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A Gifted High Jumper Gets Set To Leap Onto The World Stage
Vashti Cunningham, 18, is on a roll. She set a world junior record and won the world indoor championship in March, while still in high school. She has now turned pro and has her eyes set on Rio.
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Bad Bunny blessed with Billboard's biggest boosts (and Bruno bolsters his bona fides)
Bad Bunny, who had the most-streamed album of both 2022 and 2023, seems to have another potential juggernaut on his hands. But to top the chart this week he had to hold off an unlikely challenger.
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Donna Reid
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Donna Reid, Director of Finance & Administration for Northern Public Radio, is responsible for the day-to-day business and administrative management of the stations. There is no shortage of paperwork or people flowing in and out of her office: web donations…hiring forms… budgets…financial statements…grant applications…EFT transactions…invoices...contracts… pledge forms…job descriptions…purchase orders…work orders… It’s believed there's a nice a wood-top underneath it all, but few have ever seen it. As custodian of station dollars through 19 annual audits, it’s no surprise that Marketplace is one of Donna's favorite programs.
Lost & Found Sound: Man with a Horn
In our weekly series, Lost and Found Sound, a collaboration between NPR and independent producers, we learn about self-appointed disc-jockey Eric Byron.
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Chatham Strong: A community deals with tragedy
Four people died at an after school childcare facility when a vehicle careened into the building.
Listeners Pick Their Favorite Albums Of 2011
While most big releases from the first half of the year held their ground, a few dark horses swooped into top slots — and sent some All Songs favorites tumbling down the list.
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Trump Star Is Walled In; Past Presidents' Hair Up Close And Personal
A Los Angeles artists built a wall around Donald Trump's Hollywood star — it's topped with razor wire. And in Philadelphia, a museum has put the hair of some early presidents on display.
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Wednesday's Powerball jackpot up to $1.73 billion as lottery losing streak continues
There has been no winner for 35 consecutive drawings, since the last time someone won the top prize on July 19. That streak trails the record of 41 draws set in 2021 and 2022.
Tracy Chapman's song 'Fast Car' is a hit all over again.
Following her duet with Luke Combs at the Grammys, the 1988 song sped to the top of the iTunes chart — streams more than tripled and digital sales shot up more than 38,000%, Billboard says.
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Chief Justice Roberts declines a meeting with Senate Democrats
Chief Justice John Roberts has declined an invitation to meet with top Senate Democrats over judicial ethics, citing “separation of powers concerns.”
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