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Hurricane Isaac is reminding residents of Hurricane Katrina which struck the Gulf Coast seven years ago. In rural Plaquemines parish, water is over top of the levee. The levee in southeastern Louisiana is different than the levees in New Orleans, which seem to be doing "quite well."

A car bombing near the presidential palace in Beirut on Wednesday killed a top Lebanese army officer. The victim was widely expected to succeed army Chief of Staff Michel Suleiman, who has emerged as the consensus candidate for president after months of political deadlock.

Toyota, which has suffered through a bout of recalls and the Japan earthquake, is pinning its hopes for the future on its crown jewel, the top-selling car in the U.S. The new 2012 model isn't radically different from its predecessor, but it's harder to redesign the mass-appeal Camry than a Ferrari.

Legislative Democrats in Oregon are keeping their promise to quickly use their larger majorities to their advantage.

Poet Tracy K. Smith's three favorite poems of 2011 blur the private and public, the personal and political, and will refresh how you look at language and the world.

As a member of Sonic Youth, Thurston Moore has not only been influential to others, but he's also been instrumental in sharing his musical loves. Moore has always had an ear for challenging sounds; here, he shares his favorite acoustic guitarists on World Cafe.

A survey of fitness professionals who keep track of how we exercise suggests 2018 is likely to find more of us trading fitness gadgets for high-intensity interval training and group classes.

In July, The Highwomen offered a mission statement singalong, Chance the Rapper spit brotherly love and Rosalía reminded us why she deserves to be named this summer's MVP.

Sharon Van Etten digs deeper into brooding textures, East Atlanta rapper Young Nudy gets weird and Sam Hunt offers a contender for Song of the Summer.

Some of the NBA's hottest teams missed the cut for this year's playoffs. And to what lengths will Cuban athletes go for a chance to play in the MLB? ESPN.com's Howard Bryant tells NPR's Wade Goodwyn.