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Environment
10:46 am
Mon August 13, 2012

Feds Conclude Probe Of Polar Bear Scientists

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A polar bear on fresh ice in the Hudson Bay in November 2007.
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Originally published on Mon August 13, 2012 11:46 am

A federal investigation into two researchers who wrote a famous report on drowned polar bears is finally over, according to their lawyer.

But the scientists still haven't been allowed to see a copy of the investigation report or its conclusions, says attorney Jeff Ruch of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility.

Critics have charged that the two-year investigation was a witch hunt into researchers whose work had political implications.

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Classics in Concert
10:40 am
Mon August 13, 2012

Tanglewood At 75: A Gala Concert

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Yo-Yo Ma offered a graciously warm performance of Tchaikovsky's Andante Cantabile for cello and strings with student musicians.
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Violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter gave a vigorous reading of one of the showiest works in the repertoire: Sarasate's Carmen Fantasy, which she played with the student artists of the Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra.
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Nelsons led a sharp and colorful performance of Ravel's La Valse, the composer's pungent commentary on the Viennese waltz and the society from which it came.
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Emanuel Ax, a longtime friend of Tanglewood, teamed up with the young musicians of the Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra and conductor Stefan Asbury in two movements from Haydn's Piano Concerto No. 11 in D Major.
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James Taylor, who has made summertime performances at Tanglewood one of his staples in recent years, sang three standards with the Boston Pops and conductor John Williams.
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Yo-Yo Ma offered a gracious and warm performance of Tchaikovsky's Andante Cantabile for cello and strings with the Tanglewood fellows.
Credit Hilary Scott / courtesy of the Boston Symphony Orchestra
On this evening, 33-year-old Latvian conductor Andris Nelsons made his Tanglewood debut; within the classical music business, many are talking about Nelsons as a prime contender to succeed James Levine as the BSO's music director.
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Originally published on Tue August 14, 2012 12:48 pm

PROGRAM:

  • Copland, Fanfare for the Common Man

  • Bernstein, Three Dances from On the Town

  • "Over the Rainbow," "Shall We Dance" and "Old Man River" (with James Taylor)

  • Tchaikovsky, Andante cantabile for cello and strings (with Yo-Yo Ma)

  • Sarasate, Carmen Fantasy (with Anne-Sophie Mutter)

  • Two movements from Haydn's Piano Concerto No. 11 in D Major (with Emanuel Ax)

  • Ravel, La valse

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The Two-Way
10:04 am
Mon August 13, 2012

Key Test Tuesday For Hypersonic Flight

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An artist's rendition of an X-51A WaveRider (in white) attached to the wing of a B-52.
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The Two-Way
8:37 am
Mon August 13, 2012

VIDEOS: Another Dust Storm Blankets Phoenix

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That's a wall of dirt and dust rolling over Phoenix on Saturday. (Screen grab from video posted on YouTube.)
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The Two-Way
7:58 am
Mon August 13, 2012

Top Stories: Campaign Enters New Phase; 'Coup' In Egypt

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Good morning.

Our early headlines:

-- It's Deja Vu All Over Again: Campaign's Focus Returns To Iowa.

-- In Egypt, Talk Of Coups And Counter-Coups.

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