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Phila Hach (standing, center) and her husband, Adolf Hach, are seen here with Minnie Pearl (right) of Grand Ole Opry fame, and an unidentified woman. "What the Grand Ole Opry did for country music, she has done for Southern food," one food writer wrote about Hach.

Phila Hach, Who Spread The Gospel Of Southern Cuisine, Dies At 89

"What the Grand Ole Opry did for country music, she has done for Southern food," one writer says of Hach, host of the South's first TV cooking show and a cookbook author and caterer for world leaders.

Douglas Tompkins started The North Face in San Francisco's North Beach neighborhood in 1966. He later eschewed the business world to focus on environmentalism, purchasing large swaths of land for conservation in Chile and Argentina.

North Face Founder Douglas Tompkins Dies In Kayaking Accident In Chile

Tompkins created The North Face and co-founded Esprit, but abandoned the business world to devote himself to environmental causes. He was 72.

Dung patties dry on the wall of a coal-fired brick oven. They're rolled into cakes, then stuck on the wall with the smack of a hand, leaving an imprint.

You've Got Dung! Amazon Is Delivering Cow Pies In India

Cows are holy in the Hindu religion, and so is their dung. That's why Amazon in India is selling cow dung cakes to city dwellers.

Major League Baseball To Announce 2016 Hall Of Fame Class

NPR's Kelly McEvers talks to Jonah Keri of Sports Illustrated about voting for the 2016 Major League Baseball Hall of Fame class.

Kurdish Delegation In Washington Looks For U.S. Assistance To Fight ISIS

Steve Inskeep talks to Bayan Sami Abdul Rahman the Kurdish Regional Government's representative to the U.S. about what that region needs in the way of assistance as it fights against ISIS.

In the Queens neighborhood of Flushing many shops are catering to the growing immigrant population from Northern China.

Leaving China's North, Immigrants Redefine Chinese In New York

Take the train to the Queens neighborhood of Flushing, and you'll find newcomers who are reshaping the largest Chinese community of any city outside of Asia.

Zanele Themba (on the left with the pink backpack strap) admires American teens because they "know what they want and go for it." She's posing with classmates from the Sapphire Secondary School who participated in a model U.N. in Johannesburg.

South African Teens Share Their Dreams And Their Slang: #15Girls

We found out when we talked to some of the 500 high schoolers who came to Johannesburg for a model U.N. We also learned a few of their favorite phrases.

Haley's State Of The Union Response Reinforces Republican Divide

Many in the GOP criticized Gov. Nikki Haley's response to President Obama's State of the Union address. David Greene talks to Robert Costa of The Washington Post about the divisions inside the GOP

Limericks

Bill reads three news-related limericks: Hipster Pale Ale; Turtlekini; The Shawshank Rejoinder.

Odel Bennett, a 22-year-old Israeli woman, lies on a hospital bed as her mother Miriam Gal holds Odel's son Natan, 2, at the Hadassah Medical Center in Jerusalem. Bennett was stabbed in an Oct. 3 attack by a Palestinian that killed her husband and lightly wounded her son.

As Attacks Mount, Israelis Describe Lives Lost And Families Shattered

Several recent Israeli victims of Palestinian attacks recount the violence and how it is fueling tensions in the long-running conflict.

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