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  • Customers think "kosher" and "gluten-free" mean healthier, and food marketers are seizing on that.
  • The latest from French director Philippe Garrel finds three actors and a painter sharing an apartment, with much jealousy and strife as a result. Critic Mark Jenkins finds little heat, however, in a film notable mostly for its cast and crew.
  • In this recap of Hank Williams' final days, the famed country singer (Henry Thomas) is mysteriously sidelined from the main plot in favor of his young chauffeur (Jesse James). Critic Andrew Lapin says the film features some subtle writing, but makes a poor introduction to its nominal subject.
  • As California's public schools have cut back on science programs, Dan Sudran has created the Community Science Workshop Network to help fill the gap. The free workshops let low-income kids play with microscopes and build hot air balloons.
  • If you want to sell something to little girls right now, just put a princess on it. Disney princesses alone fuel a $4 billion industry, and Pixar's movie Brave is sure to give that a boost. But it isn't all singing birds and sunshine — some wonder if the princess trend is becoming too niche.
  • Through a lawyer, Matt Sandusky said he was prepared to testify against his adoptive father.
  • Host Jessica Harris speaks with Ian Falconer, author and illustrator of Olivia, a childrens' book series. Harris also speaks with Maurice Kanbar, inventor, entrepreneur, and founder of the Quad Cinema, the first multiplex theater in New York City.
  • The first minarets in Murfreesboro, Tenn., are about to be placed atop a new mosque. But when construction is done, no one will be able to move in — the latest development in a two-year legal fight over whether adequate notice was given for a public meeting that approved the mosque's construction.
  • The superPAC supporting President Obama attracted three $1 million donors last month. The pro-Romney superPAC also saw some new names popping up on its donor list — and it got a million-dollar donation in three chunks from a return address in Dayton, Ohio.
  • The doctor is in the house. Now that the FOX TV show House has wrapped, the show's star Hugh Laurie revealed a softer side by showing his love for NPR. The actor stopped by NPR West to talk with Fresh Air host Terry Gross. We approve.
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