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  • WBFO's Theatre Talk
    Les Mis: 6,127 and countingBy Jim Santella and Anthony Chase, WBFOBuffalo, NY – Jim Santella and Anthony Chase reflect on the longevity of Les Miserables,…
  • On this day in WNY history...
    Niagara Falls, NY – On July 16th, 1957, Bobby Previte, a jazz drummer who worked with John Zorn, Wayne Horvitz, Elliott Sharp and others, was born in…
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    Buffalo, NY – On August 6th, 1965, Linde Division of the Union Carbide Corporation unveiled its new IBM 360 computer, saying it did the work of 100…
  • In China, A Transition Of Power Begins
    The handover, only the second orderly transition of power in China under communist rule, began Thursday. Party leaders kicked off a weeklong congress that will end with President Hu Jintao handing power to Xi Jinping. NPR's Shanghai correspondent Frank Langfitt talks about China's new leaders.
  • Fresh Air Remembers Lesley Gore Who Sang Hits Including 'You Don't Own Me'
    Gore is known for her Top 40 sensations such as It's My Party, produced by Quincy Jones. Her last album was released in 2005, the year she came out as a lesbian. She died Monday at the age of 68.
  • Can Obama, Republicans Connect With Latino Voters?
    President Obama is starting a bus tour through North Carolina and Virginia, where he's going to promote his jobs plan and try sparking the energy that helped him win those states in 2008. Also, as GOP hopefuls prepare to debate Tuesday, a new national poll of prospective Latino voters shows 21 percent support for GOP front-runner Herman Cain — compared to 64 percent for Obama. Michel Martin talks politics with Washington Post National Political Reporter Nia-Malika and Latino Decisions Pollster Matt Barreto.
  • Mexican fishermen tend to their nets on Bagdad Beach, just south of the Texas-Mexico border. Red snapper poaching along the Gulf is a multi-million dollar black market.
    A Battle On The Gulf Pits The Coast Guard Against Mexican Red Snapper Poachers
    Mexican fishermen are illegally plundering tons of red snapper from the lower Texas Gulf Coast, raising the ire of the U.S. Coast Guard, Texas fishermen, marine biologists and the federal government.
  • These 4 college freshmen from India have a remarkable story to tell
    They came from families that have faced seemingly insurmountable hardships and were admitted by top U.S. colleges. A school in India gave them their chance.
  • An NPR analysis has found that for years people of color have been underrepresented in the top rank of career civil servants at the U.S. Census Bureau, whose headquarters in Suitland, Md., are shown in this 2018 photo.
    The federal agency that measures racial diversity is led mostly by white people
    While the Census Bureau's set to have its first director who's Latinx, an NPR analysis finds people of color are underrepresented in the top rank of civil servants at the country's main data producer.
  • As Michael Jackson: The Verdict, a docuseries on the late artist's 2005 abuse trial, arrives on Netflix this week, his music continues to climb the charts following renewed interest from his biopic.
    Michael Jackson's shadow of doubt
    A sanded-down biopic about the King of pop and propaganda has resurfaced his music on the charts — along with questions about how his enduring magic became make-believe
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