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The Capitol Hill consensus is that the 1996 welfare reform act has succeeded in reducing welfare rolls by 60 percent. But a key component intended to give states more control over welfare policy is said to be ineffective.

NPR's Michele Norris talks with Daniel Laikind, executive producer of the television series Amish in the City. The series follows five Amish young adults and six non-Amish roommates who are living together in the Holywood Hills, near Los Angeles.

A deposition from baseball player Andy Pettitte read Wednesday on Capitol Hill contradicts Clemens' denial that he used performance-enhancing drugs. His trainer's testimony also provoked skepticism.

In the wake of talks over the auto bailout collapsing on Capitol Hill, auto workers in Detroit ponder their increasingly dismal fate. Many say the failure of the package in the Senate was a political attack by Republicans who blocked aid for Detroit automakers.

Also: Federal Reserve Chair Yellen testifies on Capitol Hill; Southern California is baking in near-record heat; and terms of a new Amazon game don't all apply in case of a zombie apocalypse.

There are two kinds of people in the portion of North Carolina surrounding Durham and Chapel Hill: Duke fans and North Carolina fans. Will Blythe is NOT a Duke fan. He writes about his obsession with a college basketball rivalry in a new book.

The Folk Show's listing of music and dance events in and around our listening area.

On Archangel Hill, memories of the English countryside, Collins' family and friends are embedded in each song, just out of reach for the listener but vivid as sunshine in her mind.

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Literature is full of reminders that houses have souls, a fact characters forget at their own peril. In some novels, the house is as much a force as any of the people in the story. When that happens, the human characters had better beware.