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Robert Siegel talks to Jason Freeman, a Columbia University doctoral student in music, who has created a software, called N.A.G., that makes music montages off music-sharing networks. It relies on the way music files are downloaded -- some faster than others -- and puts items together that come from a word-search. Freeman likes the random nature of his creation, but not all of the results.

The top local stories this morning from KERA News: Dallas police today will release data on use of force after meeting with top White House officials in…

The top local stories this afternoon from KERA News:The Texas child-welfare and foster-care system is getting a makeover this month. Among the changes?…

The United Nations is seeking $4.4 billion — a record amount — to help Afghanistan. The appeal comes as countries around the world try to deal with skyrocketing prices due to the war in Ukraine.

Updated, 9:20 a.m. TuesdayDallas is among a handful of metro areas Amazon is still considering for a second headquarters.The Wall Street Journal reports…

Ernest Hemingway's memoir A Moveable Feast is being celebrated for what it, in turn, celebrates: Paris as an exciting place of ideas, a nexus of people who love life and the arts.

The federal judge, once denied a Supreme Court confirmation hearing by Republicans, faced lawmakers Monday for his nomination to lead the Justice Department.

Today, Israeli troops shelled the headquarters a battalion of U-N peacekeeping troops in South Lebannon. The compound was filled with dozens of refugees. At least seventy-four people are reported dead and many others wounded. Robert Siegel talks with U-N spokesman Timur (TEE-more) Goksel (GOCK-sull) from his office in Southern Lebanon about the shelling. Mr. Goksel describes the compound that was hit and the refugees who were seeking shelter there.

Fast food's Chick-fil-A has been at the center of the culture wars in recent days because of company President Dan Cathy's outspoken opposition to gay marriage. Now online retailer Amazon may be in other culture warriors' sights.

The United Nations had viewed its 1999 intervention in East Timor as a success. That intervention allowed the installation of a democratically elected government in the tiny country. Recent violence has people questioning their assumptions about the intervention.