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    NPR News Nuggets: Cracker Barrel Legends, An Air Guitar Champion & Love For Houston

    by Wynne Davis Sep 03, 2017 2 minutes
    Cracker Barrel has 645 locations throughout the United States, and after many, many trips Ray and Wilma Yoder have visited every single one. / Frederick Breedon / Getty Images

    Here's a quick roundup of some of the mini-moments you may have missed on this week's Morning Edition.

    Airistotle, the air guitar champ

    Airistotle has made it into history books again (no, not that one) for some insane air guitar skills. And of course you'll notice that this scholar spellshost Alisa Chang said on Tuesday, Matt Burns chose Airistotle as his nom de rock. Earlier in August, as he was preparing for the 2017 Air Guitar World Championships. At the time, Burns was the returning champion, getting ready to defend his title. Well, after a stunning performance of a punk version of "I Will Survive" in Finland, the 27-year-old New Yorker holds onto title as World Champ for at least the next year.

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