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President Obama's plan for health care reform is on the line in the race to replace the late Edward Kennedy's Senate seat in Massachusetts. Republican Scott Brown has vowed to use his vote to block a bill if he is elected and the final polls showed a tight race to the finish. We find out the feeling among voters in the commonwealth and look at what the implications might be in Washington.

BBC World Service delivers breaking news and information programming around the world, in English and 42 other language services, on radio, TV and digital.

Mark Bittman drops by to talk about what's changed—and what hasn't—in the year since his book Food Matters, was published. Also chefs Jorge Collazo and Bill Telepan discuss their efforts to create fresher, healthier meals in New York City Public Schools. Plus, Joshua Ferris talks about his latest novel, The ...

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For this New Sounds, take a listen to the new kind of art song. There are some traditional America hymns, spirituals, and folk songs, recast as art songs, arranged into an unsettled and haunted landscape by George Crumb. It’s something that composer Charles Ives did nearly 100 years before Crumb. ...