If you happen to be in Marcus Garvey Park in Harlem on a Saturday late afternoon or evening during the summer, you can drop in on the neighborhood's African drumming circle. Longtime residents and African drumming enthusiasts have held an informal, hours-long, drum circle there for more than 30 years. But new residents of the rapidly gentrifying neighborhood are not as keen on the pulsating rhythmic sessions that sometimes last more than four hours-- and are complaining, loudly.

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Every year, the State Fair of Texas holds a contest in which new food will be offered when the fair opens. Among this year's entries hoping to tantalize Texan taste buds is a fried chili Frito burrito. Ron Black, senior vice president of food service and novelties for the fair, talks to host Liane Hansen.

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Dr. Robert Zubrin believes the time has come for humans to voyage to the Red Planet. Zubrin is an aeronautical engineer and founder of The Mars Society. The group is holding their 10th annual convention this weekend at UCLA. Debbie Elliott talks with Zubrin about his vision of our future on Mars.

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AT&T is disconnecting its decades-long time-of-day call-in service in California. By stopping the service, AT&T will be free to give out about 300,000 new phone numbers.

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