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A Star Is Reborn: Marquita Lister (Rebroadcast)
Devon Cass
Soprano Marquita Lister didn't let a devastating auto-immune disorder end her opera career.
Washington, D.C., native and international opera star, Marquita Lister, has performed in the world's great opera houses and has sung "Bess" (in "Porgy and Bess") more than 500 times. In 2006, she became gravely ill, and her meteoric rise was interrupted. But she's worked hard to make a remarkable recovery and now is poised for her comeback. Rebecca Sheir spoke with Lister as she prepared for a recital benefit for her favorite cause: the Negro Spiritual Scholarship Foundation.
[Music: "No Air (In the Style of Glee)" by Pocket Songs Karaoke from Karaoke Hits of Glee, Vol. 1]
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After Four Years Of Fighting, D.C. Council Approves New Rules For Food Trucks
The new rules create a long-awaited regulatory framework for what has become a popular and industry made up of over 150 food trucks.
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IRS Staffer: 'What I Did Was Not Targeting'
More interview transcripts from the IRS investigation are released but there's still no evidence of a direct connection to the White House.NPR
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Profits for the nation's carmakers are on the rise, but after years of doing more with less, higher profits are unlikely to translate into significant numbers of new jobs. There are eight fewer plants and hundreds of thousands fewer workers in the industry than before the Great Recession.Leave a Comment
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