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The economy grew by 4.1 percent in the third quarter of the year, significantly higher than the earlier projection of 3.6 percent. The upward revision comes mostly thanks to stronger consumer spending, and it's the strongest showing in almost two years.

Mark Mulcahy was the singer for the New Haven, Connecticut-based band Miracle Legion, active in the 1980s to mid-1990s. The band split up awhile ago but…

His profile said he was "one of a kind," "the most eligible bachelor in the world," "6 feet tall" and, finally, 5,000 pounds.

MASS MoCA opens its newly renovated Building 6 this Sunday, giving the North Adams Campus – catch this - more gallery space than any other contemporary…

There are nearly 6,500 troops and support staff deployed to Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands as part of the government's relief response to Maria.

San Francisco standup comic and performance artist MARGA GOMEZ. In "Memory Tricks," Gomez talks about her mother, who worked as an exotic dancer. Her mother now suffers from Alzheimer's disease. (Rebroadcast. Originally aired 4/15/93.) GOMEZ is currently performing "Memory Tricks" at the Edinburgh Festival in Scotland. She take the show to Marin, California (Nov. 5 & 6) and to Eugene, Oregon (Nov. 11 & 12).

2: Literary Spy Master, JOHN LE CARRE (pronounced "Luh Karay"). An author at the pinnacle of the espionage genre, LE CARRE has written such classics as "Smiley's People", "Tinker Tailor, Soldier, Spy", and "The Russia House". LE CARRE has shifted his gaze to the Gulf War and international arms dealers in his new novel "The Night Manager" (Alfred A. Knopf). (Rebroadcast from 6.25.93).

Singer, Songwriter, guitarist FREEDY JOHNSTON. (yes, it's "Freedy") He has five albums to his credit. His latest album is called "This Perfect World." His previous albums have garnered him much acclaim among music critics. One critic wrote, "the strongest album by a new male singer-songwriter in at least a decade." What's he sound like? His songs have been described as "post-punk honky-tonk. . . performed by a lonely, heartbroken wiseass." (Rebroadcast. Originally aired 6/

Jazz singer/songwriter, ABBY LINCOLN. Her new record is "Devil's Got Your Tounge" (Verve). Once married to legendary jazz drummer Max Roach, she's made her mark on jazz for almost 40 years, singing with giants like Benny Carter, Sonny Rollins and Coleman Hawkins. Lincoln has been hailed by one critic as the "Last Great Diva", and says herself that she sings in the tradition of Sarah Vaughan, Bessie Smith and Billie Holiday. (Rebroadcast from 6

35 years ago - the then 6 year old Ruby Bridges went to her first day of public school - only to be met by a mob of whites who didn't want a little black girl coming to their school. But, despite rigorous protests, Louisiana schools were under court order to integrate and so Ruby Bridges, escorted by federal marshalls, continued first grade at the Frantz School in New Orleans all by herself. The only other person Ruby saw througout most of her first year was her teacher - Barbara Henry. Daniel talks with Ruby Bridges-Hall and Barbara Henry about their recollections of those historic, precedent setting times.