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TED Radio Hour
8:55 am
Fri June 22, 2012

How Do Schools Suffocate Creativity?

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"There's a terrible tendency to confuse raising standards with standardizing." — Sir Ken Robinson

Part 1 of the TED Radio Hour episode Building A Better Classroom. Watch Sir Ken Robinson's full Talks — Schools Kill Creativity and Bring On The Learning Revolution -- on TED.com

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The Salt
8:53 am
Fri June 22, 2012

Watch McDonald's Make A Supermodel Out Of A Quarter Pounder

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The picture perfect Quarter Pounder with Cheese

Originally published on Tue September 25, 2012 10:12 am

Cabinet of Wonders
8:48 am
Fri June 22, 2012

Cabinet Of Wonders: Episode Five

Originally published on Fri June 22, 2012 3:07 pm

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The Two-Way
7:52 am
Fri June 22, 2012

Breivik's Defense Asks For Acquittal

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In this picture taken through bullet proof glass, mass killer Anders Behring Breivik looks on as he arrives for his trial in room 250 of Oslo's central court on June 21, 2012.

Originally published on Fri June 22, 2012 8:51 am

On the final day of confessed Norwegian mass killer Anders Behring Breivik's trial, the defense is trying to portray him as an ideologically driven political militant rather than a delusional madman in hopes of getting a lighter sentence or an outright acquittal.

Breivik, 33, an anti-Muslim extremist, has admitted to the bombing and shooting that killed 77 people in the capital Oslo.

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Monkey See
7:47 am
Fri June 22, 2012

Silverdocs Catch-Up: Poets, Politics, And George Plimpton As Himself

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George Plimpton plays with the Detroit Lions in Plimpton! Starring George Plimpton As Himself.

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