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  • Yo La Tengo's new album is titled <em>Fade</em>.
    Yo La Tengo: Decades In And Far From Fading
    The indie-rock favorite's new album, Fade, demonstrates that the group is all grown up but not at all stuffy. The album's music and words add up to pure affirmation of life and living.
  • A New Orleans Streetscape of Southern Sculptures
    The first phase of a public art project to install the work of Southern sculptors around New Orleans was completed in time to be seen by visitors in the…
  • Canadian pennies. They're not going to be put into circulation anymore.
    Canada Bids Its Penny Goodbye; Should The U.S.?
    The USA's northern neighbor stopped distributing cents on Monday. The Canadian government expects to save millions of dollars a year. The case has been made for years that the U.S. should get rid of its penny too. Would that be a good idea?
  • 'God Made A Farmer' And The Super Bowl Made Him A Star
    One of the standout ads in Super Bowl XLVII featured a nostalgic vision of American farmers, voiced by the legendary broadcaster Paul Harvey. Was this Dodge Ram ad a brilliant paean to farm life, or a distorted view of modern agriculture? Share your thoughts.
  • A Barbados Family Tree With 'Sugar In The Blood'
    In her new book, Andrea Stuart explores the intersection of sugar, slavery, settlement, migration and survival in the Americas. Stuart's personal history was shaped by these forces — she is descended from a slave owner who had relations with an unknown slave.
  • Sen. Landrieu Reports $2.5M in Campaign Account
    U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu is heading to her 2014 re-election bid with $2.5 million in her campaign account, more than twice what she had at this point in…
  • BR Gets Tourism Bump From Super Bowl Spill-Over
    Preliminary data from the New Orleans Tourism Marketing Corporation shows Super Bowl XLVII brought an estimated 150,000 visitors to New Orleans, and is
  • Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
    Ahmadinejad Volunteers To Become First Iranian In Space
    The Iranian president's offer comes less than week after the country said it sent a monkey into space.
  • 'Meaningful' Ads Stood Out As Super Bowl Favorites
    Most Super Bowl advertisers tried to crack up the TV audience with over-the-top antics, as is to be expected in the highly viewed event. But some of this year's best ads, as judged by experts and viewers, took a more somber tone.
  • Movies like <em>The Shining</em> frighten most of us, but some brain-damaged people feel no fear when they watch a scary film. However, an unseen threat — air with a high level of carbon dioxide — produces a surprising result.
    What Makes You Feel Fear?
    Some people with damage to a specific region of the brain called the amygdala do not feel fear. If you make them handle a snake or show them a scene from a scary movie such as The Shining, they won't be affected. But breathing in air with high levels of carbon dioxide can send them into a panic.
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