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A grocery store worker stocks bread at a MOM's Organic Market in Washington, D.C., on April 2. Last week, bread sales jumped 30% compared to a year ago. But yeast sales were up more than 450%.

Whaddaya Knead? Yeast And Baking Powder Top America's Shopping Lists

As stay-at-home orders set in across the country, Americans are still buying more staple foods than normal, but the spikes in purchases are slightly calmer than a few weeks ago.

Two weeks after Superstorm Sandy, clean-up continues in the heavily damaged Rockaway neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York City.

Also: As "fiscal cliff" looms, scenarios multiply; New York State Gov. Andrew Cuomo will reportedly seek $30 billion in disaster aid; the BBC's head of news steps down; Italy is pounded by heavy rains.

Also: San Francisco slugger Pablo Sandoval leads Giants over Detroit Tigers; the Hajj is underway in Mecca; and Chinese dissident artist Ai Weiwei needles Chinese government with parody video.

Also: Egyptian opposition refuses talks with President Morsi; Secretary Clinton says Syria situation 'accelerating'; George Zimmerman sues NBC for biased reporting on his case; a rotting whale overpowers Malibu, California, with its stench.

This dog likes snow: In Minneapolis on Sunday, Adam Womersley and his English Springer Spaniel, Stella, had some fun out in the winter weather.

Also: Russia and U.S. hold "brainstorming session" on Syria; European Union officials accept Nobel Peace Prize; Barcelona's Lionel Messi sats new calendar-year record for goals.

Will someone come back to fill it up? On Christmas Day at the Lakeside Mall in New Orleans, this shopping cart sat all alone. After what's been said to have been a soft holiday shopping season, retailers are hoping that post-holiday sales will be strong.

Also: In video, commander of Syria's military police says he has defected; Egypt has a new constitution; gunman in Western New York left note saying that killing is "what I like doing best;" actors Jack Klugman and Charles Durning have died.

Also: Congress is expected to vote on the debt ceiling today, Britain is expected to schedule a vote on staying in the E.U., Trade Rep. Ron Kirk is stepping down; and a burning cheese fire closes a Norwegian road for days.

There was plenty to shovel early Friday in Durham, Pa. More winter weather is on the way for much of the nation.

Also: 'March for Life' rally brings thousands to D.C.; Boeing 787 Dreamliner's problems remain a mystery; anniversary of revolution sparks clashes in streets of Cairo; North Korea warns the South.

Minnesota Orchestra music director Osmo Vänskä, whose pleas to his symphony's management and players just went public.

Classical Crib Sheet: Top 5 Stories This Week

Vänskä pleads for both sides to work together in Minnesota, Muti declines to make a statement and a monocled (!) tenor signs to DG: the stories you must know and a guide to all the news that's fit to link. And a composer exols the durability of the orchestra and the versatility of scissors.

Eric Lewis, as ELEW, performs at the Blue Man Group's 20th anniversary after party in 2011.

The Lead Sheet: Top 5 Jazz Stories This Week

This week's news features the making of ELEW, another "jazz is dead" debate, and Chicago music history from long ago and the present day alike. Plus, Ron Carter on bass evolution, Phil Schaap on economics, a new Wayne Shorter album and Miles Davis for Japanese liquor.

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