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  • On his second album, Unorthodox Jukebox, Mars traverses the pop landscape, pulling in far-flung influences and making them his own.
  • NPR's Robert Siegel talks with sports correspondent Tom Goldman about the FIFA investigation into the World Cup bidding process. On Thursday, the organization cleared Russia and Qatar of corruption.
  • After spending a number of years writing screenplays for Hollywood, author T.R. Pearson is back writing novels. Pearson's latest work is Blue Ridge, but unlike his earlier books, the main character makes his way out of the rural south and into New York City. Tom Vitale speaks with Pearson about the new book.
  • NPR's Richard Harris reports that dinosaur bone hunter Paul Sereno today unveiled his latest finds, including the skeleton of a huge meat-eating dinosaur that once roamed what is now Africa. Sereno and his colleagues unearthed the remains while hunting for dinosaur bones in the Sahara. The creature is giving scientists a better picture of dinosaur evolution.
  • Host Bob Edwards speaks with Orville Schell, dean of the University of California-Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism. He and other deans, journalists, and representatives of television networks have held meetings on improving the quality of T.V. news. Schell and other deans are worried that although T.V. news reaches a huge portion of the American audience, it's not doing its job in thoroughly informing the public.
  • On the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, we look at the status of the 9/11 case -- which hasn't yet gone to trial -- and the war-on-terror prisoners still held at Guantanamo.
  • Air quality in Southern California is dangerously bad because of the fires. Our reporter set out to build an air filter -- in a style the EPA praised, using only things she already had at home.
  • Cider made from perry pears is delicious. It rivals apple cider, but is sweeter. Long revered in England and Normandy, France (Napoleon was a fan), perry is now getting its due in the U.S.
  • The talks with North Korean officials Thursday were for planning the next summit, but the meeting was postponed over scheduling conflicts. President Trump now says he's in no rush.
  • To reduce the number of foreign workers, some of those making less than $50,000 won't qualify to stay in Britain beyond April. Critics say the deal would cause labor shortages.
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