All Things Considered

As cold weather descends on most of the country, we're asking for winter songs — songs that evoke the season, and the memories that come with them. So far in our series, we've heard some lighthearted or slightly wistful tunes, but this next song goes to a far icier place. It's the choice of the celebrated dancer and choreographer Bill T. Jones.

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MELISSA BLOCK, HOST:

One last note from the campaign trail. Two of Mitt Romney's opponents engaged today in a long conversation, a so-called Lincoln-Douglas styled debate at St. Anselm College in New Hampshire.

Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and former Utah Governor Jon Huntsman discussed in a gentlemanly manner topics of foreign policy and national security. And Gingrich began with a short critique.

Birds of Paradise is a new novel by Diana Abu-Jaber. It depicts the complicated life of a family in Miami whose daughter runs away at 15.

The Supreme Court has agreed to review lower court rulings that threw out key parts of the Arizona immigration law, including the "show me your papers" provision. The court will hear the case in the spring.