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The Two-Way
2:53 pm
Mon August 13, 2012

Helen Gurley Brown, Legendary Cosmo Editor, Is Dead

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Helen Gurley Brown, editor of Cosmopolitan magazine, poses in her office in New York September 1985.
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By Eyder Peralta

The longtime and legendary editor of Cosmopolitan Magazine Helen Gurley Brown died today. The Hearst Corporation, which published Cosmopolitan, announced her death in a press release, according to the Albany Times-Union.

She was 90.

NPR's Selena Simmons-Duffin filed this remembrance for our Newscast unit:

"Brown made her name by writing frankly about women and sex when that was truly a rare thing.

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Music Reviews
2:47 pm
Mon August 13, 2012

Debo Band: Ethiopian Funk, Reinvented

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The debut album from Boston group Debo Band honors and updates the sound of "swinging Addis."
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Originally published on Mon August 13, 2012 5:09 pm

Boston's Debo Band takes inspiration from a golden era of popular music in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, in the late '60s and early '70s. During a brief period of cultural freedom in Ethiopia, funk and soul music fused spectacularly with local traditions. Debo Band's debut album both honors and updates the sound of "swinging Addis."

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The Salt
2:40 pm
Mon August 13, 2012

From A British King To Rock 'N Roll: The Slippery History Of Eel Pie Island

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F. Cooke's, one of the few remaining places to get eel pie in London.
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Anjelica Huston as a teen, hanging out at the club on Eel Pie Island in the 1960s.
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At F. Cooke's Pie and Mash Shop, Robert Cooke still uses the same pans his father cooked in.
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A little band called the Rolling Stones used to play at Eel Pie Island, an eclectic London teen scene in the 1960s.
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A modern map of Eel Pie Island, showing where famous buildings once stood, rendered in an old-timey style by calligrapher Catherine Horton.
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Teens dance at the club on Eel Pie Island in the 1960s.
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A sign on the wall at F. Cooke's shop in London.
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George Kelly of G. Kelly Pie and Mash Shop holds an eel in this undated photo on the wall at F. Cooke's.
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A collection of Eel Pie Island "passports."
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Teens dance at the club on Eel Pie Island in the 1960s.
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F. Cooke's is one of the few remaining shops where you can buy eel pie in London.
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Originally published on Mon October 15, 2012 9:59 am

We were in London, searching for Hidden Kitchen stories, when we came upon an Eel Pie & Mash shop. It was full of old white marble tables, tile walls, pots of stewed and jellied eels, and piles of pies. These shops are now a dying breed, along with the eels they serve. Our search for the source of these vanishing eels led us to southwest London — to Eel Pie Island, a tiny slice of land with a flamboyant history that stretches from Henry the VIII to the Rolling Stones.

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The Torch
2:33 pm
Mon August 13, 2012

Winners And Losers From London's Summer Olympics, 'The Crying Games'

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Sir Chris Hoy of Great Britain cries as he celebrates winning the men's keirin track cycling final. In shedding Olympic tears, Hoy was far from alone in Britain.
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The London 2012 Olympics were billed as the Social Games, with Twitter, Facebook and other services making it an immersive experience. But it might be remembered as "The Crying Games," for the swelling of emotions many Britons experienced. We run down some of the Olympics' winners and losers:

The Losers

The Stiff Upper Lip

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Participation Nation
2:22 pm
Mon August 13, 2012

Gardening For Good In Pompano, Fla.

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Originally published on Tue August 14, 2012 11:38 am

When chef Trina Spillman — trained at Le Cordon Bleu — discovered that more than one-third of the children in Broward County didn't know where their next meal was coming from, she was shocked. So she took action.

Through her Need to Feed Gardening Initiative, Trina has planted community gardens, opened a community cafe and donated fresh produce to local food pantries. She holds Summer Hat Luncheons.

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