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When Hurricane Irene struck three months ago, it devastated the family farm run by Jim and Cindy Barber in Middleburgh, N.Y. The couple discusses the farm’s recovery. Copyright © 2011 National Public Radio®. For personal, noncommercial use only. See Terms of Use. For other uses, prior permission required. GUY RAZ, HOST: Nearly three months ago, [...]

Dish Network and Blockbuster on Friday revealed their Netflix-killer – at least that’s what some were calling it – at an event in San Francisco, though the product is more of an upgrade for Dish subscribers than a standalone effort to take Netflix head on. STORY: Netflix Wants to Change Law Against Revealing Video-Viewing History [...]

The Bottom Line Mike Leigh examines the corrosive nature of intense but unexamined sorrow Playwright,/director Mike Leigh Cast Lesley Manville, Sam Kelly, Ruby Bentall LONDON – Mike Leigh’s new play Griefis the complete opposite of his film Happy-Go Luckywith a family rendered almost cataleptic by personal loss and the gloom of post-World War II England. [...]

In 2008, the oral history project StoryCorps started the National Day of Listening, a day when Americans are encouraged to record an interview with a loved one on the day after Thanksgiving. This year, StoryCorps is asking people to take a few minutes to thank a favorite teacher — with a tweet, a Facebook post, [...]

By Clark Collis Clark Collis digs deep into the twisted, frequently so-bad-it’s-hilarious subject of new documentary |}