquisition would give Energy Transfer the capability to transport crude and other liquid hydrocarbons that are being produced in greater quantities thanks to the boom in shale drilling. Sunoco's pipelines crisscross the country, connecting the Great Lakes and Northeast to America's refining center along the Gulf Coast.

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The Two-Way
12:05 pm
Mon April 30, 2012

EPA Official Resigns For Saying EPA Should 'Crucify' Oil Companies

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Al Armendariz.

One of the Environmental Protection Agency's top officials resigned yesterday.

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Deceptive Cadence
12:01 pm
Mon April 30, 2012

Add Verse Reactions: The Poetry Month Music Puzzler

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Test your knowledge of American composers and poetry with this interactive puzzler.

Originally published on Mon April 30, 2012 3:45 pm

Poetry month is almost at an end,

So here's a little challenge for you, friend.

Listen close to the music clips below,

The words will tell you what you need to know.

Match music with the image of each bard,

Good luck — you'll need it 'cause the quiz is hard.

A hint that may help you along the way,

Both words and music hail from U.S.A.

An extra point if you think you know 'em ...

Identify the name of each poem.

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The Two-Way
11:42 am
Mon April 30, 2012

Get Ready For Some Football: 3 Key Things About Today's 'Manchester Derby'

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Manchester United's Nani (in red) and Manchester City's Aleksandar Kolarov during a game last August in London.

Originally published on Mon April 30, 2012 5:16 pm

Update at 6:08 p.m. ET. Man City Wins 1-0:

A header from Vincent Kompany was all it took for Manchester City to come out today against Manchester United.

As the AP reports, this match has been billed as the "biggest Manchester derby ever," and Kompany scored the winning goal during first-half stoppage time.

Our Original Post Continues:

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Author Interviews
11:28 am
Mon April 30, 2012

Sissy Spacek's 'Extraordinary Ordinary Life'

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Sissy Spacek received the Academy Award for Best Actress for her portrayal of Loretta Lynn in Coal Miner's Daughter.

Originally published on Mon April 30, 2012 11:45 am

When Sissy Spacek started her film career, she was told to lose her heavy Texas accent. But her famous drawl became one of her greatest assets when Terrence Malick cast her in his 1973 crime drama Badlands.

Spacek played Holly, a teenage girl from South Dakota who became an accomplice on a cross-country murder spree. The film, which also starred Martin Sheen, was narrated in Spacek's distinctive Southern voice.

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Music Reviews
11:27 am
Mon April 30, 2012

A Sure-Footed Collection Of 'African Blues'

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Originally published on Mon April 30, 2012 5:18 pm

I have to hand it to the Putumayo label. Since it started as a soundtrack-provider to a clothing store in the early '90s, the operation has placed racks of CDs with friendly-primitivist art by Nicola Heindl into Starbucks and Whole Foods everywhere. Putumayo is as responsible as anything for making music buyers ask "Where's the world music section?" in shops or online.

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The Two-Way
11:26 am
Mon April 30, 2012

British High Court Order Big Internet Providers to Block The Pirate Bay

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Supporters of the website The Pirate Bay, one of the world's top illegal file-sharing websites, demonstrate in Stockholm, Sweden, in 2009.

Originally published on Mon April 30, 2012 1:03 pm

Britain's High Court has ordered the country's major Internet service providers to block one of the oldest and biggest file-sharing websites.

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