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On Tuesday night, a tradition continues: ABC airs the animated special, A Charlie Brown Christmas. Its jazzy Vince Guaraldi soundtrack is a holiday staple, too, but it wasn't embraced by all who first heard it.

A revered group delivers perfectly balanced performances of three string quartets Haydn wrote to "sell" his music to a much wider public.

A dance band called Dur-Dur Band ruled the nightclub scene in 1980s Mogadishu, thanks to a unique sound made possible by access to Western culture and instruments.

Police at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport say they've found the family of an infant girl who turned up with a woman at one of the airport's light rail stations.

Temperatures in much of America this summer have been hovering between inferno and sticky mess. Food writer Nigella Lawson offers cool and refreshing dishes to please the palate and cool the body. Her latest book is Nigella Fresh.

Worcester Technical High School and the Roger L. Putnam Technical Academy in Springfield, Massachusetts, are being highlighted for their investment in modern facilities and emphasis on academic achievement.

Danny "Kid Delicious" Basavich was a depressed, overweight teen when he found his true calling in smoky billiards halls. In his new book, Running the Table, L. Jon Wertheim chronicles Basavich's rise as one of the country's best pool players.

The Dow Jones Average plunged Tuesday afternoon, but recovered quickly after it was revealed that an Associated Press tweet about explosions at the White House was fake. The AP acknowledged that its Twitter account had been hacked.

In Philip Glass' music, the pianist shifts between delicate oscillation and stormy arpeggios.