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Freddie Hubbard: A Jazz Icon Remembered
Jazz trumpeter Freddie Hubbard was on top of the jazz world during the '60s and '70s. But personal setbacks left him unable to play and took him out of the limelight and off the stage. Hubbard died on Dec. 29, but in this story from 2001, he talked about attempting a comeback with an album called New Colors.
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Congress zeroes in on China — as economic and security threats loom
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