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As a child, Jane Hamill thought Barbie was the ultimate in cool. Now a fashion designer in Chicago, Hamill realizes her belief in a doll was a belief in her own skills, creativity and ability to succeed.

After a year-long battle with brain cancer, Senator Ted Kennedy died Tuesday night. He was 77. Only two senators have served longer than Kennedy. Massachusetts Congressman Barney Frank says Kennedy is the most powerful man never to have been president.

Host Michel Martin continues her conversation with Isabel Wilkerson, author of “The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story America's Great Migration.” Wilkerson’s book explores the courageous journeys of African-Americans from the Jim Crow south to the north, west, and other areas of America. Last time, Wilkerson explained why African-Americans left, and how difficult it was to do so. Now, she explains what happened once African-Americans reached their respective destinations.

A Florida court has ruled that Palm Beach County,Florida must considered so-called "dimpled" ballots in its manual recountfrom the November 7th election. NPR's Wade Goodwyn reports that the countyhad stopped counting while it waited for the court's decision on thestandards for counting partially punched ballots. The county canvassingboard rules say at least one corner of a chad must be dislodged for a ballotto count. But Democrats argued to Circuit Court Judge Jorge Labarga (sayGeorge) that the ballots where there is an indentation next to a candidatesname, even if it is not completely punched through, should also count.

NPR's Jennifer Ludden reports a car bomb exploded in Jerusalem today just as Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat were preparing to make simultaneous public announcements about a new agreement aimed at ending the five weeks of clashes in the West Bank and Gaza. Islamic Jihad has claimed responsibility for the bombing.

David Garland of WNYC picks the 10 best CDs he heard this year. The standouts came from artists whose creativity led them across stylistic and genre boundaries and into unusual, personal territory.

A parent's checklist: car safety seat; jogging stroller; Mardi Gras ladder. Commentator Chris Rose finds you can still have fun on Carnival in New Orleans when you're a parent — you just need a few more accessories.

A largely blue-collar state, Rhode Island should arguably be an easy win for New York Sen. Hillary Clinton in the upcoming March 4 primary. But Illinois Sen. Barack Obama has made inroads into Clinton's working-class constituency there, as he has in the much-bigger delegate prize of Ohio.

The tight race between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama has put the pressure on voters in Texas, which holds its Democratic primary on Tuesday.

Hem is a Brooklyn, N.Y., band whose ranks occasionally swell from four core members to an 8- or 9-piece ensemble, including pedal steel, glockenspiel and violin. The title of their third studio album, Funnel Cloud, implies dark skies — but it's more of a goodbye kiss to the summer season.

Reporter Alix Spiegel reports on a growing movement in cities across the country -- Urban Exploration. She accompanies three explorers into an unused New York City subway tunnel. These urban explorers seek out the dark, forbidden and difficult to reach corners of the city -- defunct drainage systems, "no access" hotel roofs, the occasional city hall -- those places least accessible. The explorers describe the places as the frontiers of the urban landscape. The wear dark suits and ties -- "urban camouflage" and share their findings and adventures with other urban explorers via the Internet.