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  • Fontana Chamber Arts will feature one of today's young jazz stars tomorrow night. Tia Fuller is balancing careers as a professor of music at the Berklee…
  • A grand jury will investigate a meningitis outbreak in Michigan linked to contaminated drugs. The Gongwer News Service reports that Michigan Attorney…
  • A Michigan judge who held himself in contempt when his cellphone went off in the courtroom recently said judges are not above the rules. This week, an Oregon judge showed that jurors aren't above the rules, either. During a trial in Salem, the judge saw a juror's pocket glowing. The juror, who had been texting, was held in contempt and spent the day in jail instead of the courtroom.
  • FBI and SWAT teams are trying to locate a suspect in Monday's bombing at the Boston Marathon. The other suspect, his brother, was killed earlier in a shootout with police. Dr. David Schoenfeld of Beth Israel Hospital talks about Thursday night's police action in Watertown.
  • The Barbershop guys weigh in how social and traditional media helped - and hurt - in the aftermath of the Boston Marathon bombings. They also discuss the new Jackie Robinson film '42.' Host Michel Martin hears from culture critic Jimi Izrael, freelance journalist Corey Dade, sports editor Dave Zirin, and Bostonian and healthcare consultant Neil Minkoff.
  • Author Dennis Lehane talks with Fresh Air's Terry Gross about his New York Times op-ed, "Messing with the Wrong City," which expressed his love for his hometown.
  • Deep-sea voyager Robert Ballard has discovered everything from 10-foot-tall tube worms to the Titanic on his ocean expeditions around the world. Ballard discusses his underwater finds and how new robotic technology allows scientists to explore the sea from ashore. This interview was originally broadcast on July 3, 2009.
  • Writer Barbara Kingsolver is one of a handful of novelists with a science background, and she puts it to use in her new novel Flight Behavior. Kingsolver discusses the book and why she chose to look at the the issue of climate change in a fictional work set in rural Tennessee. This interview was originally broadcast on November 9, 2012.
  • The international donors group known as the "Friends of Syria" gathers in Istanbul Saturday, as aid experts warn of a ballooning disaster for millions of Syrians and neighboring states. With American non-lethal assistance increasing and pressure on the European Union to send weapons to rebel fighters, opposition leaders are faced with an embarrassing problem: the declared alliance between Islamist fighters and al-Qaida. Weekend Edition Saturday host Scott Simon speaks with NPR's Peter Kenyon in Istanbul.
  • Back in 2011, Gore's former boss Bill Clinton appeared on Wait Wait and correctly answered three questions about the My Little Pony children's TV show. We're going to ask Gore three questions about Shetland ponies.
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