Iraqi Kurds: We're Ready To Fight For Mosul Plus 19 More Stories

Your NPR stories for February 22, 2015

Daily Briefing A look at the day's top stories News Iraqi Kurds: We're Ready To Fight For Mosul The Kurdish security chief says his Peshmerga fighters have gained ground against ISIS. But the big prize in northern Iraq is Mosul, and he says the Iraqi army will be needed for that battle. Read this story Turkish Operation Rescues Soldiers Guarding Tomb In Syria The raid evacuated some 40 Turkish soldiers stationed near Aleppo at the Tomb of Suleyman Shah, the grandfather of the founder of the Ottoman Empire. Read this story Visual Feast: If The World's Major Cities Were Made Of Food A charming photo series called BrunchCity re-creates metropolises in miniature, with famous local noshes are part of the architecture. Read this story Bangladesh Ferry Accident Kills Dozens The vessel, carrying more than 100 passengers, capsized after being hit by a cargo ship about 25 miles northwest of the capital Dhaka. Read this story If Your Teacher Likes You, You Might Get A Better Grade Like likes like: New research supports the notion that teachers favor those who favor them. Read this story more news stories Most Popular Malcolm X's Public Speaking Power On the 50th anniversary of Malcolm X's assassination, commentator Gwen Thompkins wants his skill as a public speaker and debater to be remembered as a key part of his legacy. Read this story Visual Feast: If The World's Major Cities Were Made Of Food A charming photo series called BrunchCity re-creates metropolises in miniature, with famous local noshes are part of the architecture. Read this story FAA's Proposed Drone Rules Ground Many Commercial Aspirations Industries that had hoped for permission to use drones in their business were left out of the FAA's proposed drone rules. The agency said that drones should stay within the operator's line of sight. Read this story Adobe Photoshop: 'Democratizing' Photo Editing For 25 Years The photo editing system Adobe Photoshop turned 25 this week. NPR's Arun Rath talks to co-founder Thomas Knoll about how the system has changed and where it's going. Read this story 'That Blew My Mind': Raiding The Lead Belly Vault From his pop covers to his freewheeling radio show, there was more to the late musician than blues. Read this story more most popular stories Arts & Life And The Oscar Goes To ... In this week's puzzle, every answer is the name of an Academy Award winner or nominee for best picture. Using a given anagram, decipher the title of the film. The films will go from oldest to newest. Read this story To Change People's Minds, First Make Them Laugh In this week's For the Record, NPR's Rachel Martin talks with Muslim comics — Adil Ray, Negin Farsad and Ahmed Ahmed — about the motivations and challenges of using humor to change minds. Read this story Mink Is The New Black Fur is showing up on supermodels strutting down the runways. Despite previous protests, fashion columnist Robin Givhan tells NPR's Rachel Martin that for some designers, fur is back. Read this story In Oscar Nominations For Best Score, Some Hear Sour Notes The distinctive music in the movie Birdman will not win an Oscar — in fact, it wasn't even nominated. Like other acclaimed film scores from years past, it didn't comply with Academy rules. Read this story Reckoning With Afghanistan's Toll In 'Green On Blue' "Green on Blue" tells the story of the war in Afghanistan through the eyes of an Afghan orphan. NPR's; Rachel Martin speaks to the unlikely author: Elliot Ackerman, a former U.S. marine. Read this story more arts & life stories Music In Oscar Nominations For Best Score, Some Hear Sour Notes The distinctive music in the movie Birdman will not win an Oscar — in fact, it wasn't even nominated. Like other acclaimed film scores from years past, it didn't comply with Academy rules. Read this story Taylor Swift, Savvy Trademark Titan Thinking of putting "speak now" on a T-shirt or bed linens? You'll have to ask Taylor Swift first. NPR's Rachel Martin speaks to intellectual property lawyer Mark Lemley about Swift's branding empire. Read this story To Set The Mood In Period Drama, A Composer Paints Around The Emotions Gary Yershon is up for an Oscar for the score of Mr. Turner, his fourth collaboration with director Mike Leigh. The two men share a philosophy: Never tell the audience exactly how to feel. Read this story A Sister Act Taps A Ghostly, Afro-Cuban Groove As Ibeyi, Lisa-Kainde and Naomi Diaz make soulful, percussive music rooted in their Yoruba heritage. Read this story 'That Blew My Mind': Raiding The Lead Belly Vault From his pop covers to his freewheeling radio show, there was more to the late musician than blues. Read this story more music stories