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Reporter's Notebook
2:29 am
Tue August 14, 2012

Through Thick And Thin, Simmons Still 'Sweatin'

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Fitness advocate Richard Simmons, wearing his signature shorts and tank top, leads Capitol Hill staff and visitors through an exercise routine July 24, 2008, in Washington, D.C.
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Originally published on Tue August 14, 2012 4:20 pm

NPR producer Sam Sanders headed to Beverly Hills, Calif., recently to see longtime fitness guru Richard Simmons in action and find out how he has been at it so long. He sent this reporter's notebook of his encounter with the man who's been helping people lose weight for nearly 40 years.

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Monkey See
4:00 pm
Mon August 13, 2012

Ten Fall Shows That Need More Sharks

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Originally published on Mon August 13, 2012 5:32 pm

I'm sure you've already noticed — from the parades, the fact that your mail hasn't been arriving, and the way everyone gets the week off of work — but this is Shark Week, when the Discovery Channel generates a week of shark-themed programming. (Tonight: Sharkzilla, which is, surprisingly enough, not a SyFy movie, and the Mythbusters shark special.) (Trivia: Did you know the decorative shark that is traditionally displayed on or near Discovery's Silver Spring, Md. headquarters to celebrate this special week is named "Chompy"?

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Wait Wait ... Don't Tell Me!
4:00 pm
Mon August 13, 2012

Sandwich Monday: Bacon S'Mores

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Bacon s'mores.
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S'mores are always a challenge.
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Ian always uses a "safety hand" to prevent any unnecessary sandwich loss.
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Pre-meltation phase.
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A recipe for bacon s'mores has been making its way around the Internet today, prompting many people to wonder how they hadn't thought of it before. It was probably like this when a caveman first figured out the wheel and put something about it on his blog.

Robert: I feel really sorry for the pig who was excited about being invited to a campfire.

Ian: He's like "wait ... you're putting s'me in them?"

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Remembrances
3:38 pm
Mon August 13, 2012

'Cosmo' Editor Helen Gurley Brown Dies At 90

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When Helen Gurley Brown took the reins at Cosmo in 1965, it was a foundering monthly known for fiction. She remained at the helm for more than 30 years. Here, Brown poses at her office in New York in September 1985.
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Brown holds the last copy of Cosmo she edited, in January 1997.
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Originally published on Tue August 14, 2012 4:22 pm

Helen Gurley Brown, the longtime editor of Cosmopolitan magazine, died Monday in New York at age 90.

If Cosmo was her biggest legacy, it was her 1962 best-seller, Sex and the Single Girl, that launched her to fame. She was 40, with a high-paying job in advertising and a recent marriage to Hollywood producer David Brown.

But she was writing for the single girls, not her privileged peers, says Jennifer Scanlon, author of a Brown biography called Bad Girls Go Everywhere.

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PG-13: Risky Reads
3:03 pm
Mon August 13, 2012

Wicked And Delicious: Devouring Roald Dahl

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D.W. Gibson's film credits include the documentaries The Hate Network and Inside Alcoholics Anonymous.
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Originally published on Mon August 13, 2012 5:09 pm

D.W. Gibson is the author of Not Working: People Talk About Losing a Job and Finding Their Way in Today's Changing Economy.

The bright white Heritage Park library opened up a mile from my house when I was 13, and the first thing I checked out was Roald Dahl's story collection Someone Like You. I should have known what I was in for because of that giant eyeball on the cover; but somehow I saw it as more of a temptation than a warning.

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