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2:30 pm
Sat January 28, 2012

GM CEO: No Apologies For Accepting U.S. Bailout

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Just a few years ago, America's auto industry was on the verge of collapse. When President Obama took office, he had to decide whether to bail out General Motors or let it die. He chose to send them a lifeline, to the tune of $50 billion. In this week's State of the Union speech, President Obama said that decision paid off.

"Today, General Motors is back on top as the world's No. 1 automaker," Obama said.

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Books
2:29 pm
Sat January 28, 2012

'The Snowy Day': Breaking Color Barriers, Quietly

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Credit With special permission from The Ezra Jack Keats Foundation
Credit With special permission from The Ezra Jack Keats Foundation
Ezra Jack Keats wrote and illustrated nearly 25 books for kids, and illustrated more than 80. He died in 1983.
Credit With special permission from The Ezra Jack Keats Foundation
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One morning many years ago, a little boy in Brooklyn named Peter woke up to an amazing sight: fresh snow.

Peter is the hero of the classic children's book by Ezra Jack Keats, The Snowy Day, which turns 50 this year. Peter has a red snowsuit, a stick just right for knocking snow off of trees, and a snowball in his pocket. And, though this is never mentioned in the text, Peter is African-American.

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Art & Design
11:55 am
Sat January 28, 2012

At 100, Pollock's Legend Still Splattered On Art World

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Credit Pollock-Krasner Foundation, National Gallery of Art/Artists Rights Society
Influenced by Mexican and Native American art, Pollock popularized action-painting and drip style, as seen in Number 7, 1951.
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An artist who abandoned all conventions, Pollock used the separation and marbling of the wet paint enamel to create the dripping patterns in Number 1, 1950 (Lavender Mist).
Credit Archives of American Art-Smithsonian Institution
Described as a recluse, Pollock was the subject of an Academy Award-winning film in 2000. He died in 1956 at the age of 44.
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Even a century since his birth, American "splatter artist" Jackson Pollock still provokes heated debate about the very definition of art.

Was a man who placed a canvas on the floor and dripped paint straight from the can actually creating a work of art?

"It's very hard if you try to build the paint up to this extent with this many colors and not achieve mud," says National Gallery of Art curator Harry Cooper.

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6:00 am
Sat January 28, 2012

GOP Candidates Court Hispanic Voters

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Republican candidates' efforts to win Hispanic voters have intensified in advance of the Florida primary, airing ads in Spanish and contending over immigration. Host Scott Simon speaks with Maria Elena Salinas, co-host of Noticiero Univision, about Hispanic voters' role in the Republican primary and the upcoming presidential election.

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6:00 am
Sat January 28, 2012

On The Stump: Obama Roams Pivotal Swing States

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President Obama is back in Washington Saturday after visiting five different states, all of which are likely to be hotly contested in November. He expanded on some of the ideas he outlined in Tuesday's State of the Union address and offered a preview of the argument he'll be making in the general election. NPR's Scott Horsley reports.

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