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The Houston Symphony brings a biting all-Shostakovich program to Carnegie Hall for the Spring for Music festival — including the very rarely heard satirical cantata The Anti-Formalist Rayok.

Playing in the massive music festival, which now spans two identical weekends, means agreeing not to book local shows in the intervening week.

The court ruling comes on the heels of a report that found the state lost more money than it saved when it passed a law requiring welfare recipients to be drug tested. Gov. Rick Scott disagreed with the ruling saying drug testing is "common-sense."

Watch the premiere of a new video with pianist Michael Mizrahi featuring delicate and serene music by Mark Dancigers.

A graduate student working on a class project spotted the coils, which hint that Mars had recent volcanic activity.

Health insurers that haven't spent the required share of premiums on health care will be sending rebate checks to employers and consumers. All told, an estimated $1.3 billion is expected to be returned to customers this summer.

It might be hard to imagine anyone believing that Nutella, the sweet chocolate-hazelnut spread is good for you. But the company's agreed to settle claims that its ads made it seem healthier than it is.

The election is less than a month away, and the front-runner appears to be Amr Moussa, who is known internationally as the former head of the Arab League. Two prominent Islamists are also in the race, along with a former prime minister under Hosni Mubarak.

Perhaps most recognizable for his role on Night Court, John Larroquette has recently taken to the stage, earning a Tony Award for his role in the 2011 production of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying. Now, he has returned to Broadway in a revival of Gore Vidal's The Best Man.

The International Energy Agency warned energy ministers around the world that they are falling behind in their efforts to wean the world from dirty sources of energy. Nations are nowhere near being on track to avert significant climate change in the coming decade, and just about everything is conspiring to make it harder to clean up the world's energy supply.