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It's hard to believe a sound so country and Americana is coming out of Ontario — NPR's Scott Simon speaks with singer Lindi Ortega about her new album, Faded Gloryville.

He was with the Boston Symphony for 50 years, and his name was also stamped on the sticks of drummers from Buddy Rich to Charlie Watts to Questlove. Firth died Sunday at age 85.

Spielberg's Equestrian Epic Arrives for Christmas

USS Reagan, Navy Continue to Provide Aid to Japan (VIDEO)

The hero of The Dice Man decides to live his life by chance; murder, adultery and an escape from a mental hospital ensue. Novelist Sheila Heti explains how at age 13 she also began living by the die. Has a book ever changed the way you live your life? Tell us in the comments.

Teen Says It's Style Over Substance

Fried chicken is a racially fraught food. But for African-American women in Gordonsville, Va., the dish became a route to financial independence after the Civil War.

This week federal investigators are preparing to hold hearings into the cause of the fatal blast in San Bruno, Calif., last September. Preliminary reports from federal investigators cast blame on defective welds in a 60-year-old pipeline.

Phil Mickelson may have more explaining to do after a report named him as the bettor whose $2.75 million led a former handicapper to plead guilty to three federal counts of money laundering. Mickelson lives in Rancho Santa Fe.