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Retired Major League Baseball player Mike Piazza's new autobiography, Long Shot, addresses the steroid controversy and recalls the first game after the Sept. 11 attacks.

Making It In The Big Leagues Was A 'Long Shot' For Catcher Mike Piazza

3:30pm March 07, 2013

In a new memoir, the Major League Baseball catcher opens up about getting drafted in the 62nd round, his feud with Roger Clemens and what it's like to go into retirement. Leaving the game, he says, was "like a small death."

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Greensboro Children's Theatre Presents "In the Soup" Musical

11:06am March 07, 2013

by David Ford

In the French fable "Stone Soup", three starving, weary soldiers trick a group of villagers into adding their own vegetables to the soldier's pot of boiling water and “magic” stones. Replace the soldiers with a group of hungry musicians and you get the delightful musical of In the Soup.

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In Sly Self-Help Novel, Selling Clean Water Gets You 'Filthy Rich'

11:18am March 06, 2013

by NPR Staff

In Mohsin Hamid's fictional how-to, a nameless protagonist makes a fortune selling knockoff bottled water in a thirsty Asian metropolis. Hamid joins NPR's Steve Inkeep to discuss the book's conceit and the side effects of rampant development.

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Winston-Salem Theatre Alliance Presents The Tammy Wynette Story

9:44am March 06, 2013

by David Ford

The Tammy Wynette Story begins at the end of the country star's life and works its way back in flashbacks from the cotton fields of Itawamba, Mississippi, to international superstar, and five husbands in between.

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Nellie McKay, David Shiner and Bill Irwin use old-time comedy, newfangled tricks and zany music to score laughs in their new theatrical revue, Old Hats.

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For This Pair Of Clowns, 'Old Hats' Means New Laughs

7:14pm March 05, 2013

by Jeff Lunden

Theatrical clowning duo Bill Irwin and David Shiner haven't shared the spotlight onstage since the late 1990s. Now, with a collaborative theater project running at off-Broadway's Signature Theatre, they bring their zany brand of participatory slapstick to a new generation.

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O'Connor served on the Supreme Court of the United States from 1981 to 2006.

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'Out Of Order' At The Court: O'Connor On Being The First Female Justice

4:15pm March 05, 2013

Sandra Day O'Connor, the first woman to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court, discusses her new book about the history of the court, and why she doesn't like the term "swing vote." O'Connor served for 24 years, retiring in 2006 to care for her ailing husband.

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Art Madness 2013 at University of North Carolina Greensboro

12:40pm March 05, 2013

by David Ford

Art Madness 2013 is UNC Greensboro Art Alumni and Faculty exhibiting and selling their remarkable works to support the school they love.

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This Dec. 26, 2004, photograph shows a trail of destruction in the southern Sri Lankan town of Lunawa after tidal waves lashed more than half of Sri Lanka's coastline.

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'Wave' Tells A True Story Of Survival And Loss In The 2004 Tsunami

7:56am March 05, 2013

by Lynn Neary

Sonali Deraniyagala lost her husband, two sons and parents to the Indian Ocean tsunami that claimed the lives of more than 200,000 people. Her new memoir recounts the events of that fateful day.

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Skipping Out On College And 'Hacking Your Education'

5:18am March 05, 2013

by NPR Staff

Dale Stephens says many students would be better off ditching college and finding alternate ways to complete their educations. His new book, Hacking Your Education, explores that idea. "When you think about education as an investment, you have to think about what the return is going to be," he says.

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In HBO's Enlightened, Laura Dern stars as corporate executive Amy Jellicoe, who returns from a post-meltdown retreat to pick up the pieces of her broken life. Series creator Mike White stars as Tyler, Amy's friend and co-worker.

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Mike White On Creating HBO's 'Enlightened' Whistle-Blower

2:51pm March 04, 2013

On the HBO series Enlightened, a naive corporate executive played by Laura Dern wants to change the world. The series' creator and writer, Mike White, says the show's whistle-blowing plot line was inspired, in part, by his own father's experience.

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