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Aha Moment: Whitney Houston and Shara Worden

Arts, Culture & Media

Shara Worden grew up singing Bach and other religious music. But hearing Whitney Houston on the radio changed her direction — and gave her the courage to make music of her own.

Aha Moment: Whitney Houston and Shara Worden

Arts, Culture & Media

Peru government urges couples to wed, makes it easier with mass ceremonies

Development & Education

Lima Officials Urging Marriage, Many Getting Hitched at Mass Ceremonies

Global Politics

U.K.’s hot new singer Jessie Ware debuts new album in the U.S.

Arts, Culture & Media

Sparkle the only shiner among this weekend’s new releases, critics say

Arts, Culture & Media

Sparkle, ParaNorman, Expendables 2 and The Odd Life of Timothy Green will all debut in movie theaters this weekend. Of the four, movie critics Kristen Meinzer and Rafer Guzman agree Sparkle is the one you want to watch.

The Surprising History of an American Anthem

In 1918 Irving Berlin composed a show tune called “God Bless America.” But he never would have imagined that his would eventually rise to the status of a nationally known patriotic anthem. Written right after World War I and laying dormant for decades, this late-blooming but iconic American tune has endured largely in part to […]

Live in-Studio: Jessie Ware

South London is like the Brooklyn of Britain. In the past few years, that part of town has churned out pop stars like Adele, Florence Welch (who made a big splash with Lungs), and now Jessie Ware, whose album Devotion finally comes out in the United States this week after great success in the UK. […]

Top of the Hour: Robert Bales Charged with 17 Counts of Murder; Morning Headlines

Army Staff Sergeant Robert Bales will be formally charged today with 17 counts of murder in connection with a nighttime attack earlier this month on Afghan civilians. In other headlines, a Florida special prosecutor is taking over the state’s investigation into the killing of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, counter-terrorism officials can now retain information about U.S. […]

Follow Friday: GOP, Linsanity, Whitney Houston

The Jeremy Lin story only gets more amazing this week, as the most unlikely sports hero of the past decade. Also this week, the tragedy of Whitney Houston. Michigan becomes the next battleground in the GOP primary. We look back at this week’s stories with our panel.  Ron Christie is a Takeaway contributor and Republican political […]