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Saturday Sessions: Liz Phair performs “Divorce Song”

Indie music legend Liz Phair rocked the music patriarchy back in the 1990s and in her new memoir, “Horror Stories,” she describes what it was like to be a young female musician in a male-dominated industry. She performs “Divorce Song” from her 1993 album “Exile in Guyville.” Source

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Saturday Sessions: Liz Phair performs “Why Can’t I?”

Indie music legend Liz Phair rocked the music patriarchy back in the 1990s and in her new memoir, “Horror Stories,” she describes what it was like to be a young female musician in a male-dominated industry. She performs “Why Can’t I?” from her landmark debut. Source

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Is “ugly produce” the key to our food waste problem?

What started as a small way to combat the massive problem of food waste in this country has turned into a big business. Start-ups are now selling funky-looking fruits and vegetables that would have been thrown away by delivering them to customers’ doorsteps at a fraction of the cost. Kenneth Craig reports. Source

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ISIS prisoners break out amid chaos of Turkish attack

President Trump authorized a new round of potentially painful economic sanctions against Turkey as a means of urging Ankara to stop its offensive against the U.S.-backed Kurdish forces in Syria. But the Turkish president is dismissing the mounting international criticism of his operation, saying Turkey has no intention of stopping, no matter what anyone says. Observers say at least 30 civilians have been killed since the offensive began. Charlie D’Agata reports. Source

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Breaking down the NBA’s China controversy

The opening of the NBA season is just two weeks away. But right now, the focus isn’t on the games. Last Friday, Houston Rockets General Manager Daryl Morey posted a now-deleted tweet expressing his support for protesters in Hong Kong. Morey later apologized for the tweet but it set off a firestorm in China and then a counter-reaction here in the U.S. Source

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