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  • More than two dozen shows on Broadway went dark Saturday, as stagehands — who have been engaged in a bitter contract dispute with producers — went on strike. No new negotiations have been scheduled.
  • Amazon asked subscribers of its video-streaming service to do the jobs usually left to focus groups and executives. The company released 14 pilot TV shows, then looked at customer reviews and view counts. Amazon announced five pilots have been approved for a full season.
  • Dave Ambrose hosts an Internet radio show devoted to what he calls "unpopular pop." Among the artists he's listening to are Fiona Apple, Wisely and Jon Brion.
  • The symphony sees it as a way to reach a younger, more diverse audience. Marijuana is legal in Colorado but it won't be for sale at the concession stands.
  • Before the 2006 North American International Auto show opened this past weekend, more then 35,000 industry professionals and members of the media attended "Industry Preview Days." Steve Inskeep talks to Paul Eisenstein, publisher of the internet magazine The Car Connection.
  • Pew Research Center's latest polling of African-Americans shows that only a small majority of blacks believe it is appropriate to think of blacks as a single race, because of increasing diversity in their community. And few blacks feel that, as a group, they are better off than five years ago.
  • The Boss showed up, unannounced, at a bar on the Jersey Shore and played for nearly two hours.
  • A video shot by a Minneapolis television crew shows U.S. soldiers examining explosives at an Iraqi weapons facility where nearly 400 tons of explosives disappeared. The timing of looting at the facility has become a central issue in the final week of the presidential election. Hear NPR's Renee Montagne and NPR's Eric Westervelt.
  • New York Times theater critic Ben Brantley says this season is a "surprisingly good one," and shares his picks.
  • Higher taxes and slow hiring cut into consumer purchasing last month. Analysts say is behind a disappointing March retail sales report. Host David Greene has more.
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