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The Salt
11:03 am
Fri September 14, 2012

Love To Hate Cilantro? It's In Your Genes And Maybe, In Your Head

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The very sight of this lacy, green herb can cause some people to scream. The great cilantro debate heats up as scientists start pinpointing cilantrophobe genes.
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Originally published on Tue September 18, 2012 1:45 pm

There's no question that cilantro is a polarizing herb. Some of us heap it onto salsas and soups with gusto while others avoid cilantro because it smells like soap and tastes like crushed bugs.

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Faith Matters
11:03 am
Fri September 14, 2012

What Does It Mean To Be A Jew?

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Originally published on Fri September 14, 2012 4:23 pm

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MICHEL MARTIN, HOST:

And now, we turn to Faith Matters. That's the part of the program where we talk about matters of faith, religion and spirituality. This Sunday night marks the start of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, and the beginning of what are known as the High Holy Days, for observance used, the most spiritually profound time of year.

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Photography
7:53 am
Fri September 14, 2012

Lost And Found: The Colorful Story Of Charles Cushman

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Charles W. Cushman gazes across the Grand Canyon in Arizona, November 1939
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In the 1990s, a photo historian made a wonderful discovery: In a trove of boxes headed for the trash was a view of American history like he'd never seen it. That is, America in color, as early as 1938.

Movie Reviews
5:25 pm
Thu September 13, 2012

For Ex-Con 'Francine,' A Rocky Attempt At Rebirth

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Former inmate Francine (Melissa Leo) struggles with her newfound freedom.
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Francine tries to establish a meaningful relationship with Ned (Keith Leonard), but eventually her focus narrows to her home and her pets.
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Originally published on Fri September 14, 2012 6:55 am

The opening moments of Francine find Melissa Leo, playing the title role, standing naked, wet and blankly confused in a prison shower. She's on the verge of release after an unspecified crime and an unspecified period of incarceration, and the visual metaphor is an obvious one: a woman in middle age experiencing rebirth, coming into her new world in much the same way she entered at the start.

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Movie Reviews
5:08 pm
Thu September 13, 2012

'Stolen': What's Been Taken Is Mostly The Plot

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Will (Nicolas Cage) is a former thief who must race to find his daughter before a onetime partner kills her in Stolen.
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Vincent (Josh Lucas) kidnaps his former crime partner's daughter, Alison (Sami Gayle), holds her in the trunk of a taxi and demands a multimillion-dollar ransom in Stolen.
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Originally published on Thu September 13, 2012 6:23 pm

Stolen is very different from Pierre Morel's 2008 exploitation megahit Taken: There are six letters in its title, not five. It's set in New Orleans, not Europe. And it stars Nicolas Cage, not Liam Neeson. So any resemblance between these two films about fathers who'll stop at nothing to get their kidnapped offspring back is purely coincidental.

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