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New Bern, NC (2009-09-07) Best selling New Bern author Nicholas Sparks hopes for a ninth New York Times #1 fiction bestseller with his new release "The Last Song."

Haven - Eliza Lynn

New Bern, NC (2009-08-13) Conversation and music with Asheville musician Eliza Lynn... her new CD "Haven" was just released.

The Girls Come Marching Home - Kirsten Holmstedt

New Bern, NC (2009-07-23) The Wilmington author pens a follow-up to her "Band of Sisters" which explored the roles women were playing in America's wars. Her new book "The Girls Come Marching Home" tells their stories after multiple tours overseas.

Scattered Ashes - Scott Nicholson

New Bern, NC (2009-05-28) "Scattered Ashes" collects ten years worth of short stories by the Boone-based horror writer Scott Nicholson.

First international CD release by the North Carolina Symphony

New Bern, NC (2009-05-22) The North Carolina Symphony's first international CD release features Grammy winning jazz saxophonist Branford Marsalis and offers up world premiere recordings of three works.

Civil Rights Memorials and the Geography of Memory

New Bern, NC (2009-04-17) ECU Geography professor Derek Alderman discusses the book he co-wrote with Indiana University's Owen Dwyer "Civil Rights Memorials and the Geography of Memory."

Calm in the Chaos -- Someone's Sister

New Bern, NC (2009-01-28) Conversation and music with Katherine Jones and Georgia Winfree of the Greenville-based band Someone's Sister about their new CD "Calm in the Chaos."

Strangers in the Night

Greenville, NC (2008-10-28) As the season changes, regular commentator Marion Blackburn is saying 'So Long' to those unexpected encounters that happen under the blazing sun.

Race for the Cure: An Audio Postcard

Raleigh, NC (2008-10-28) October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and regular commentator Marion Blackburn recently participated in the Race for the Cure. She ran the race with her sister and sent us this audio post card about her experience.

Michael Jackson's doctor says others gave him propofol

(2009-11-20) LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Michael Jackson's personal physician told investigators he was not the first doctor to give the pop star propofol, the powerful anesthetic that was one of the drugs to cause his death, according to court papers unsealed on Friday.

Taylor Swift's dream year brings out naysayers

(2009-11-20) LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - At what may be the height of her early career, teen sensation Taylor Swift finds herself facing the downside of stardom -- naysayers.

"New Moon" rises to No. 1 at midnight box office (2009-11-20) LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Vampire romance movie "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" raked in $26.3 million at North American box offices in midnight showings, breaking the record set by "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince," studio officials said on Friday.

LA attorneys distance Polanski from French lawyer

(2009-11-20) PARIS/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A French attorney for Roman Polanski who said the film director would not return voluntarily to the United States to face child sex charges is not authorized to speak in the case, Polanski's U.S. attorneys said on Friday.

Britney Spears' ex-boyfriend, photographer jailed

(2009-11-20) LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A celebrity photographer who briefly dated Britney Spears at the height of her career meltdown was sentenced to 45 days in jail on Friday after clashing with an official trying to serve him a restraining order.