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The Louisiana National Guard has received 10 bids from companies with ideas on how to dispose of 15 million pounds of M6 propellant at Camp Minden. Col....

The New Orleans Saints have released their 2015 preseason and regular season schedules. Home games are in bold.Preseason:Thursday, Aug. 13 AWAY Baltimore…

2: Rock musician NEIL YOUNG. In 66' he joined L.A. rock band Buffalo Springfield; they split up 3 albums later due to inter-band fighting and their lack of commercial success. YOUNG then meandered from band to band, including "Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young," while doing a lot of solo work as well. He's been called the "Godfather of Grunge," and "The King of Punk." (REBROADCAST, Originally aired 11/5/92) Rock musician FRANK ZAPPA, who died in 1993. For more than 20 years, Zappa made rock and roll music that was in turn funny, gross, esoteric, satirical, and danceable. (REBROADCAST, Originally aired 6/6/89) .

2: British author A.S. BYATT. BYATT is known by many Americans for "Possession," a Booker Prize-winning Victorian novel published here in 1990. Her most recent novel is "Babel Tower." (Random House). Set in the turbulant 1960s, the book is about Frederica, a young woman involved in a divorce and custody suit, as well as the prosecution of an "obscene" book. "Babel Tower" is the third book in a planned quartet of novels ("The Virgin in the Garden" and "Still Life") set in different mid- centuary time frames. Besides being a best selling author, BYATT is also a critic, a reviewer, a radio dramatist, an editor, and a university lecturer. The movie "Angels and Insects" which is based on Byatt's novella "Morpho Eugenia" has recently come out on home video. Originally aired 6/6/96.

NPR's Elissa Nadworny plays the puzzle with NPR Puzzle Master Will Shortz and listener Eric Feinstein from Ossining, New York.

When does a car reach the end of its life?

We'll be at the 92nd St. Y on Wednesday, June 13 at 8 p.m. Please join us. You don't even have to pay retail.

Frontman Jason Pierce explains the process of recording his new album while battling liver disease.

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By Fred Kastenhttp://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/wwno/local-wwno-966235.mp3New Orleans – The Avett Brothers bring a high enery, fresh…