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Chris Thile's First Musical Memory

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Chris Thile says he was only a year old when he first heard "The Girl from Ipanema."

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Originally published on Wed June 27, 2012 7:54 pm

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It's clear Chris Thile has an ear for music: The 31-year-old mandolinist, best known for his bands Nickel Creek and Punch Brothers, has been playing music his entire life.

1:01 pm

Wed June 27, 2012

What Clementines Can Teach Surgeons

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The clementine on the left was operated on by a skilled surgeon. A nonsurgeon operated on the other one.

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Originally published on Wed June 27, 2012 4:20 pm

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Clementines and pelvic anatomy are two things you probably wouldn't ever talk about in the same sentence, unless you're Pamela Andreatta.

Andreatta, a medical educator at the University of Michigan Medical School, knows all about how people learn. And lately, she's been spending a lot of time scrutinizing how residents are taught to do minimally invasive surgery.

7:06 pm

Tue June 26, 2012

Nora Ephron, Filmmaker, Is Dead at 71

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Originally published on Tue June 26, 2012 7:41 pm

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MELISSA BLOCK, HOST:

The writer Nora Ephron has died. Over the course of six decades, she chronicled the lives of women in newsprint, in books, on the stage and on screen. She was 71 years old, and died of complications from a blood disorder. She's best known for romantic comedies such as "Sleepless in Seattle" and "When Harry Met Sally," but she also brought to the big screen Karen Silkwood and Julia Child.

5:18 pm

Tue June 26, 2012

BCS Presidents Approve Four-Team College Football Playoff

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Originally published on Tue June 26, 2012 7:06 pm

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MELISSA BLOCK, HOST:

At long last, big-time college football has a playoff, if you want to call four teams a playoff. Today, a committee of university presidents agreed to a system that replaces the current Bowl Championship Series beginning in 2014.

NPR's sports correspondent Tom Goldman joins me now. And, Tom, this is something that college football fans have wanted for years. President Obama has said he wants this championship game. What do you know about the deal?

3:22 pm

Tue June 26, 2012

Ready, Set, Sail: America's Cup Back In Rhode Island

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The Oracle Racing AC45 catamarans practice in the San Francisco Bay in February. The AC45 is a smaller version of the AC72, which teams will race in next year's America's Cup Finals in 2013.

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The Oracle Racing AC45 catamaran skipped by James Spithill competes in the America's Cup World Series in Cascais, Portugal in August 2011. The Oracle Team USA sailors are also competing in the final leg of this year's regatta in Newport, R.I.

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Originally published on Tue June 26, 2012 7:06 pm

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An America's Cup sailing event is being held to Newport, R.I., for the first time in 29 years. Sailors began arriving in Newport last week for the final leg of the America's Cup World Series regatta, which has been held at stops all across the world to gin up excitement for the official America's Cup next year in San Francisco.

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