politicalbs.com » NPR Most Emailed: NPR Most Emailed Stories http://politicalbs.com/ politicalbs.com » NPR Most Emailed: NPR Most Emailed Stories Gregarius 0.5.4 en NPR Most Emailed: NPR Most Emailed Stories: Listeners Pick The Year's Best Music (So Far) http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=106997113&ft=1&f=100 Sun, 27 Jul 2014 16:53:00 -0500 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=106997113&ft=1&f=100 NPR listeners cast thousands of votes for the year's best music (so far) and kept the race tight. In the end, Animal Collective edged out every other artist in both the Best Album category, and for Best Song. Artists like Grizzly Bear, The Decemberists and Neko Case weren't far behind. One thing was clear: 2009 has been one of the strongest years for new music in recent memory.

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]]> NPR Most Emailed: NPR Most Emailed Stories: Why The Priest Fainted: An Ode To Eggplant http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=129707905&ft=1&f=100 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 18:30:00 -0500 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=129707905&ft=1&f=100 This fruit commonly used as vegetable is perhaps less loved in the U.S. than in India and the Mideast, where food writer Monica Bhide grew up. But after years of presenting different renditions to American friends and family, she's found ways to woo the eggplant skeptics -- including these spice-laden recipes and tips.

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]]> NPR Most Emailed: NPR Most Emailed Stories: Petraeus: Burning Quran Endangers Americans http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=129701795&ft=1&f=100 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 16:30:00 -0500 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=129701795&ft=1&f=100 The top U.S. commander in Afghanistan says a Florida church's plan to burn copies of the Muslim holy book could put U.S. troops in the country in harm's way and inflame anti-Americanism.

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]]> NPR Most Emailed: NPR Most Emailed Stories: FDA To Lipton: Tea Can't Do That http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2010/09/07/129701566/fda-to-lipton-tea-can-t-do-that?ft=1&f=100 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 14:51:00 -0500 http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2010/09/07/129701566/fda-to-lipton-tea-can-t-do-that?ft=1&f=100 The Food and Drug Administration slammed Unilever, maker of Lipton teas, for touting specific health benefits from tea drinking, such as lowering cholesterol. The agency says the company's unproven claims would make the beverage a drug.

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]]> NPR Most Emailed: NPR Most Emailed Stories: Modern Lessons From Hillel http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=129706379&ft=1&f=100 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 14:00:00 -0500 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=129706379&ft=1&f=100 Not much is known about the life of the rabbi and Talmudic scholar Hillel, who lived 2,000 years ago, but his teachings have shaped Judaism. Rabbi Joseph Telushkin's forthcoming book Hillel: If Not Now, When? argues that Hillel has as much to teach the 21 Century as he did his own.

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]]> NPR Most Emailed: NPR Most Emailed Stories: Hating On The President: A Great American Pastime http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=129698830&ft=1&f=100 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 11:20:00 -0500 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=129698830&ft=1&f=100 Is there anything a president can do to escape widespread criticism? Get another job, perhaps. Historians say it's in Americans' DNA to turn on whoever is in the White House. We've been doing it since the beginning.

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]]> NPR Most Emailed: NPR Most Emailed Stories: A Photographer's Unlikely Passion For Trays http://www.npr.org/blogs/pictureshow/2010/09/07/129698742/portraits-of-trays?ft=1&f=100 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 10:54:00 -0500 http://www.npr.org/blogs/pictureshow/2010/09/07/129698742/portraits-of-trays?ft=1&f=100 Almost accidentally, John Cyr has expertise in an esoteric subject: photographers' developing trays. Read: Nerd alert!

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]]> NPR Most Emailed: NPR Most Emailed Stories: Green Building: A Real Estate Revolution? http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=129699450&ft=1&f=100 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 10:33:00 -0500 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=129699450&ft=1&f=100 Green building now accounts for close to one-third of new U.S. construction. That's up from 2 percent in 2005, according to McGraw-Hill Construction, which tracks the industry. The U.S. Green Building Council, and its LEED rating system, have changed construction practice -- and policy -- around the country.

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]]> NPR Most Emailed: NPR Most Emailed Stories: Maybe We All Need Some 'Sensitivity' Training http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=129636299&ft=1&f=100 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 10:00:00 -0500 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=129636299&ft=1&f=100 Linguist Geoff Nunberg says the word "sensitive" was complicated long before it was political. These days, "sensitivities" can be a stand-in for a lot of different attitudes -- some more defensible than others. Our modern stress on sensitivities, he says, probably set back cultural understanding as much as it has advanced it.

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]]> NPR Most Emailed: NPR Most Emailed Stories: Hallucinogen Shows Promise In Helping Cancer Patients Cope http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2010/09/07/129696420/hallucinogenic-mushrooms-relieve-anxiety?ft=1&f=100 Tue, 07 Sep 2010 08:18:00 -0500 http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2010/09/07/129696420/hallucinogenic-mushrooms-relieve-anxiety?ft=1&f=100 A small study of the active ingredient in "magic mushroom" found the drug helped relieve anxiety and improve the mood of some patients with advanced cancer. Though preliminary, the results support further research, the scientists say.

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