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Once a rural outpost, Shuffletown, N.C., is now a part of fast-growing Charlotte. Residents talk about the tight-knit community and its particularly good race relations. Hear NPR's Juan Williams.

Slate contributor Ben Williams presents a roundup of movie reviews of this weekend's major new film releases. Up this week: The Clearing, Spider-Man 2 and Before Sunset.

Earlier this week on Morning Edition, NPR's Juan Williams interviewed Marc Racicot, chairman of President Bush's re-election campaign. In the interview, Racicot said President Bush had volunteered to go to Vietnam. That raised some eyebrows, as the president has not spoken about such an effort. NPR's Don Gonyea reports.

A documentary film called The N-Word is sparking controversy across the United States. Celebrities and everyday people bat around what the "n-word" means politically and socially. NPR's Tavis Smiley talks with writer-director Todd Williams and Helena Echegoyen, the film's executive producer.

Stroke can be cured, and treatments can lessen the impact on a survivor's life. But many people do not understand the options. In Stroke Diaries, neurologist Dr. Olajide Williams recounts heart-wrenching but instructive stories of patients and families stricken by strokes.

Duke Energy is denying accusations by regulators that it allows contaminated storm water to run unauthorized from its coal plants. It’s the first major…

The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled against a Charlotte man's lawsuit that challenged North Carolina's "winner-take-all" electoral vote system.…

In Poet's Choice, author Edward Hirsch makes a case that poetry is "a human fundamental, like music." Hirsch talks poetry with Scott Simon and reads poems by Kathy Fagan and William Matthews.

Deaf Americans are debating which sign should represent Joe Biden, who until now has been signed B-I-D-E-N. There's also chatter of picking a sign for Kamala Harris — a rarity for vice presidents.

When William Buckland was a kid, an undergraduate at Oxford in the late 1790s, he pulled a prank that was so rude, so smart, and so biologically sophisticated for his day, he deserves a crown for The Best Use of Grass Ever.

This Memorial Day weekend, NPR's Scott Simon looks at what patriotism means for longtime civil rights leader the Rev. William J. Barber II and for visitors to the National Mall in Washington, D.C.

Eric Dolphy's creativity was exploding early in 1964, and he was finding more players who could keep up. Out to Lunch is free and focused, dissonant and catchy, wide open and swinging all at once.

Actor AL PACINO. He's starring in "Donnie Brasco" with Johnny Depp. Before that Pacino directed, produced and starred in the experimental film "Richard the Third" that goes behind the scenes of a production of Shakespeare's Richard the Third. PACINO is best known for his roles in the Godfather films, "Serpico" and "Dog Day Afternoon." (REBROADCAST from 10/24/96)Critic MILO MILES on experimental accoustic guitarist Jon Fahey. His latest album is "City of Refuge." (Tim/Kerr records). Also mentioned in the review is the group Gastr Del Sol's "Upgrade and Afterlife" (Drag City Label) in which they perform a Fahey song. We remember jazz drummer TONY WILLIAMS who died Sunday at the age of 51. He had a heart attack. As a teen prodigy WILLIAMS played with the Miles Davis Quintet, and later drummed with Jimi Hendrix and John Coltrane. (REBROADCAST from 5/25/90)12:58:30 NEXT SHOW PROMO (:29) PROMO COPY On the next archive edition of Fresh Air. . .the FBI agent who infiltrated the mob. . .JOE PISTONE. . .The new movie "Donnie Brasco" is his story. It stars Johnny Depp and Al Pacino. . . Film critic JOHN POWERS will review the film, and we also hear from AL PACINO. And we remember jazz drummer TONY WILLIAMS who died Sunday at the age of 51. That and more coming up on today's Fresh Air.

Tennis players Serena Williams and Novak Djokovic both have the potential to win Grand Slams, one of the rarest achievements in sports. But it's not an easy feat.

Activists from the group Jail Support were arrested Monday morning after a sit-in protest across the street from the Mecklenburg County jail. The group…

It's fall, and the mood has turned from silly to serious. In keeping with the buttoned-up season, author Martha Southgate lists her favorite books full of fastidious fellows. They might be fussy, but she knows deep down, they're a whole lot of fun.

Several of the players marked firsts for the sport's history, while for Serena Williams, the tournament may have been her last match.

Authorities have released the names of five of the six victims of a mass shooting at a Walmart in Chesapeake, Virginia. The sixth victim was 16 years old.

President Obama set out to create an administration with higher ethical standards and fewer ties to the lobbying industry in Washington. Obama also set out to assemble the most experienced, plugged in and hyperconnected team of Cabinet members and top-level staffers ever. Were these two goals mutually exclusive?

John Williams' Stoner sold just 2,000 copies when it was originally published in 1965. It's now acknowledged as a classic work, is a best-seller across Europe and the No. 1 novel in the Netherlands.