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AIDS-Stricken Mother Wages War Against HIV When Catherine Wyatt-Morley tested positive for HIV, she was told she had six years to live. Nearly two decades later, the mother of three is still alive, still fighting AIDS and finding strength in helping
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A roadside bomb has killed another Australian soldier in Afghanistan. The soldier, who hasn't been named, was on foot patrol with Afghan troops when the bomb exploded. Prime Minister Julia Gillard has sent her condolences to his family. He's the eigh
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Sixty-five people have died in the Christchurch earthquake, but that number is expected to rise. More than 100 remain trapped in the rubble of the shattered city; hundreds of others are homeless; and many of them spent a cold and rainy night in makes
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AA: I'm Avi Arditti with Rosanne Skirble, and this week on WORDMASTER: a collection of life stories told in just six words. RS: But first, we have a report on a linguist in Virginia who collects accents from across America, and across the world, and
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One of the world's most popular romantic novels, first published in 1847, has been made into more than 25 feature films and television adaptations. The latest to take on the Charlotte Bronte classicJane Eyre is American director Cary Joji Fukunaga wi
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One-Time Slave Pen Now a Museum About Horrors of Slavery ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA The award-winning movie 12 Years a Slave is based on the memoir of Solomon Northrup, a free black man from New York who was kidnapped in Washington in 1841. It is also the
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LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST: Who do we become when we lose a parent? That transformation is at the heart of Zinzi Clemmons' novel What We Lose. The central character, Thandi, grapples with the loss of her mother to cancer, a woman she revered but often
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Tiffany Haddish: 'I Know What I'm Supposed To Do Here On This Earth' DAVID GREENE, HOST: And our next guest - well, this is how she introduces herself in her new memoir. TIFFANY HADDISH: Hello, my name is Tiffany Haddish. I would like to invite you t
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AILSA CHANG, HOST: If you are still looking for gifts for your family and friends, how about a book? Remember those? I have asked WEEKEND EDITION books editor Barrie Hardymon to think about her favorite books from the past year that will make great g
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SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Debbie Reynolds died this week at the age of 84, just after suffering maybe the greatest pain a mother can have - the death of her daughter, Carrie Fisher, who was 60. We spoke with Ms. Reynolds in 2013 about her memoir of more tha
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KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: Gregor Hens does not smoke anymore. He reminds us of that fact many times in his memoir Nicotine. It's kind of like the more times he says it, the more true it becomes. Hens joined me from the BBC in Berlin. And he said he starte
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SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Christine Hyung-Oak Lee woke up with a hell of a headache for New Year's Eve in 2006. She was 33, and within a day, her world had turned upside down. At least, that's how it truly looked to her. She could hold things in her mind fo
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DAVID GREENE, HOST: And we are sad to report this morning that the actor Sir Roger Moore has died at the age of 89. Roger Moore played the role of James Bond between 1973 and 1985. He was knighted in his home country of England in 2003. Reporter Jack
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AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: A chat room for bird lovers, a summit on genocide, a superstore with an abandoned baby - these are the settings for just a few of the short stories in A.M. Homes' new collection, her first in more than 15 years. It's called Days
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KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: Before I talk to Eddie Izzard about his new book, Believe Me: A Memoir Of Love, Death And Jazz Chickens, I think we need to hear about the jazz chickens. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) EDDIE IZZARD: Cows go roo (ph). Sheep go
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MELISSA BLOCK, HOST: Gerda Saunders knew something was wrong. She kept getting confused, losing her place in lessons at the University of Utah where she taught. And then, just before she turned 61, Gerda Saunders was given a diagnosis. She has early
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ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Parker Posey is not the kind of movie star who seems distant and unapproachable. Instead, people shout her most famous lines at her when they pass her on the street. PARKER POSEY: I've gotten air raid for, you know, 25 years. (SOUN
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SCOTT SIMON, HOST: Jeffrey Tambor is a star at an age which a lot of other stars have already burned out. He's been a professional working actor since the early '70s. He's done Shakespeare and Avis commercials, Hollywood Squares and La Cage Aux Folle
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Topics: American Presidents - Ulysses S. Grant; James Beard and the James Beard Foundation Awards; limit versus border versus confine; sound; life-affirming Words: particularly civilian to surrender Reconstruction amnesty to mar to annex destitute me
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Dear Annie: I'm a 15-year-old girl, and my friend Kendall has stolen a ring from me. I've known Kendall for a couple of years, and recently we've become best friends. I invited her over to my house and showed her the ring, and she really liked it. Th
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