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Planet Money
11:54 am
Tue March 6, 2012

Baseball Teams Are Acting Like Airlines

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Starting this year, prices for bleacher seats at Wrigley will rise and fall based on demand.
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By Jacob Goldstein

Originally published on Tue March 6, 2012 7:17 am

Baseball teams are finally doing what airlines have been doing for decades: changing ticket prices on the fly, based on demand.

At ballparks around the country this year, ticket prices will fall when rain is in the forecast and rise when a superstar comes to town.

From an economic standpoint, the only question is why they didn't do it sooner. Why not sell seats on the cheap if they'd sit empty otherwise? Why not charge a premium for sellouts?

For a long time, changing prices according to changes in demand just felt wrong; it was what scalpers did.

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Opinion
11:53 am
Tue March 6, 2012

Weekly Standard: Our Town Meetings

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Steve Carlton speaks during a debate to vote on a resolution calling for the possible impeachment of U.S. President George W. Bush March 25, 2006 at a town meeting in Brattleboro, Vermont. Vermont's town meetings are one example American democracy.
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By Geoffrey Norman

Originally published on Tue March 6, 2012 7:11 am

Geoffrey Norman edits the website VermontTiger.com.

Today, the first Tuesday in March, is town meeting day in Vermont, as it has been for more than a century. Town meeting was a tradition in Vermont before there was any officially designated town meeting day. Town meeting was part of Vermont before Vermont was part of the Union.

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Life in Berlin
11:53 am
Tue March 6, 2012

In Berlin, Revolutionaries Of Sound Meet At MaerzMusik

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Avant-garde veteran La Monte Young will be performing at Villa Elisabeth on Invalidenstrasse for this year's MaerzMusik.
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By Anouschka Pearlman

Originally published on Tue March 6, 2012 8:23 am

The Haus der Berliner Festspiele is brimming with activity as staff prepare for one of the world's largest avant-garde music festivals, MaerzMusik, which begins this Saturday and continues for two weeks.

Matthias Osterwold, the Artistic Director, says MaerzMusik is unique in bringing cutting edge music to the general public.

"Many of the things we present are somehow new, so they can't be based on conventional patterns of perception."

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Theater
11:53 am
Tue March 6, 2012

In 'Shatner's World,' Stories About Acting, Loss, Life

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In his solo show, Shatner shares stories about his childhood, his father, and his lengthy acting career.
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William Shatner, whose last Broadway appearances were more than 40 years ago, has returned to the stage with an anecdotal, autobiographical evening.
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Originally published on Wed March 7, 2012 8:32 am

William Shatner has played an attorney, a starship captain, an alien and a Roman tax collector, among many other roles. Over the past half-century, the Canadian actor has performed on television, in commercials, in movies and on Broadway — and penned several novels.

He recently returned to Broadway for the first time in over 40 years with a new solo show, Shatner's World: We Just Live In It. In the 90-minute performance, Shatner talks about his childhood growing up in Montreal and reflects on his many acting roles with an assortment of photos and video clips.

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Blog Of The Nation
11:52 am
Tue March 6, 2012

March 6th: What's On Today's Show

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In this Jan. 13, 2009 file photo, conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh talks with guests in the East Room of the White House in Washington.
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Originally published on Tue March 6, 2012 10:05 am

Is Containment An Option For Iran?

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