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Soul Singer Helps Shoeshiner 'Get On The Good Foot'

NPR Programs: Morning Edition  Thu, 09/22/2011 - 10:01pm

As a young man in Virginia, Earl Reynolds once shined James Brown's shoes. And that chance meeting helped prod him into making a tough choice about his own future.

For a while, Brown's advice even led to a rift between Reynolds and his father.

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Bradley Manning's Home Life Included A 911 Call

NPR Programs: Morning Edition  Tue, 03/29/2011 - 3:01am

A new Frontline profile depicts Bradley Manning, the Army intelligence analyst accused of leaking classified material to WikiLeaks, as an isolated young man with a troubled family life.

Manning is being held in a Navy brig in Virginia.

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Gustavo Dudamel: Making Classical Cool In L.A.

NPR Programs: Morning Edition  Thu, 05/06/2010 - 10:01pm

Meet a young man who's managed to make classical music popular in Los Angeles: Gustavo Dudamel. Now the 29-year-old Venezuelan conductor known as "the Dude" is taking the L.A.

Philharmonic on its first national tour under its new maestro.

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Pakistani On Trial For Mumbai Attack

NPR Programs: Morning Edition  Mon, 06/08/2009 - 3:20am

It's been more than six months since militants sailed from Pakistan, stormed into the Indian city of Mumbai and killed more than 160 people.

Indian authorities have an important lead — a young man captured during the attacks who they say was the only gunman to survive.

For weeks now, that man's been on trial.