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3:44 am
Thu March 28, 2013

Deflections: The Unofficial Stat That Measures Success

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Head coach Rick Pitino of the Louisville Cardinals is adamant about recording his team's deflections. It seems to be paying off: The Cardinals have been doing well during the NCAA tournament.
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Originally published on Thu March 28, 2013 12:08 pm

The Louisville Cardinals are among the teams dominating at this year's men's Division 1 NCAA basketball tournament, which resumes Thursday night. The team credits harassing, active defense for its wins.

But there's something else at work, too: deflections. The team puts a lot of stock in them, though deflections aren't an officially tracked statistic.

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The Salt
3:43 am
Thu March 28, 2013

Reviving The Spirit And Schmaltz Of The Jewish Deli

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Nick Wiseman, partner at DGS Delicatessen, inspects the kitchen as an employee prepares pastrami sandwiches for lunch in Washington, D.C.
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Barry Koslow, DGS executive chef, demonstrates the proper technique for rolling a matzo ball. His take on traditional matzo ball soup for Passover includes roasted bone marrow.
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Just before lunchtime, people line up outside DGS Delicatessen on Connecticut Avenue in D.C.'s Dupont Circle. It's been open for just four months, and some customers say the nation's capital was overdue for a Jewish delicatessen.
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Barry Koslow worked as a chef cooking other cuisines before turning his talents to his cultural roots.
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Koslow shows Morning Edition host David Greene how to boil the rolled matzo balls. The chef says he has rolled hundreds of these starchy orbs each day during Passover.
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A selection of DGS' pickled offerings, including carrots, mushrooms and egg. DGS makes all of its pickled and smoked offerings in-house.
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"There's this whole movement of people wanting to make everything from scratch," Koslow says. Restaurant workers prepare their own mustard by the gallon. A batch this size is about enough to last through the weekend crowds.
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DGS' signature pastrami sandwiches and pickles.
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The kitchen and front seating at DGS during lunch.
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An earlier generation of deli owners, and relatives of the DGS partners, keeps watch over a to-go bag at the restaurant's walk-up counter.
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Koslow grabs ingredients from the walk-in refrigerator that houses all of the deli's pickled vegetables and smoked meat. "We'll pickle anything," he says.
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The finished matzo ball soup is a centerpiece of DGS' Passover meal.
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Nick Wiseman, partner at DGS Delicatessen, inspects the kitchen as an employee prepares pastrami sandwiches for lunch.
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DGS' signature pastrami sandwiches and pickles.
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Barry Koslow, chef of DGS Delicatessen, demonstrates the proper technique for rolling a matzo ball. He has updated the traditional Passover meal with ingredients such as bone marrow.
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By Padmananda Rama

Originally published on Thu March 28, 2013 10:55 am

  • Hear David Greene's Story

On a recent morning, just south of Washington, D.C.'s Dupont Circle, about a dozen people are lined up outside a restaurant waiting for its lunchtime opening.

Jon and Ralph Rosenbaum are at the front of the line and are the first to be greeted by DGS Delicatessen general manager Brian Zipin, who leads them down a white tile hallway and seats them at a small table against a brick-exposed wall.

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Planet Money
3:41 am
Thu March 28, 2013

When A Famous Hospital Didn't Want An Expensive New Drug

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Originally published on Thu March 28, 2013 10:03 am

Last year, a new drug called Zaltrap was approved as a kind of last-chance therapy for patients with colorectal cancer. Studies suggested Zaltrap worked almost exactly as well as an existing drug called Avastin. In fact, the main difference between the two drugs seemed to be the price.

"I was rather stunned," Dr. Leonard Saltz, who specializes in colorectal cancer, told me.

Zaltrap costs about $11,000 per month — about twice as much as Avastin, Saltz said.

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The Two-Way
6:48 pm
Wed March 27, 2013

Ashley Judd Says She Is Not Running For Senate

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Actress Ashley Judd addresses the crowd during a 2012 Tennesseans For Obama Benefit in Nashville, Tennessee.
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By Eyder Peralta

The actress Ashley Judd put an end to long-running rumors that she would challenge Sen. Mitch McConnell for his Kentucky seat in 2014.

Judd tweeted her decision, saying:

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The Two-Way
6:18 pm
Wed March 27, 2013

Obama's Labor Nominee Faces GOP Opposition Over His Role In A Supreme Court Case

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Thomas Perez, the assistant attorney general for the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Justice Department.
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Originally published on Fri April 12, 2013 12:33 pm

Thomas Perez, the president's nominee to lead the Department of Labor and a high-profile Latino advocate for civil rights, is scheduled for a Senate confirmation hearing April 18. But behind-the-scenes wrangling over his nomination, and his controversial role in a Supreme Court case, is already well under way.

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