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Tuesday

Technology

Dungeons & Dragons Makes Online Debut

Dungeons & Dragons Online: Stormreach is released Tuesday, reportedly incorporating many of the things that made Dungeons & Dragons attractive in the decades before computer games.

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Katrina & Beyond

Carnival Culture from Around the World on Display

The Museum of International Folk Art has compiled an audio-visual history of carnival celebrations around the world: their pageantry, history, and a glimpse of the future.

Carnival Culture from Around the World on Display

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National

Culture Destroyed by 1815 Volcano Rediscovered

The explosion in 1815 of Indonesia's Mount Tambora was one of Earth's largest volcanic eruptions. It buried a tiny kingdom under billions of tons of ash and rock. Little by little, pieces of the village have surfaced.

Culture Destroyed by 1815 Volcano Rediscovered

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Six Months After Katrina

New Orleans Artists Return to an Altered City

After Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans theaters were shuttered, jazz clubs went silent and museums and galleries were locked up. The city's artists scattered across the country. They are starting to return but are finding that making art in New Orleans is a different experience.

New Orleans Artists Return to an Altered City

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Monday

Movies

'Tsotsi' Tells a Tale of New Africa on Film

Fresh Air

A hardened young South African gang leader steals a woman's car -– then finds out her baby is in the back seat. So starts the South African film Tsotsi, which is up for an Academy Award for best foreign film.

'Tsotsi' Tells a Tale of New Africa on Film

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Technology

If a Library Is Bookless, What's In It?

The "Bookless Library." Is it a contradiction in terms, or a sign of the times? Information technology changes as soon we think we understand it. And libraries are struggling to keep up -- and redefine their role. A range of approaches are meant to help design a library for the 21st century.

If a Library Is Bookless, What's In It?

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Katrina & Beyond

Marching Band Represents New Orleans in Parades

High school marching bands have always played their part in New Orleans Mardi Gras parades. But with most city high schools closed, there are few local students marching this carnival season. One exception is the the MAX School's band.

Marching Band Represents New Orleans in Parades

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Sunday

78th Annual Academy Awards

Oscar-Nominated Scores: 'Munich,' 'Brokeback'

Movie music buff Andy Trudeau continues his series on Oscar-nominated film scores. In this edition: Munich, composed by John Williams, and Brokeback Mountain, composed by Gustavo Santaolalla.

Oscar-Nominated Scores: 'Munich,' 'Brokeback'

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Katrina & Beyond

Revitalizing 'Second Line' Parades in New Orleans

Most people are familiar with the Mardi Gras parades in New Orleans, but the city also has a year-round tradition of "second line" parades. Eve Troeh reports on efforts to revitalize the second line parades, and the social aid and pleasure clubs that sponsor them.

Revitalizing 'Second Line' Parades in New Orleans

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Saturday

Obituaries

Don Knotts, TV's 'Barney Fife,' Dies at 81

Don Knotts, the skinny, lovable nerd who kept generations of television audiences laughing as bumbling Deputy Barney Fife on The Andy Griffith Show, dies at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Beverly Hills.

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