Remembrances
11:54 am
Tue July 3, 2012

Andy Griffith: A TV Icon From 'Matlock' To Mayberry

Originally published on Tue July 3, 2012 6:06 pm

In a career that spanned half a century, actor and comedian Andy Griffith starred in five different television series, made more than 30 movies and even recorded a Grammy Award-winning gospel album. He died Tuesday morning in North Carolina at the age of 86.

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The Two-Way
11:52 am
Tue July 3, 2012

After Apology, Pakistan Agrees To Reopen Military Supply Line, Says Clinton

Originally published on Tue July 3, 2012 5:03 pm

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton apologized for the "for the losses suffered by the Pakistani military" during a NATO airstrike that killed 24 Pakistani troops.

When announcing the apology, the AP reports, Clinton also said that Pakistan was reopening a crucial military supply line into Afghanistan. Pakistan had closed its border to the coalition forces since the attack in November.

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The Two-Way
11:30 am
Tue July 3, 2012

Andy Griffith Dies, Was TV's Sheriff Taylor And Matlock

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Andy Griffith in 1960, when he started playing Sheriff Andy Taylor on TV.

Originally published on Tue July 3, 2012 1:06 pm

Music Reviews
11:23 am
Tue July 3, 2012

The dB's: Still Plaintive After All These Years

Originally published on Tue July 3, 2012 2:05 pm

If there was any doubt that The dB's have any use for being considered through the haze of memory, or limited to the misty fondness from fans who remember them from the early 80s, the blast that opens their new album Falling Off the Sky, a song called "That Time Is Gone," could not be more explicit. Group leaders Peter Holsapple and Chris Stamey, along with drummer Will Rigby and bassist Gene Holder, are taking back their sound after 30 years, sprucing it up and re-exploding it for the days we live in now.

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Fresh Food
11:23 am
Tue July 3, 2012

Summer Cooking Tips From 'America's Test Kitchen'

Originally published on Tue July 3, 2012 12:34 pm

Tired of regular old hamburgers and hot dogs for July 4?

You're in luck. On Tuesday's Fresh Air, Jack Bishop and Bridget Lancaster from America's Test Kitchen join Terry Gross to highlight some of their favorite grilling techniques and summer recipes — everything from meats to vegetables to, yes, even desserts.

Bishop and Lancaster have been grilling for years. They love the technique because it concentrates flavors and makes food taste really, really good.

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Movie Reviews
11:07 am
Tue July 3, 2012

A Lanky Teenager On The Path To (Super) Power

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Andrew Garfield stars in The Amazing Spider-Man, in which the nerdy, web-slinging superhero gets an overhauled origin story.

Originally published on Tue July 3, 2012 6:06 pm

I know you're skeptical. Tobey Maguire's Spider-Man was last slinging webs just five years ago. Broadway's Spider-Man started singing about webs less than two years ago. Now here comes another Spider-dude: This Andrew Garfield guy. So he'd better be really something, right? Well, as it happens, he is.

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The Two-Way
10:53 am
Tue July 3, 2012

French Investigators Search Ex-President Sarkozy's Home

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French ex-president Nicolas Sarkozy.

French investigators searched the home and offices of former President Nicolas Sarkozy today. The AP reports the search is connected to a "probe into suspected illegal financing of his 2007 presidential campaign."

The AP adds:

"The official says Judge Jean-Michel Gentil and other investigators from the Paris financial crimes unit conducted the search. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to be publicly named discussing an ongoing investigation."

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Monkey See
10:30 am
Tue July 3, 2012

A Nerd Is Not A Geek: Two Spins On Spider-Man

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Andrew Garfield as Peter Parker in The Amazing Spider-Man.

The biggest challenge The Amazing Spider-Man faces might be surprisingly existential for a summer blockbuster: Why should it be?

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Politics
10:05 am
Tue July 3, 2012

Marco Rubio Draws On Family To Keep Him Grounded

Originally published on Tue July 3, 2012 11:03 am

Transcript

MICHEL MARTIN, HOST:

This is TELL ME MORE from NPR News. I'm Michel Martin. Later in the program, we'll talk about the latest chapter in the work/family debate that's taken off from a provocative magazine piece written by former State Department official Anne-Marie Slaughter. She resigned her high profile post after two years saying she needed to spend more time with family. And she meant it. We'll ask our panel of regulars in our parenting segment to join her to talk about her piece "Why Women Still Can't Have It All."

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Mountain Stage
9:43 am
Tue July 3, 2012

Blackie And The Rodeo Kings On Mountain Stage

Credit Brian Blauser / Mountain Stage

The Canadian roots rock ensemble's newest album, Kings and Queens, features collaborations with Lucinda Williams, Rosanne Cash, Pam Tillis, Patti Scialfa Mary Margaret O'Hara and others.

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