 Jazz critic and author Gary Giddens rounds out this year's quartet. Anastasia Tsoukas, NPR News, New York. The body of a rare whale has washed up in New Zealand. Authorities say they believe it is a spade-toothed whale. These are so rare, only six samples have been documented around the world since the 1800s. Officials say next to nothing is known about spade-toothed whales. I'm Corva Coleman, NPR News.