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WQXR's "new music" channel Q2 and NPR Music asked listeners for their favorite composers under the age of 40. We received almost 800 suggestions and then narrowed the field down to 100 of the most promising young composers in the world. Listen to a stream of their compositions.

Hotels and restaurants in Florida's panhandle are reporting record spring break crowds one year after the deadly Deepwater Horizon oil rig blast and subsequent oil spill. But fishing charters and dive-boat owners say customers have been slow to return, apparently still suspicious of the water and the fishing in the Gulf of Mexico.

There has been a dramatic increase in violence at California's state psychiatric hospitals. A patient at Napa State Hospital died there last week, less than six months after an employee was killed. The state's secretary of Health and Human Services has lifted a hiring freeze to add more clinical and security staff.

Three days of powerful storms peaked on Saturday, leaving a wake of destruction across the southern United States. More than 240 tornadoes had been reported since the storms began on Thursday. Dozens of people were killed including 22 in North Carolina.

The islands off the coast of Matsushima are one of Japan's scenic treasures. They were close to the epicenter of the devastating earthquake and tsunami. But somehow, the breathtaking pine covered islands suffered little damage in the disaster.

The Philadelphia Orchestra announced it will seek bankruptcy protection. It is one of many orchestras to fall on hard times as cultural and monetary support began to wane.

Based on The Count of Monte Cristo, Alfred Bester's saga The Stars My Destination will transport you off the couch and into a roiling world of futuristic teleportation. Author John Baxter says the book injects new life and energy into a classic tale.

The NBA playoffs got underway over the weekend. The No. 1 and No. 2 seeded teams in the West both lost their opening games. That hasn't happened since the NBA went to the current playoff format.

Crime fiction author Lisa Lutz and poet David Hayward were once a couple. They've gotten back together, but this time to write a new crime novel called Heads You Lose. Host Scott Simon talks with the authors, who also created a kind of parallel book within their novel by sharing the e-mail exchanges between the two of them as they wrote, including japes, zingers and even the occasional compliment.

In March, Arbitron released its national broadcast estimates for the Fall 2010 survey. National radio ratings are released twice a year and provide radio networks across the United States the opportunity to see how network shows are performing in terms of measured audience.