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Popcorn Driving Up Movie Tickets

By Avishay Artsy on Monday, May 26, 2008.

Audiences filling movie seats for summer blockbuster releases will find more surprises than what they see on the screens - there'll be unexpected discoveries at the ticket counter as well.

Radio Enters the Metaverse

By Avishay Artsy on Monday, May 26, 2008.

Boston's WGBH Radio plans to score a virtual first for public radio on Tuesday when pianist Jeremy Denk performs a live concert on-air, online and in the virtual world Second Life. It's a user-created 3-D virtual world in which "Residents" interact, play and do business with each other as animated avatars.

War and Place

By NHPR Staff on Monday, May 26, 2008.

The Exchange takes a break for a special Memorial Day broadcast. We remember those who have served and fallen in war in many ways - in statues and plaques, in writing, photographs and movies, as well as graveyards and former sites of battle. This "Liner Notes" special explores the stories of people around the world and how they memorialize those who have made the ultimate sacrifice.

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