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Children's author Roald Dahl would have turned 100 this week. To celebrate, the OED added 6 words and expressions from Dahl's writing. For example: golden ticket, Oompa Loompa and Scrumdiddlyumptious.

http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/wwno/local-wwno-972855.mp3New Orleans, LA – On this week's show, the Preservation Hall turns fifty,…

http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/wwno/local-wwno-904825.mp3New Orleans, LA – New Orleans hotels join a class action lawsuit against BP,…

Congressional Republicans hope to pass a sweeping tax overhaul before Christmas, but first they'll have to resolve some major policy differences that could derail the bill.

http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/wwno/local-wwno-989251.mp3New Orleans, LA – Nick Mueller, President & CEO of the National WWII Museum,…

http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/wwno/local-wwno-973889.mp3New Orleans, LA – Susan Bonnett works to improve the quality of life on the…

http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/wwno/local-wwno-900598.mp3New Orleans, LA – Bob Thomas from the Loyola Center or Environmental…

Edwin Edwards, the 87-year-old former four-term Louisiana governor who spent more than eight years in federal prison, has earned a runoff spot against…

More than a dozen people have been killed and more than 160 others injured in a 6.4 magnitude earthquake that shook Indonesian tourist spot Lombok island and surrounding areas, officials say.

New on the shelves this week: An obit writer writes — and drunkenly publishes — his own obituary. A Hungarian teen stumbles into adulthood. And geriatric sleuth Vera Wong returns.