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Planet Money
12:42 pm
Fri February 8, 2013

The Real Story Of How Macklemore Got 'Thrift Shop' To No. 1

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Movie Interviews
4:33 pm
Thu February 7, 2013

'Warm Bodies' Director: Teen Romance, Undying

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Nicholas Hoult, Rob Corddry and Teresa Palmer lurch through a scene in Levine's zombie romantic comedy.
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Director Jonathan Levine (far left) offers script notes to Teresa Palmer, Nicholas Hoult and John Malkovich on the set of Warm Bodies.
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Originally published on Thu February 7, 2013 6:50 pm

This past weekend, a surprising little movie topped the box office over pop-action juggernaut Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters and the Oscar-nominated Silver Linings Playbook.

Warm Bodies is a zombie romance brought to you by the man behind the recent cancer comedy 50/50; clearly, director and screenwriter Jonathan Levine has an interest in genre bending, and this latest flick is equal parts Night of the Living Dead and Romeo and Juliet. It's told through the eyes of R (Nicholas Hoult), a zombie living in an airport.

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Science
4:24 pm
Thu February 7, 2013

Blocking Iran With A Global Game Of Nuclear 'Keep Away'

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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (center) visits a uranium enrichment facility in Natanz, Iran, in 2008. Enriching uranium requires many fast-spinning centrifuges, arranged in what's called a cascade.
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Originally published on Thu February 7, 2013 6:27 pm

Iran's government on Thursday made clear it has no interest in direct talks until the U.S. eases sanctions that have been squeezing Iran's economy. But the Obama administration isn't budging and says the ball is in the Iranians' court.

The suspicion that Iran wants to make a nuclear weapon is the rationale for the sanctions as well as for veiled threats of U.S. or Israeli military action if those sanctions fail.

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National Security
4:16 pm
Thu February 7, 2013

Brennan Objects To Use Of Waterboarding In CIA Confirmation Hearing

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Originally published on Thu February 7, 2013 4:28 pm

President Obama's nominee to run the CIA has his confirmation hearing Thursday afternoon. The hearing of White House counterterrorism chief John Brennan comes as lawmakers are studying a memo on drone strikes overseas. Robert Siegel talks to Tom Gjelten.

Art & Design
3:37 pm
Thu February 7, 2013

New York's Grimy Garment District Hatches Designers' Dreams

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From West 24th to West 42nd Street, New York's Seventh Avenue is also known as "Fashion Avenue." It's home to major designers as well as those who are just starting out, like Ann Yee and Daniel Vosovic.
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Vosovic's Fall 2013 line is inspired by underwater flora as well as Lady Mary Crawley's style on PBS' Downton Abbey. Vosovic says members of the Downton Abbey cast have also been supportive clients, wearing his clothes often over the past few years.
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Still, Vosovic tells NPR, a modern lady would not need a maid to help her dress. He says his philosophy when designing clothes for the modern woman is "zip and go."
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Daniel Vosovic, who started his own line in 2010, says producing within the U.S. gives him control over the entire process, even if it means working on the garments himself.
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Vosovic applies finishing touches to his women's wear collection in his studio on West 38th Street.
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A seamstress works on a garment in the factory Yee contracts to produce her line. While the final product of high-end fashion is crisp and clean, the beginning stages can easily be described as creative chaos.
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From West 24th to West 42nd Street, New York's Seventh Avenue is also known as "Fashion Avenue." It's home to major designers, as well as those who are just starting out, like Ann Yee and Daniel Vosovic.
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Yee reviews her Spring 2013 line on Wednesday, just before it's delivered to stores in New York.
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Many of those employed in New York's apparel factories have worked in the Garment District for decades. Others are new business owners and have opened factories within the past couple of years.
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Vosovic's Spring 2013 collection was picked up by 23 new stores. Some of its samples hang on racks inside his studio.
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Since 1985, New York's historical apparel manufacturing center has lost tens of thousands of jobs, according to a survey released last year. Yet many designers still rely on stores like these on West 39th Street.
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The Garment District's factories and wholesale and retail shops, including Spandex World on West 38th Street, employ about 7,100 people.
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Originally published on Thu February 7, 2013 7:07 pm

Thursday marks the beginning of New York Fashion Week, where big-name designers like Michael Kors, Anna Sui and Vera Wang will debut their Fall 2013 collections. It's part of an industry that generates billions of dollars of revenue for New York City, employing hundreds of thousands of workers. But the real business of fashion happens several blocks south of the glamorous Lincoln Center runways, in New York's Garment District.

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