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60th Day of 2012 / 306 Remaining20 Days Until Spring BeginsSunrise:6:42Sunset:6:0311 Hr 21 MinMoon Rise:10:45amMoon Set:12:47amMoon’s Phase: First…

A long time ago — back in 1999, to be precise — a posse of die-hard Star Wars fans road-trip across the country to steal an advance print of The Phantom Menace.

Mazursky wrote such films as Next Stop, Greenwich Village; An Unmarried Woman; and Down and Out in Beverly Hills. He died last week at the age of 84. He talked with Terry Gross in 1991 and 1999.

The NSA scandal has hurt some companies, but there are also some tech winners, including an American who has been cashing in on the political hype. Mike Janke's firm sells privacy devices and apps.

Commentator Caroline Langston's mother was a terrible cook. But there was one dish on the Christmas menu where her mother's passion shone: the annual rum cake. With a recipe that called for Bacardi dark rum, this simple dessert entered the realm of the metaphysical and magical.

In It's Not Necessarily Not The Truth, the Emmy winner tells the story of her journey from a small town in the South to Hollywood. The My Name Is Earl co-star is also a clothing designer and a hilarious writer.

Tuesday marks one year since the fatal shooting of unarmed Florida teen Trayvon Martin. The case has drawn a lot of national attention and polarized America on issues of race and self-defense. Host Michel Martin checks in again with Trayvon's mother, Sybrina Fulton, and her attorney, Benjamin Crump.

Rebels and the government of Nepal have signed a peace deal. The agreement ends a 10-year insurgency, and begins a new political era in the Himalayan nation. Wednesday has been declared a national day of celebration for the accord.

In an interview with NPR, The New York Times' new executive editor, Dean Baquet, said Jill Abramson was fired because of her failed relationship with the publisher and with senior editors.

Morning Edition invites listeners to contribute stories to an upcoming series called "Hidden Kitchens." Debuting this fall, it will explore local food customs; disappearing traditions; street-corner food; how communities come together around a church supper or fish fry. Hear a sneak preview, and calls us with your own story ideas at the Hidden Kitchens Hotline: 202-408-0300.

Brooks officially retired in 2001 to raise his three daughters. That retirement ends Friday night in Las Vegas, courtesy of a new business deal with Steve Wynn's Encore Hotel. Brooks' extended run is the first of any kind for a country musician in Las Vegas.

40th Day of 2012 / 326 Remaining40 Days Until Spring BeginsSunrise:7:06Sunset:5:4210 Hr 36 MinMoon Rise:8:12pmMoon Set:7:49amMoon’s Phase: 95 %The Next…