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Headbanging Bruckner And Debussy In Black And White: New Classical Albums

NPR Music's Tom Huizenga and host Guy Raz spin an eclectic mix of new classical releases.

An artist's concept of NASA's Mars Science Laboratory spacecraft depicts the final minute before the rover, Curiosity, touches down on the surface of Mars.

Waiting For A Sign: Mars Rover To Land On Its Own

Here's the plan: The Mars Science Laboratory, nicknamed Curiosity, will land gently on Mars at 10:31 p.m. PT Sunday. The rover's entry, descent and landing will last for seven minutes. But the first signals about how that all went won't reach Earth until about seven minutes after it's over.

Some scientists are looking away from Mars to Saturn's moon, Enceladus, for life beyond Earth.

Life On Mars? Try One Of Saturn's Moons Instead

When it comes to the search for life beyond Earth, most of the focus is in on Mars. But a growing number of scientists are looking at Saturn's moon, Enceladus, instead. Scientists believe the moon has water and organic materials that are the building blocks of life.

Fans leave all manner of mementos at Andy Warhol's grave site, near Pittsburgh. This spring, a local Warhol impersonator wrapped the grave stone in colorful paper for an entire month.

In Warhol's Memory, Soup Cans And Coke Bottles

While the cemetery that houses the artist's grave is conventional, the grave site itself is anything but. Fans and admirers regularly leave colorful mementos on his tombstone outside of Pittsburgh, and a local artist and Warhol historian even holds graveside birthday parties for the late pop art con.

'American Dream,' Betrayed By Bad Economic Policy

Journalists Donald Barlett and James Steele say a government commitment to free trade and an indifference to offshoring of jobs has crippled the middle class. And, they say, that situation is unlikely to change, no matter who wins this year's presidential election.

<strong>Faces of Florida's First and Main: </strong>Susan MacManus lives in her family's home on a secluded plot of land near Lutz, Fla. MacManus, shown at the old train depot across from the public library, is a political scientist and local historian. Her family was among the first to develop land around here a century ago.

Even In Florida Swing County, Minds Seem Made Up

In Hillsborough County, the way people voted in 2008 — for or against President Obama — signals their perception of everything that's happened since and, usually, the way they intend to vote. In this swing county hit hard by the financial crisis, the rarest voter is a person who's changed his mind.

Missourians To Vote On Prayer Amendment

When Missourians go to the polls Tuesday to vote on a number of candidates to compete in the November general election, they'll also be asked to decide on an amendment to the state's constitution. Amendment 2 is better known as the "right to pray" ballot measure.

Southwest Airlines Rectifies Ticket Billing Error

Refunds are arriving into the bank accounts of Southwest Airlines customers who were billed multiple times for promotional fares booked on Friday. In other business news, the Financial Times reports Wall Street banks are moving to prevent "redenomination risk."

Bolt Defends, U.S. Men's Basketball Team In Action

Jamaican Usain Bolt won the men's 100-meter sprint at a record time of 9.63 seconds Sunday. Bolt won the event four years ago in Beijing. The U.S. men's basketball team will meet Argentina Monday.

Also: Mars rover pulls off high-wire landing; Egypt vows to crack down on "infidels;" Mitt Romney raised $101 Million in July.

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