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John Powers, Fresh Air critic at large, weighs in on the trends of 2007: political campaigns, Iraq movies failing at the box office, HBO's The Sopranos, stories about hitting the road, the TMZing of America, jocks gone wild, hip sentimentality, the nightly ideological news, atheist chic and the writers strike.

Josh Bailey tallied in the fourth shootout round and Mathew Barzal notched his 17th goal of the season as the Islanders outlasting the Devils, 2-1. Thomas…

In the NBA, the Brooklyn Nets defeated the Knicks, 110-98, and the Celtics topped the Bulls, 117-94.

The Boston Bruins were able to win the latest marathon hockey game in Toronto. Patrice Bergeron scored early in double-overtime to give the Bruins a 4-3…

Robert Siegel sits down with a group of students from Tel Aviv University for a conversation about their expectations for the future. The students are politically divided, but they agree that their main concern, even more than security, is the Israeli economy.

There’s a veritable explosion of performing and visual arts in our region this weekend. Here’s only a sampling of what’s out there.While the Miami City…

In the liner notes to his 2012 trio album Accelerando, the pianist and composer Vijay Iyer wrote: "[T]his album is in the lineage of American creative music based on dance rhythms." Dancing in rhythm and exemplifying creativity, here are 10 records which belong to that great lineage.

Paige Bueckers scored 20 points and Aaliyah Edwards added 19 to help No. 1 seed UConn beat eighth-seeded Syracuse 83-47 and advance to the Sweet 16 of the…

In baseball news, the Yankees topped the Athletics, 9-5, and the Blue Jays bested the Red Sox, 7-2.

West Virginia will soon hold its annual Liars Contest. Last year, college professor Adam Booth won. He's been a contender five times according to West Virginia Public Broadcasting.