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Call it a “musical movement.” Music & Memory is a program that uses favorite tunes to help people with Alzheimer’s, dementia, and other cognitive challenges. More than 2,000 healthcare facilities nationwide are certified Music & Memory participants, including several in Central Florida.

One inmate had a golf ball-sized lump, but was denied a request for an MRI, according to records obtained by WMFE.

The French writer Pascal Garnier, who died in 2010, wrote more than 30 children's books, but he's best known for a series of acclaimed novels. Critic John Powers reviews the newly translated Boxes.

Puerto Ricans job seekers are helping to quickly expand Orange County and Hillsborough counties' economies. That’s according to a new report from credit rating agency Moody’s Investors Service on Puerto Rican migration to central Florida.

In her new memoir, actor Leah Remini writes about growing up in the Church of Scientology, becoming one of its prized celebrities, and her family's eventual, wrenching decision to leave it behind.

Oscar Hijuelos' posthumously published novel chronicles the friendship between Mark Twain and explorer Henry Morton Stanley. Maureen Corrigan says the book lacks the magic of Hijuelos' best work.

When they ran out of room for rescue animals in their home, Tracey Stewart and her husband, former Daily Show host Jon Stewart, bought a farm. Her new book is Do Unto Animals.

Irving's latest novel is Avenue of Mysteries. He tells NPR's Lynn Neary that he thinks about each book for a long time — and he doesn't start writing until he knows what the ending will be.

Economic development has been getting a lot of attention in Florida lately. 90.7's economic analyst Hank Fishkind says support for working mothers should not be lost among other state programs like the oft-discussed effort to lure new businesses to Florida.

The man who owns the king cobra that was on the loose for a little over a month is fighting to keep it and his other venomous snakes. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission wants to revoke Mike Kennedy’s license to keep venomous reptiles. We talk to Kennedy about his fascination with reptiles, about how he secures his snakes, and about what he would do if his license for venomous reptiles were to be taken away.