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Haunted Harmonies On The xx's 'Coexist'

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The xx's new album, Coexist, comes out Sept. 11.

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Originally published on Fri September 14, 2012 3:50 pm

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12:37 pm

Fri September 14, 2012

Even If You're All-Powerful, It's Hard To Fix The Economy

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This guy lives in a computer. Can you get him a job?

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By David Kestenbaum

Originally published on Tue September 18, 2012 12:43 pm

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The world inside Mark Zandi's computer model feels pretty familiar. It's full of people who are worried about the economy. Their homes are being foreclosed on. They're paying more for gas. Something like 13 million of them can't find jobs.

5:53 pm

Thu September 13, 2012

A Little Patience, A Lot Of Salt Are Keys To A Lost Pickle Recipe

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There's more than one way to make a pickle.

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Originally published on Tue September 18, 2012 12:45 pm

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Here's a new mantra you might consider adding to your list of daily kitchen chants: "It takes patience to perpetuate pickles."

2:37 pm

Thu September 13, 2012

Teacher Evaluation Dispute Echoes Beyond Chicago

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One of the primary disputes in the Chicago Public Schools teachers' strike is over Mayor Rahm Emanuel's proposal to link teacher pay to student performance.

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Originally published on Thu September 13, 2012 9:19 pm

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One of the primary issues at the heart of the the Chicago teachers' strike is whether student test scores should be used to evaluate teachers and determine their pay. Mayor Rahm Emanuel is pushing that approach, as are other officials around the nation.

But many teachers insist that it's inherently unfair to grade their teaching based on their students' learning.

2:15 pm

Thu September 13, 2012

ZZ Top: Taking The Blues Back To The Future

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ZZ Top's new album, La Futura, is its first in nine years.

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Originally published on Thu September 13, 2012 9:19 pm

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Over the years, ZZ Top has stayed contemporary: dabbling in new wave, flirting with grunge and techno, making goofy music videos, even using a drum machine. But the band has never strayed too far from its classic amalgam of electric blues, garage rock and greasy grooves. On their new album, La Futura, the members sound like their old selves.

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