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Ronen Bergman says that while Israel's shootings, poisonings, bombings and drone strikes against its perceived enemies were "tactical successes," they were also diplomatically harmful.

Celeste Saul of Dunlap is central Illinois' first female Eagle Scout.

Monica Lewis, a singer and actress who was best known as the voice of a popular series of animated commercials for Chiquita bananas, died Friday at 93.

Host Scott Simon talks with Lee Dassler, Director of the McLaughlin Garden in South Paris, Maine. Friends of the Garden misplaced their clothes to be photographed in the nude for a 2003 calendar titled "Altogether for the Garden." Proceeds from the calendar sales are paying down the Garden's debt.

Pianist and singer Vienna Teng recorded most of her debut full-length CD, Waking Hour, while studying computer science at Stanford University. After graduating in 2000, Teng took a job as a computer engineer, but quit this past spring to perform her music around the country. NPR's Liane Hansen talks with Teng about her music.

Writer John McWhorter says that what's gone wrong in black America demands rethinking. He suggests that black leaders excuse problems like crime and poverty, instead of solving them.

A Delaware judge has ruled that an edgy set of anti-smoking ads aimed at young people does not cross the line of vilifying tobacco companies or their employees. A Lorillard Tobacco Co. official said the company would appeal the ruling.

Scientists in Monterey Bay, Calif., found a seldom-seen species of dragonfish swimming nearly 1,000 feet below the ocean's surface.

Musician and actor Seu Jorge's songs are much like his native Rio de Janeiro — lyrical and soaring at times, but with a hint of hoarse sadness... His new CD, Cru ("raw" in Portuguese) captures the spirit of the slums with stripped-down arrangements and surprising sonic touches.

Startling as it may seem to outsiders, the housing market in New Orleans is alive. The city's biggest residential brokerage firm reports that signed contracts on properties are up compared to last year at the same time.