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3:53 pm
Tue October 9, 2012

Supreme Court To Take Up Affirmative Action Case

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Originally published on Tue October 9, 2012 6:10 pm

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AUDIE CORNISH, HOST:

It's ALL THINGS CONSIDERED from NPR News. I'm Audie Cornish.

ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST:

And I'm Robert Siegel.

Tomorrow, the Supreme Court will hear arguments in a landmark case about race and college admissions. In 2008, a white student named Abigail Fisher sued the University of Texas in Austin. Ms. Fisher claimed she was denied admission to UT because of her race.

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Movie Interviews
3:47 pm
Tue October 9, 2012

Andrea Arnold Tackles An Iconic Love Story

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Filmmaker Andrea Arnold won the Cannes Film Festival's Jury Prize for her 2006 film Red Road; her short film Wasp earned her an Oscar the year before.
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Young Heathcliff (Solomon Glave) and Young Catherine (Shannon Beer) grow up to be an iconic, romantically doomed couple in Wuthering Heights.
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Originally published on Tue October 9, 2012 4:51 pm

Not counting Twilight, Emily Bronte's 1847 novel, Wuthering Heights, has been plundered, adapted and remade to death, including, it's not commonly known, by Luis Bunuel and Jacques Rivette. Most people know the book through movies, television miniseries, or even from the hilarious Monty Python semaphore version.

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A Blog Supreme
3:33 pm
Tue October 9, 2012

'Treme,' Ep. 24: Like Donkeys To Water

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The actor Michiel Huisman has actually moved to New Orleans from Amsterdam, much like his character Sonny.
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Originally published on Tue October 9, 2012 4:18 pm

We've reached episode three of Treme's third season and things are starting to get interesting. Through the Everett, Lt. Colson, Toni Bernette and Nelson storylines, we begin to see how deep police and government corruption runs in New Orleans. Davis is funding his next scheme; Janette is funding her next restaurant; Annie is funding her next musical adventure. The possible endgame for Chief Lambreaux (and by extension, his son) draws near. And a lot of dudes get laid.

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Around the Nation
3:27 pm
Tue October 9, 2012

Instead Of Surgery, Man Pedals Off The Pounds

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Ernest Gagnon weighed 570 pounds before he decided to lose weight by taking up cyclocross racing. Forgoing surgery, Gagnon lost more than 200 pounds and recently competed in his first cyclocross race.
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Ernest Gagnon competes in his first cyclocross race, the Midnight Ride of Cyclocross, on Sept. 26, in Lancaster, Mass.
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Originally published on Tue October 9, 2012 10:02 pm

A lot of Americans are struggling to lose a whole lot of weight, and they try all kinds of crazy things.

Ernest Gagnon — a man from Billerica, Mass. — decided to shed pounds by getting into the often intense, high-adrenaline sport of cyclocross: racing road bikes on obstacle courses.

Two years ago, Gagnon tipped the scales at 570 pounds. He was depressed and embarrassed to leave the house.

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World Cafe
3:21 pm
Tue October 9, 2012

Field Report On World Cafe

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Field Report.
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Field Report founder and frontman Chris Porterfield assumed his music career was over after he left the Wisconsin band DeYarmond Edison, which also featured Justin Vernon of Bon Iver and several current members of Megafaun. Following the band's 2006 breakup, Porterfield started writing music for the first time, taking years to hone his skills.

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