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Author Interviews
12:06 pm
Sun March 25, 2012

Teddy Roosevelt's 'Doomed' War On New York Vice

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The Bowery, under the shadow of the elevated train tracks in New York City, bustled at night with colored lights and cane-swirling barkers, in places such as the Lyceum Concert Garden.
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Richard Zacks is the author of The Pirate Hunter, An Underground Education and History Laid Bare.
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By NPR Staff

New York in the gilded age was a city of epic contrasts. Top-hatted swells in glossy carriages promenaded uptown, while just a few blocks south, poverty, crime and overcrowding were the order of the day.

And vice, let's not forget vice. New York was what was called a "wide-open" town, with gambling, prostitution and liquor available on almost every corner. The cops and the Democratic machine politicians of Tammany Hall mostly looked the other way — when they weren't actively involved.

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The Two-Way
11:20 am
Sun March 25, 2012

Cheney Recovering After Heart Transplant

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Former Vice President Dick Cheney is recovering from a heart transplant he received at a Virginia hospital.
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Former Vice President Dick Cheney is recovering Sunday from a heart transplant he received at a Virginia hospital.

As NPR's Don Gonyea reported: "Cheney had been on a waiting list for a new heart for more than 20 months, ever since surgery in 2010 to install a pump and external battery to deal with was described as 'end stage heart failure.'"

A statement released Saturday by a Cheney aide said that the former vice president and his family do not know the donor's identity. The statement said the family will be "forever grateful for this lifesaving gift."

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Music Interviews
8:07 am
Sun March 25, 2012

Lost In The Trees: A Golden Memorial Of Orchestral Folk

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A Church That Fits Our Needs is Lost In The Trees' second album, a tribute to the late mother of frontman Ari Picker (second from left).
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Originally published on Mon March 26, 2012 6:51 am

The newest album from the folk outfit Lost in the Trees is a very personal one. Ari Picker, the creative force behind the band, began writing the songs for A Church That Fits Our Needs after the death of his mother, Karen Shelton. She was an artist herself, one who struggled with mental illness throughout her life. In 2008, she killed herself.

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Religion
6:00 am
Sun March 25, 2012

Pope To Give Mass In Mexico

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Pope Benedict XVI gives an open-air Mass in Mexico Sunday and, on his way there, will bless the Christ the King monument, an important symbol of Mexican Catholicism.

Politics
6:00 am
Sun March 25, 2012

Cheney Gets Heart Transplant After 20-Month Wait

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Former Vice President Dick Cheney has undergone a heart transplant in a hospital near Washington. Cheney, 71, was on the waiting list for a heart for 20 months, which is longer than the average wait time in the Washington area. His prognosis remains uncertain.

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