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Question: Charlie Kaufman's Brain Teaser Movies

Charlie Kaufman is best known for the quirky screenplays for Adaptation and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. He's written and directed the new film Synecdoche, NY. Host Scott Simon talks to film critic Desson Thomson about Kaufman's brain-teaser movies — films that make the human mind the landscape of the story. SCOTT SIMON, host:  Charlie Kaufman is best known as the screenwriter of "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind," and "Adaptation," the kind of movies that make the human mind the landscape of a story. Well, Charlie Kaufman makes his directorial debut with "Synecdoche, New York." It opens nationwide this weekend. He also wrote the screenplay - and it might be his weirdest yet.  (Soundbite of film, "Synecdoche, New York")  Mr. PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN: (As Caden Cotard) His idea is to do a massive theater piece on uncompromising, honest - he's trying to think what theater is. It's the beginning of thought. It's the truth not yet spoken.  SIMON: That's Philip Seymour Hoffman in "Synecdoche, New York." Joining us to explain the mystery, the appeal of this and other brain-teaser movies is our own mind-bending film critic, Desson Thomson. Desson, thanks so much for being with us.  Mr. DESSON THOMSON (Film Critic): Greetings to you.  SIMON: What's this film about? And if you tell me the interior of the human landscape, I'm going to be very disappointed.  Mr. THOMSON: It's about two hours.  (Soundbite of laughter)  SIMON: That I understand.  Mr. THOMSON: It's about a New York theater director, played by Philip Seymour Hoffman, who discovers his whole world is in a process of disintegration. His autonomic nervous system is breaking down. He is acutely aware of his mortality, and his wife is about to leave him. So, it's about just...  SIMON: He's got a lot on his plate.  Mr. THOMSON: He's got a lot on his plate, yes. It's a busy, agitated plate.  SIMON: And this makes him examine his life in a whole new light.  Mr. THOMSON: Well, he's got no choice, really. You get rather introspective if you've got that going on in your life.  Mr. PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN: (As Caden) I've been thinking a lot about dying lately.  Ms. CATHERINE KEENER: (As Adele Lack) You're going to be fine, sweetie.  Mr. HOFFMAN: (As Caden) I appreciate that, Claire, but...  Ms. KEENER: (As Adele) You are, you poor thing.   Mr. HOFFMAN: (As Caden) You know, regardless of how this particular thing works itself out, I will be dying.  SIMON: This movie, "Synecdoche, New York," there's a second part to this story, I gather.  Mr. THOMSON: Yeah. I suppose you could say the deus ex machina of the story is that he wins a MacArthur Genius Grant, this character.  SIMON: Of course.  Mr. THOMSON: Which only prompts worse things. He starts to - he puts on a play, which he insists on directing inside a warehouse where no one can actually go see it. And this is where "synecdoche" comes from.  SIMON: Synecdoche - it's not a mispronunciation of Schenectady, New York.  Mr. THOMSON: It's a play on the two sounding similar because he does live in Schenectady.  SIMON: Synecdoche is when you use a small measure that imparts a whole.  Mr. THOMSON: Exactly. As we would say in hands on deck instead of sailors on deck. In the film, the character is making a section of New York inside the warehouse. So in a way, that's a small part of New York functioning as the entire New York City.  SIMON: So it's Synecdoche in Schenectady.  Mr. THOMSON: Exactly. Now, say that over and over again.  SIMON: I could barely get it out once.  (Soundbite of laughter)  Mr. THOMSON: Of course, his wife leaves him and he becomes more and more obsessed with the play, and then the lines between reality and his own perception blur. And we literally see people acting as his persona, interacting with him in his real world, and then we're never sure which is which anymore. So it gets increasingly confusing.  Mr. HOFFMAN: (As Caden) You're actors playing actors; you're in the scene. You're not just filming it. You're in the scene.  Unidentified Woman: Just like that.  Mr. HOFFMAN: (As Caden) As you're telling him this, you realize that you're attracted to him also, and how are you going to let him know that, and the guilt you feel about telling him about somebody else, knowing that.  Mr. THOMSON: Not exactly the movie that would be for the multiplex, romantic comedy audience, I would say, off the bat. But at the same time so engaging that I think most of us should give it a shot.  SIMON: I don't know much about Charlie Kaufman. Do you? Are his films hard to follow?  Mr. THOMSON: They are hard subjects to follow, but he makes them easy, I think.  SIMON: "Being John Malkovich," I suppose, is the movie that a lot of us would have in mind. And this begins with a premise that just sounds so extraordinary. It's beyond science fiction.  (Soundbite of film "Being John Malkovitch")  Mr. JOHN CUSACK: (As Craig Schwartz) There's a tiny door in my office, Maxine. It's a portal. And it takes you inside John

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Field Report's new album, Summertime Songs, was recorded before 2016's election, but frontman Chris Porterfield says he's still thought a lot between then and now about how his work fits into the current social and political atmosphere in the U.S. "In the lead-up to putting this record out, I struggled with whether the world needed another white man's record right now," he says. You'll want to hear what brought him to that point. His session on World Cafe reflects on some lighter moments as well — like the time a planned Grateful Dead cover turned disastrous during a set at South by Southwest: "I had the lyrics all printed off. ... I had it, like in my bones. I was ready to go. Get on stage — dead air. It just left my mind." Hear more of those stories, and a live performance, at the audio link.

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They can wiretap my phone and snoop through my e-mail all they want, but I will never reveal the answer to this week's ScuttleButton puzzle. At least until next week. ScuttleButton, of course, is that once-a-week waste of time exercise in which each Tuesday or Wednesday I put up a vertical display of buttons on this site. Your job is to simply take one word (or concept) per button, add 'em up, and, hopefully, you will arrive at a famous name or a familiar expression. (And seriously, by familiar, I mean it's something that more than one person on Earth would recognize.) For years, a correct answer chosen at random would get his or her name posted in this column, an incredible honor in itself. Now the stakes are even higher. Thanks to the efforts of the folks at Talk of the Nation, that person also hears their name mentioned on the Wednesday show (by me) and receives a Political Junkie t-shirt in the bargain. Is this a great country or what? You can't use the comments box at the bottom of the page for your answer. Send submission (plus your name and city/state — you won't win without that) to politicaljunkie@npr.org. (Why do people keep forgetting to include their name and city/state?) And, by adding your name to the Political Junkie mailing list, you will be among the first on your block to receive notice about the column and the puzzle. Sign up at politicaljunkie@npr.org. Or you can make sure to get an automatic RSS feed whenever a new Junkie post goes up by clicking here. Good luck! By the way, I always announce the winner on Wednesday's Junkie segment on TOTN — seven or eight days after the puzzle first goes up. So you should try and get your answer in as soon as possible. But logistically, you have about a week to submit your guess. Here are the buttons used and the answer to last week's puzzle: Appeal for Neal (caricature of Mr. Conan) Keep TOTN — Alas, it's not going to happen. But it's a great button! Senator D Huddleston — Can't remember if I've ever used this in a ScuttleButton puzzle before, but Walter "Dee" Huddleston was a two-term Democrat from Kentucky who lost his 1984 re-election bid to Mitch McConnell. Barb/Muskie Delegate — 1972 Democratic delegate button pledged to presidential hopeful Ed Muskie. David Duke/U.S. Senate — The former white supremacist ran for the Senate as a Republican from Louisiana. So, when you combine Conan + D + Barb + Aryan, you may just very well end up with ... Conan the Barbarian. The 1982 movie starring Arnold Schwarzenegger. The winner, chosen completely at random, is Steve Coughlan of Amherst, N.H.  Steve gets not only the coveted Political Junkie t-shirt — but the Official No Prize Button as well! And don't forget to check out this week's Political Junkie column, which focuses on some memorable races for mayor of Los Angeles. Click here to read the column.

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Dutch architect and Pritzker Prize laureate Rem Koolhaas's first U.S. project opens to the public Saturday in Chicago. The student center at the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) campus has bright orange glass and a stainless steel tube on top that the Chicago elevated train passes through. Edward Lifson of Chicago Public Radio reports.

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Question: Mergers Threaten Minority-Owned Businesses

NPR's Jim Zarroli reports that big companies want to increase the amount of business they do with minority-owned contractors, but say the definition of what qualifies as a minority-owned business is too restrictive.

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Stem Cell Group Considers Research Grant Applications. Court Blocks New Sex Offender Law Pending Review. Nation's Latino Voters Leaned Democratic. End Music.


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Question: The Tribe From 'Hair' Reunites After 40 Years

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Some old friends recently gathered for a reunion at a restaurant along New York’s Central Park, and as friends do, they began singing an old favorite.  Pretty soon, other patrons noticed, “Hey! Isn’t that the cast of the 1979 movie, Hair?”  Hair first debuted as a hit Broadway musical in 1968 with music by Galt MacDermot and lyrics by Gerome Ragni and James Rado. It tells the story of a small band of Central Park flower children during the Vietnam War, who are loosely led by George Berger, played by actor Treat Williams in the 1979 film.  Williams is the one who organized the recent reunion of the Hair cast in New York. “It’s like being back with your family,” he says. “We were very, very close. We know each other very, very well. We all were grateful and happy to see each other.”  The songs from Hair, such as “Aquarius”– sung by Ren Woods — topped the pop charts and blared from radios. They were sung around the world — and they still are. Hair is one of the most produced pieces in high schools.  Williams says Hair still resonates today because it’s a story about “kids finding their strength and independence.”  “It’s about breaking out and finding yourself,” he says.   Watch on YouTube. The assembled actors also toasted their late director Milos Forman, who also directed the Academy Award-winning 1973 film One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest. Forman grew up under both Nazi and Communist occupation in Czechoslovakia. Williams says the themes of repression in Hair are expressions of Forman’s life.  “We all realized we were in the presence of a true artist,” he says. “If we weren’t being real, he would always say, ‘No, no. It’s not real.’ ”  The film was also very personal for actor John Savage, who played Claude Bukowksi, the young man from Oklahoma headed for boot camp and then Vietnam. (Savage is host Robin Young’s brother).   At the time, Savage was also playing a soldier in The Deerhunter, one of the defining films of the Vietnam War era. His childhood friend was killed at Kent State. Savage had little kids, so he avoided the draft, but he watched other friends get shipped off.  “I really felt like I was doing one movie. It was my life. It was what I had all around me,” Savage says. “Friends that were being shot at home for demonstrating. It was disturbing.” Williams describes Savage has “such a beautiful actor.”  “I’d never had a chemistry with a male actor like I had with John,” he says.  Watch on YouTube. The two also shared a plot twist. At the end, Williams’ character, Berger, convinces Savage’s Claude to trade places at the Army base to give Claude a day off. But it backfires, and it’s Berger — dressed as Claude — who goes to war.  “And the guy says, “OK, we’re going. You’re going. We’re all going,’ ” Williams recalls. “And they’re driving us to put our stuff on to get going. And the camera pushes in on me, and I remember thinking, ‘Well, I’m like a caged animal.’ So I started making these almost whimpering sounds.” That scene brought Williams back to the night he was waiting for his number to be called in the Vietnam draft. Watch on YouTube. “I remember sitting at my parents’ kitchen table by myself with a six-pack of beer, and my number came up, 347, so I didn’t have to go,” Williams says. “I was terrified that night.”  Back in New York, the reunited tribe made its way to Central Park, site of the iconic dance scenes choreographed by Twlya Tharp.  Annie Golden, who played the impossibly hopeful flower child Jeannie, now has the role of Norma, the mute singer, on Orange Is the New Black. She traces that role to Forman picking her out of the punk rock band, The Shirts, after seeing her perform in New York’s underground clubs. “He came to CBGB’s because that was the scene,” Golden says. “He likes unknowns. He likes raw diamonds. And he picked me for Jeannie.” Golden says that role was “life changing.”  Watch on YouTube. “And then I get Orange Is The New Black, and it was [producer and writer] Jenji Kohan who had seen Hair as a child, and she said, ‘That woman should be … a household name,’” Golden says. “Everything kind of unfolded.”  Williams says he can’t believe it’s been 40 years since they shot the film.  “I can remember every single day of shooting of that film,” he says. “What I’m loving is that it seems to have a life still.”  The next day the tribe made its way to the Avon Theatre in Stamford, Connecticut — Williams’ hometown — for a raucous sold out screening of Hair with sing-a-longs. “What I honor is how generous everybody was,” Williams says. “Everybody was so generous. Everybody wanted it to be good, and I loved it and I’ll always love it.  “Oh, I never wanted a role so much in my life as this. Nor since by the way. Nor since.”  Watch on YouTube.  Robin Young produced and edited this interview for broadcast with Tinku Ray. Samantha Raphelson adapted it for the web.  This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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Question: New Law Will Require IMDB To Remove Actors' Ages If Requested

California Gov. Jerry Brown has signed a bill into law that will require websites like IMDB Pro to remove the ages of actors and others listed on the site if asked by them to do so.


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Question: CD Wish List: Recordings Stuck in the Analog Age

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Music history is filled with dozens of songs, recorded on vinyl by one-hit wonders, now lost to us denizens of the digital era. But it might surprise you to learn that many classic recordings -- by such well-known artists as Shirley Horn or the band Fleetwood Mac -- are also stuck in the analog age. For the second year in a row, Weekend Edition Sunday launches its three-week-long CD Wish List series. We challenge music industry insiders with the question: What are the best albums that aren't available on CD, but should be? E-mail us your suggestions at wesun@npr.org with the subject line "CD WISH LIST." This week we talk to: JoAnn Falletta, music director of the Buffalo Philharmonic and Virginia Symphony orchestras. She chooses the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra's 1968 recording of Cage: Concerto for Prepared Piano and Orchestra/ Foss: Baroque Variations (Nonesuch, 1968). Lukas Foss conducts. Jim Farrington, head of public services at the Sibley Music Library in Rochester, N.Y. He chooses trumpeter Maynard Ferguson's MF Horn, Volume 4: Live at Jimmy's (Columbia, 1974). Farrington calls the album's fusion of pop and jazz sounds "a real slice of jazz history." Farrington notes that he's far from the only fan hoping Ferguson's work will make the transition to CD; at least two write-in campaigns have asked Sony to reissue his music. "It would sell like hot cakes," Farrington says. Rick Luningham, of the Ernest Tubb Record Shops in Nashville, Tenn. His choice for digital resurrection is The Pride of Country Music (RCA, 1967), by Charley Pride. Luningham notes that Pride was among the first African Americans to cross over into country music. "People would gasp when he came out on stage," Luningham says of Pride. "Then as soon as he started singing, they loved him."

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A Church Divided: Episcopalians Split Over Gay and Lesbian Clergy -- Questions over the ordination of gays and lesbians have Episcopalians in the Central Valley voting on whether to break away from the national church. Also, a new exhibit in San Francisco explores the nature of listening, from eavesdropping to music appreciation.

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Question: AP To Open News Bureau In North Korea

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"The Associated Press and the North Korean state news agency have signed a series of agreements, including one for the opening of a comprehensive AP news bureau in Pyongyang," the AP announced today. The wire service says it will be "the first permanent text and photo bureau operated by a Western news organization in the North Korean capital." Currently, AP Television News has an office in North Korea that distributes video news.

Happy Friday! We're looking at these stories this morning: Economy Slowed Further In Second Quarter.  Derecho, the Sequel: Storm Roars Over Pennsylvania And New York. In London, The Games Are Afoot. Activists Report Heavy Fighting In Aleppo, Syria's Largest City. (VOA) Chinese Woman Accused Of Poisoning British Man Is Held Incommunicado By Chinese Police. (Washington Post) China Orders Limit To Flooding Coverage After Outraged Victims Start Compiling Private Death Tolls. (AP) Afghan Militant Attacks Against NATO Forces Rose 11% In The Past Three Months. (AP) Cyprus Officials To Charge Man With Plotting Terrorism, Had Tracked Israeli Tourists. (Cyprus Mail) Ousted Head Of Oldest Black U.S. Fraternity Seeks His Job Back In A Georgia Court. (Atlanta Journal Constitution) Bird Hits Boy In The Face On Six Flags Coaster, Causing Minor Injuries. (Asbury Park Press)


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Question: Steve King Doubles Down

Last week, a group of young people who'd been deported to Mexico made a big show of their ultimately futile attempt to re-enter the United States. They were pushing for legislation nicknamed the DREAM Act, which would grant a pathway to citizenship for undocumented young people who were brought to the United States when they were very young. But Steve King, a longtime Republican representative from Iowa and an outspoken opponent of immigration reform, wasn't having it.  They will say to me and others who defend the rule of law, 'We have to do something about the 11 million. Some of them are valedictorians.' Well, my answer to that is ... it's true in some cases, but they weren't all valedictorians, they weren't all brought in by their parents. For everyone who's a valedictorian, there's another hundred out there, they weigh 130 pounds and they've got calves the size of cantaloupes because they're hauling 75 pounds of marijuana across the desert. Those people would be legalized with the same act.  As you might have guessed, that didn't really go over too well. John Boehner, the speaker of the House, rebuked his fellow Republican's comments. "There's no place in this debate for hateful or ignorant comments from elected officials," Boehner said earlier this week. Some young immigrant advocates delivered bags full of cantaloupes in front of King's office in mocking protest. Even Raul Labrador, an Idaho representative who's a conservative's conservative, blasted King this week, calling his comments "reprehensible" and referring to King as a "wing nut." (No statement from the NFL yet, but presumably, scouts are salivating over this new crop of freakishly muscled running back prospects pouring over the border.) As my colleague Frank James wrote, King's comments come at an inconvenient time for Republicans, who were badly beaten by Democrats among Latino voters in last fall's elections even as Latinos become an increasingly significant part of the electorate. (According to polls, immigration matters less to Latino voters than the economy and education, but many people see immigration as a kind of litmus test for the way a candidate feels about Latinos.) The party had been trying to repair that breach before King's, er, impolitic comments. But where other politicians might walk back comments like this, King only doubled down. "Eighty [percent] to 90 percent of the illegal drugs consumed in America come from or through Mexico," he said the next day. "I can tell you that in Mexico they are recruiting kids to be drug smugglers, between the ages of 11 and 18." And in the grand Washington tradition, King's re-election campaign sent out an email to supporters referencing the hullabaloo and asking for donations to fight "the pro-amnesty crowd [that's] out in full force against me." The email went on:  The left will use these made up headlines in TV and radio commercials to influence the voters of Iowa's 4th District to vote against me. Without my own war chest, I won't be able to defend myself and set the record straight with Iowans. Can I count on you to contribute $25, $50, $100 or more to my campaign to help fend off these attacks? If every one of you who receive this email were to just give $15 today, we would raise enough money to pay for television ads on every Des Moines network station for this entire election cycle – and the left will be hard pressed to fight back.  Say what you will about the guy and his history of, er, impolitic comments — that Hillary Clinton has close ties to the Muslim Brotherhood, calling for Muslims to be racially profiled at airports, seemingly comparing immigrants to dogs on Univision — he's more than willing to own what he says. King is hardly the first politician to make racially inflammatory statements. And there's an argument to be made that King's comments have some value; there are countless Americans who agree with King, and having his ideas in a public space gives the country an opportunity to grapple with them. (Conversely, granting legitimacy to comments like King's expands the universe of acceptable discourse.) But the current media environment means that someone like King, a relative backbencher, can get airtime and attention that far outstrips his actual political influence. That means King has a smaller margin of error from ignominy — he can't make public statements anywhere that won't end up on YouTube or tweeted out to the wider world. And given the challenge the GOP faces in winning Latino converts, his party has a smaller margin for error, too.

Good morning. Sorry we're late with the roundup. We've had quite a few things to post about already today, as you can see: -- Before Obama's Plan Is Out, NRA Calls Him An 'Elitist Hypocrite' -- Inflation Rate Slowed Sharply In 2012; Prices Were Flat In December -- UPDATE: 'Turmoil' For Many Parents As NYC School Bus Drivers Strike -- Fireball, Panic As Helicopter Crashes In London -- Blast Rocks Kabul; Dozens Wounded, Attackers Killed -- Interior Sec. Salazar Is Latest Member Of Cabinet To Announce Departure Among the other stories making headlines: -- "French Troops Move North As Mali Rebels Dig In." (The New York Times) -- "Islamists Attack Algerian Gas Feld, Kill, Kidnap Foreigners." (Reuters) -- Former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford (R) Announces Bid For Congress. (The State) -- Top Japan Airlines Ground Boeing 787 Dreamliners. (BBC News) -- With Confession, Lance Armstrong Is Hoping To Reduce Lifetime Ban From Competition And Head Off A Lawsuit That Could Cost Him Nearly $100 Million. (The Washington Post)


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International College Student Experience — After a sharp decline following September 11th 2001, international college student enrollment is rebounding, albeit with tough new visa rules. Michael Krasny explores the experience of international students in the U.S. with guests including Andrew Garrod, professor of education and director of the Teacher Education Program at Dartmouth College, and author of "Crossing Customs: International Students Write on U.S. College Life and Culture"; Peter Van Buren, head of the Educational information Branch and director of Education USA at the U.S. Department of State; Jess Liu, an international student from Hong Kong at UC Berkeley, dual majoring in political science and mass communications; and Yatou Fall, a Laney College student from Mauritania who has lived in U.S. for four years.


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A once cutting edge electric automobile is now headed for the scrap heap. General Motors is reclaiming hundreds of EV1's, but many people who once drove the cars don't want to let them go.  NPR's Luke Burbank has the story of how that's produced something of a standoff at a GM facility in Southern California.

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Just a word to the wise, that if you are considering taking refuge in the American Embassy in Beijing, don't expect me to mail you a Political Junkie t-shirt if you happen to be the randomly chosen ScuttleButton winner. And don't expect to be the randomly chosen ScuttleButton winner if you don't know how to play. ScuttleButton, as you know, is the once a week waste of time exercise in which each Monday or Tuesday (whatever) I put up a vertical display of buttons on this site. Your job is to simply take one word (or concept) per button, add 'em up, and, hopefully, you will arrive at a famous name or a familiar expression. (And seriously, by familiar, I mean it's something that more than one person on Earth would recognize.) For years, a correct answer chosen at random would get his or her name posted in this column, an incredible honor in itself. Now the stakes are even higher. Thanks to the efforts of the folks at Talk of the Nation, that person also hears their name mentioned on the Wednesday show (by me) and receives a Political Junkie t-shirt in the bargain. Is this a great country or what? You can't use the comments box at the bottom of the page for your answer. Send submission (plus your name and city/state — you won't win without that) to politicaljunkie@npr.org. And, by adding your name to the Political Junkie mailing list, you will be among the first on your block to receive notice about the column and the puzzle. Sign up at politicaljunkie@npr.org. Or you can make sure to get an automatic RSS feed whenever a new Junkie post goes up by clicking here. Good luck! By the way, I announce the winner on Wednesday's Junkie segment on TOTN. But with a new puzzle up every Monday or Tuesday, depending on my mood, you should get your answer in as soon as possible. Here are the buttons used and the answer to last week's puzzle: I'm Proud to be an American — This button could be World War II vintage, but at the very least, the 48 stars indicates it's certainly before 1959. Tom Robinson Band — The 1970s British punk rock band. True confessions: the only song I have by them on my iPod is "2-4-6-8 Motorway." I don't think I know anything else by them. Wallace for President/Stand Up for America — The former Alabama governor ran in 1968 on the American Independent Party banner and carried five Southern states. So, when you combine American + Band + Stand, you may just very well end up with ... American Bandstand. The decades-long TV dance program hosted by Dick Clark, who died last month. This week's winner, chosen completely at random, is ... David Lam of Las Vegas, Nev. Don't forget to check out this week's Political Junkie column, where I list my subjective Top 5 running mates of the past half century. You can read the column here. It also includes the secret ingredients to the Political Junkie cocktail being served at the Modern Hotel in Boise, Idaho.

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Over the protests of the Hamas movement, which won the last Palestinian elections, Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas swore in a new cabinet today in the West Bank.  He also moved to outlaw Hamas militias.

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Good morning, here are our early stories: Panetta: Don't Leap To Conclusions About Gen. Allen. Should Petraeus Scandal Be A Big Topic At Obama's News Conference Today? And here are more early headlines: Long Island Utility Chief Quitting Over Superstorm Sandy Response. (Newsday) Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi To Announce Decision On Her House Post. (Los Angeles Times) Anti-Austerity Strikes Underway In Several European Countries. (NBC) Chinese President Hu Jintao Leaves Political Office As Part Of Power Transition. (VOA) Second Day Of Protests In Jordan Over High Gas Prices. (Jordan Times) African Union Seeks U.N. Authorization To Invade Mali And Fight Islamist Militants. (AP) Pakistan To Release Some Afghan Taliban Prisoners To Help Peace Process. (Reuters) Car Bombs Kill Many In Iraq Ahead Of Islamic New Year. (BBC) Contraception Is A Human Right, Says U.N. Agency. (AP)


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Question: In The Loop: "Best of The LoopCast"

(Length: 47 min.) Before In The Loop went weekly, there was a little thing called The LoopCast.  We collected some of our favorite clowning from those glory days, including "This American Loop" and "Public Radio Laboratories."

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Guest: Irfan Ahmad, Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology at the University of Illinois; Mark A. Shannon, Director of the Center of Advanced Materials for Purification of Water With Systems Center; Dietram A. Scheufele, Director of Graduate Studies in the Department of Life Sciences Communication at the University of Wisconsin

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Question: A Mother And Daughter Confront Their Breast Cancer Risk

Hollywood superstar Angelina Jolie has been in the headlines, by her own choice for a change. Genetic testing showed she was at high risk for breast cancer, so she decided to have a double mastectomy to improve her odds. She revealed her choice, and the thinking behind it, in a recent op-ed in The New York Times. On Tuesday's Tell Me More, host Michel Martin spoke to a mother and daughter who faced the same issue. Regina Brett is a columnist for the Cleveland Plain Dealer. She wrote about the path she and her daughter Gabrielle (Gabe) Brett took in an award-winning series called "The Inheritance." Both women had prophylactic double mastectomies. Regina says Jolie's action could alter the public discussion:  "You know, when we had surgery, people kind of rolled their eyes and said, 'Jeez, are you crazy? What are you making such a radical decision for?' So I think it's important somebody that famous has the gene and is honest about her decisions."  Gabe described why she decided to have a surgery because of her cancer risk:  "I just needed to know. I was going to ... you know, go through life believing I had a time bomb in me no matter what. So if I could get the relief of finding out I was negative and I was not a carrier, then I could relax a bit more. If I found out I was positive, then I felt like I could get the surveillance and the screening, regular mammograms, breast MRIs, and be really proactive about it. But not knowing was not going to be helpful."  Gabe on how she sees her decision in hindsight:  "No-brainer now that we have a family, and now that my priorities are different. The hardest part is actually coming to grips with, I'm going to remove a healthy part of my body. And I think once I made that decision, you know, the weeks leading up to surgery, I had a lot of anxiety, but honestly the minute I got rolled out of surgery and I was awake and alert, I felt such relief."  Regina, on the decision to not have reconstructive surgery:  "For me, I wasn't going to have breasts again. I would have maybe an implant with skin over it but for me it wasn't the breasts that I had known and loved my whole life. I wouldn't feel anything. I wouldn't feel if somebody touched me, and I realized I would only be having breasts for everyone else to look at and say 'wow, she looks great.' ... So I bought prosthetic breasts, and I named 'em Thelma and Louise."

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Question: In Midst Of Poverty, A Bash For Zimbabwe's Mugabe

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Amid grinding poverty, widespread hunger, almost universal joblessness and a deadly cholera epidemic, Zimbabwe's longtime president, Robert Mugabe, held a $250,000 birthday bash for himself this weekend. The party concluded a week in which Zimbabwe tried to squeeze $2 billion in aid from its neighbors.

Good morning - we're looking at these stories today: Fierce Fighting Continues In Syria As U.N. General Assembly Prepares To Vote. It's 'Kiss In' Day At Chick-Fil-A For Gay Rights Activists. China Gets Hit With Two Hurricanes, Just Hours Apart. (CNN) Tropical Storm Ernesto Forms In Caribbean, Heading For Gulf Of Mexico. (AP) Jailed Islamist Cleric Threatens War If Myanmar Continues To Abuse Rohingya Muslims. (AFP) Spain's Borrowing Costs Go Up As Speculation Grows Over A Possible Bailout. (AP) Russian President Putin Suggests Leniency For Girl Punk Band Facing Charges Of Denouncing Him. (Moscow Times) U.S. Nuclear Processing Facility Closed After Four Protesters Get Through Security. (Reuters) Baseball All-Star Cal Ripken, Jr. Asks For Public's Help In Nabbing His Mother's Kidnapper. (Baltimore Sun) American Gymnastics Gold Medalist Gabby Douglas Is On 'Cloud Nine'. (People)


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Question: 'Day to Day' Department of Corrections

NPR's Alex Chadwick and Day to Day senior producer Steven Proffitt offer corrections to recent stories.

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School Funding, Focus On Technology, National Audubon Society, The Android's Dream, Chase's Calendar of Events, Letters from Iwo Jima, Commentary: Exercise and Pre-teen Martial Arts


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Question: Don't Touch! A Scientist's Advice For Spotting Poison Ivy Before It Ruins Your Summer

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It was a close encounter in 2012 that made microbiologist John Jelesko take an interest in poison ivy. The Virginia Tech professor was cutting up a downed tree with an electric chainsaw. What he didn't realize was that his power cable had been dragging through poison ivy. So at the end of the day, as he coiled the cord around his palm and elbow, he inadvertently launched a career-bending science experiment. "Within 48 hours, I had your classic case of poison ivy on my arm. And as a scientist, I said, 'This is interesting, how bad can it be? I'll just leave this untreated,' " he recalls, sheepishly. "In about two weeks, I had learned just how uncomfortable poison ivy rash could be." Uncomfortable sounds like an understatement. Jelesko says he barely slept while fighting the urge to "claw my itching flesh off." Eventually, he went to his family doctor, who prescribed oral steroids. The experience sparked years of research into a plant he calls a "familiar stranger." He has studied the chemical, urushiol, that triggers that tell-tale rash, and the plant's biology overall. The tricky thing about avoiding poison ivy, Jelesko says, is the plant is highly adaptable and can take many different forms in different environments. "It's remarkable," he says, with a laugh. "There's just an enormous amount of things with this plant that are currently unknown." Here he offers insights into how to recognize Toxicodendron radicans (the plant's scientific name) before you risk touching it — and what to do when it's too late. Know the leaf shapes The axiom, "leaves of three, let it be," is accurate, says Jelesko, but those leaves can come in many shapes, even on the same plant. You're safe if the plant has thorns — poison ivy doesn't, but it does sometimes have little pale green berries. Same plant, many forms Another tricky feature of the species that can trip up passers-by: Poison ivy plants can grow in many shapes and sizes. When mature vines climb up a tree, their shape can even mimic that of the host tree. Simply pushing aside an innocent-seeming branch could make you pay a few days later when the rash begins to well up. Jelesko's latest research, which is not yet published, finds that, in cities, poison ivy tends to grow as a climbing vine, whereas out in the forest, most of the plants are ground-creeping vines. And poison ivy is much more prevalent in "landscapes modified by humans" than out in the middle of the woods. What to do when the tricky plant wins ... If you think you've touched a plant, or unfortunately know you have, follow these tips to alleviate the problem. Of course, prevention is the best route. John Jelesko now dons a Tyvek suit and two pairs of gloves when he's wallowing in poison ivy.  If you even suspect you brushed up against the plant, wash with soap and water within a few hours. This tends to prevent an outbreak in most people. To confirm you touched poison ivy, you can try what's known as the "black dot test" — but proceed with caution! With gloved hands, tear the leaf in half, put the sap on a piece of white paper. If it's poison ivy, the urushiol oil will turn black in 30 minutes. This is the same reason black dots appear on some of the plants. Keep an eye out for a streaky, red rash in the first few days, especially if you've had a poison ivy reaction before. For poison ivy newbies, the rash could take a week to develop. Repeat customers can start breaking out in a day or two. Rather than building immunity, multiple exposures can make someone more sensitive, priming the immune system to produce a more "robust" response, Jelesko says. When a rash appears, dermatologists recommend soothing it with anti-itch or corticosteroid cream. And if it gets really bad, go to the doctor, especially if the rash involves sensitive areas like the mouth or genitals. Steroids and anti-itch medicine don't always solve the whole problem and medicine has little else to offer. (If you're still in agony, cold compresses or a bath with oatmeal may help soothe your skin.) But more medical help may be on the way: Scientists are in early days of exploring new treatments. A researcher at Duke University found that part of the body's response involves an inflammatory protein "exciting" the nerve fibers in the skin and sending itchy signals to the brain. An antibody that counteracts the protein is currently in a clinical trial with humans. If your pup came along with you on the outing that exposed you to poison ivy, never fear. Dogs are not allergic — but their fur can definitely hold the oil and transfer it to their owner, so have care with petting your dog after hiking past poison ivy. Scientists haven't found many animals that break out like humans do, though lab mice seem to be allergic enough for research.  And just in case you weren't disturbed enough by the proliferation of this itch-inducing vine, behold and be amazed by this king of the forest, a vine that's truly awe-inspiring in size. Happy hiking! This story is

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Good morning. Our early headlines: -- Louisville Player's Surgery A Success; Leg Break Shouldn't End His Career -- Texas On 'High Alert' After District Attorney's Killing -- It's Almost Cicada Time! Help Radiolab Track #Swarmageddon -- Book News: Shakespeare Was A Tax Evader And Food Hoarder, Researchers Say -- If Something Smells Funny, Remember What Day It Is Other stories making headlines: -- "South Korea Vows Fast Response To North; U.S. Deploys Stealth Jets." (Reuters) -- "Drug Maker Novartis Loses India Patent Battle." (The Associated Press) -- In Southwestern Virginia, "3 Dead, Dozens Hospitalized" After Dense Fog Causes Multi-Vehicle Pileup. (The Roanoke Times) -- Prosecutors Weigh Pursuing Death Penalty In Colorado Theater Killings; James Holmes Has Offered Guilty Plea For Life Sentence. (The Denver Post) -- Atlanta Educators Indicted In Cheating Scandal To Turn Themselves In. (The Atlanta Journal-Constitution) -- Play Ball! Major League Baseball Season Gets Going. (MLB.com)


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Question: Update: Moussaoui Testifies in Sentencing Phase

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Confessed al-Qaida conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui is testifying for the defense in the penalty phase of his trial on conspiracy charges. Madeleine Brand speaks with Larry Abramson, reporting from the courthouse in Virginia, about what Moussaoui has said so far on the stand.

Good morning, we're looking at some of these early stories: Prosecution's Choice Of Charge Complicates Case Against Zimmerman. Troops And Tanks Remain, But Truce Begins In Syria. Suspect In USS Cole Bombing Wins One Legal Battle.  No Injuries Reported In Second West Mexico Quake. (Reuters) Jury Selection Set To Begin In John Edwards Trial. (AP) Death Penalty Repeal Goes To Connecticut Governor. (New York Times) News Of The World British Phone-Hacking Cases Launched In US. (BBC) Exiled, Beloved Cuban Auxiliary Bishop Agustin Roman Dies In Miami At 83. (Miami Herald) Serb Police Find Painting Believed Stolen Cezanne. (CBS) Axl Rose Will Not Attend Guns N' Roses' Rock And Roll Hall Induction Ceremony. (Rolling Stone)


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Question: Field Notes from 91.7 WVXU

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For kids who can't get enough science, Thane Maynard's Field Notes introduces listeners to Crystal Clear after-school programs.

Grand Re-Opening! Dial 1-900-SCOTUS; Animal Kingdom.


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Question: Covering Covid: Backlash

A small but vocal minority of people are pushing back against public health measures experts say are life-saving. Turns out this is not the first time Americans have resisted government measures during a pandemic with lives at stake.

Carl reads three quotes from the weeks news: starting with the Beggar in Chief; Bloodthirsty Political Debates and Earth 2.0.


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Robert Siegel talks with NPR's Ted Clark about the latest in the investigation of last week's terrorist hijackings and attacks. More than 100 people have now been detained, and the FBI is looking for more.

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Question: High Court's Contraception Ruling Draws Strong Reactions

Reaction to the Hobby Lobby case was as divided as the decision itself. The justices ruled that businesses can cite religion to opt out of covering contraceptives under the new health care act.

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Question: The Patriotism Of NPR And Its Sponsor Al Jazeera America

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Al Jazeera America, the new cable news network owned by the Emirate of Qatar, has been running sponsorship ads on NPR for the last month as part of its launch campaign. Some listeners are upset, accusing NPR of being unpatriotic or naïve. Some add that it also has been unethical. Three NPR stories about the new English-language channel did not mention the sponsorship. Most of the complaints, recalling the coverage by Al Jazeera's Arabic network of American deaths early in the Iraq war, are obviously heartfelt. "I respect the right of the Muslim world to have more of a voice and presence in the world and the United States," Becky Miller of Charleston, S.C., wrote. "Heavens knows, they need better press than what their extremists have offered in the last decade. But the images of the beheadings and the swinging charred bodies of Americans still haunt me." The only aired beheading turned out to be a hoax according to an overview of Al Jazeera's coverage by Pew Research Center's Project for Excellence in Journalism. But the network did air other graphic images as well as statements by Osama bin Laden.[1] David Herbert of Fairfax, Va., added a wrinkle:  You would not accept money/ads from other organizations that have hurt Americans in the past (KKK, white supremacists, or other hate organizations), regardless of claims that they are just news reporters. Al Jazeera forfeited the right to be treated as just a newspaper [sic] when it acted as a mouthpiece for enemies, published their propaganda, and displayed news and video proudly displaying American deaths. I found it too hard to listen to NPR this morning after you played the Al Jazerra ad. It was easier to drive in silence.  Or as Tom Parrish of Clarksville, Tenn., wrote of one of NPR's three stories:  Last week I heard an interview between an NPR reporter and people representing Al-Jazeera, as well as some media critics. Do you folks really believe that news network is going to give free reign to American journalists and writers? If you believe that then I have some beach property in Tulsa that should interest you. I hope I am wrong. I mean that. Perhaps the proof is about to be found in the pudding. If the US strikes Syria, then let's see how Al-Jazeera covers that in the U.S.  I sympathize with the sentiments behind these criticisms, but upon mulling over the stories and the ads, I am afraid that I cannot agree. The ethical issue over NPR's stories comes down to trust. The patriotism concern comes down to free speech. The question of naïveté comes down to changing bias standards and a look at Al Jazeera America itself. I have dealt at length in earlier posts with the ethics surrounding stories and sponsors. NPR stories that deal in some way with a sponsor generally need not mention the relationship any more than stories in the commercial news media are not expected to mention an advertiser. Advertising and sponsorship are effectively the same, transparently heard on-air or seen online. There is no secret that needs to be divulged. To be eligible as a tax write-off, public media sponsorships must follow certain rules, such as length and call to action, but this has nothing to do with a need for transparency. NPR's large number of such sponsors, meanwhile, further guarantees that no single one has influence, if ever one tried to exert it, which in real life almost all know not to do. This is because the newsroom jealously guards its independence from behind an iron wall that separates the business and news sides inside the organization, as much as some cynics do not want to believe it. As Stuart Seidel, managing editor for standards and practice, emailed me about the Al Jazeera America complaints:  This is not an issue in our newsroom or for NPR's journalists. We do not experience pressure to craft our journalism to suit the interests and desires of our sponsors. NPR receiving sponsorship support from Al Jazeera has not and will not influence our editorial decision-making regarding Al Jazeera or its financial backers.  There are exceptions when a sponsorship should be mentioned in a story, such as if the story has to do with a company's advertising strategy. The Al Jazeera campaign might make for just such a story, but that is an editorial decision. As it is, no matter where one draws the line for added transparency, there will be always a fundamental element of trust: either you trust the independence of NPR's editorial process or you don't. I do, barring some good reason not to. Whether NPR should even accept the sponsorship from Al Jazeera is a separate matter of management policy that is outside my purview. But I do have a vital interest in anything that restricts free speech, and this essentially is what the complaining listeners want to do. Being a veteran myself of an earlier war, Vietnam, I am viscerally sensitive to the treatment of American soldiers by the enemy and by the news media. But this has to be balanced against the need to protect the freed

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Question: Nunez: Dems Will Fix Budget Solo, If Needed

With the clock ticking for legislators to resolve the current year fiscal crisis, Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez vowed today to do it without Republicans if necessary.
In comments to the Sacramento Press Club, the Los Angeles Democrat emphasized that he hopes to find common ground with GOP lawmakers on how to resolve the $3.3 billion shortfall [...]

Good morning, here are our early stories: -- Biden: McConnell Refused To Sign Bipartisan Statement On Russian Interference. -- Trump Lashes Out After Schumer Withdraws Offer On Border Wall. -- Remains Of 5 Gas Rig Workers Recovered After Explosion In Oklahoma. -- The Memo, The Bureau And The Missing Texts: Get Caught Up On The War Over The FBI. -- Google's Space Race To The Moon Ends, And Nobody Wins Lunar X Prize. -- Sen. Tammy Duckworth's Pregnancy Set To Be Another First For The Illinois Democrat. -- Gunmen Storm Afghan Office Of Save The Children. And here are more early headlines: Ex-Brazilian President Lula Waits For Corruption Appeal Verdict. (AFP) New Interim San Francisco Mayor Picked; Opponents Say Race A Factor. (SF Gate) Foreclosures Could Increase In Puerto Rico After Hurricanes. (AP) Senate Close To Voting On HHS Nominee, Alex Azar. (The Hill) "Where We Net Out At This": The Jargon At Davos. (BBC)


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Question: The Global Burger: A Leading Economic Indicator

The Economist's Big Mac Index compares the price of a Big Mac in dozens of countries, using the hamburger to draw conclusions about the strength of each country's currency.  In a recession in which no one relishes a strong currency, China's Big Mac remains unsustainably cheap, and at $6, Switzerland's is wildly overpriced — unless they're dressing the burger with cornichons.  Guy Raz discusses the latest results with All Things Considered producer Zoe Chace. GUY RAZ, host:  Chef Ruhlman doesn't eat too many Big Macs, but the number crunchers at the Economist magazine depend on the all-beef patty with special sauce, lettuce and cheese. The magazine's Big Mac Index is now out, and it shows how much the burger costs, in dollar terms, in dozens of different countries.  Mr. GREG IP (U.S. Economics Editor, The Economist): Essentially, the Big Mac Index is a very simple way of finding out whether a country's currency is overvalued or undervalued against the dollar.  RAZ: That's Greg Ip. He is the Economist's U.S. economics editor.  Our producer, Zoe Chace, has been looking into the Big Mac Index.  Hi, Zoe.  ZOE CHACE: Hi.  RAZ: Zoe, it costs about $3.50 to get a Big Mac here in the U.S. What would that buy me in China, in Beijing?  CHACE: Well, one Big Mac here is about two in China, and that actually tells us…  RAZ: I get two Big Macs in China.  CHACE: Yes. One Big Mac here, two in China for the same price, and that tells us a lot, actually, about the relationship between China and the U.S. because China keeps the yuan artificially low.  RAZ: Their currency.  CHACE: That allows them to export cheap goods to the U.S. But the recession has shown that it's dangerous to have your economy so heavily dependent on exports. And so when you look at the Big Mac Index, you see the Chinese haven't really changed their economic strategy at all.  RAZ: They're still keeping the yuan artificially low.  CHACE: So that more people will buy their goods around the world.  RAZ: And more of us can buy more Big Macs there.  CHACE: Sure.  RAZ: Okay, so you have more Big Mac for your buck in China. What about anywhere else in the world? Is it a bargain here in the U.S. compared with any other countries?  CHACE: Yeah, it actually is. The index shows the Big Mac generally costs more all over Europe. It means the euro is overvalued against the dollar by about 30 percent, and that's a big problem for countries like Germany, which, like China, rely heavily on exports.  RAZ: Okay, so where does the Big Mac cost most?  CHACE: Switzerland.  RAZ: What are they doing? Putting, like, foie gras on it?  (Soundbite of laughter)  CHACE: A Big Mac is like $6.00 in Switzerland.  RAZ: $6.00?  CHACE: I know. They're not happy about it.  Here's Greg Ip again.  Mr. IP: Their economy has actually been beaten up quite a lot. Their banks have got some problems, and their central bank has already lowered interest rates to zero in an effort to boost the economy.  What they would like to happen now is for their currency to also go down against other currencies. This would help their exports and take some of the pressure off the rest of the economy to keep people at work. But as you can see from our Big Mac Index, it hasn't been working very well. In fact, according to our Big Mac Index, the Swiss franc is overvalued by 68 percent.  RAZ: That's Greg Ip of The Economist magazine, recommending you cross the border into France or Italy to buy your Big Macs. And here in the studio is our Zoe Chace.  Zoe, thanks.  CHACE: You're welcome.

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Question: Denzel Washington Takes on Broadway

NPR's Ed Gordon speaks with Denzel Washington about his return to theater acting, this time as Brutus in the new Broadway performance of Shakespeare's play Julius Caesar.

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Question: Russian Elections Give Putin Boost

Results of Sunday's Russian parliamentary elections indicate an easy win for United Russia, the main pro-Kremlin party. But turnout appeared lower than in the past, and voters are increasingly ambivalent about President Vladimir Putin's policies. NPR's Lawrence Sheets reports.

Good morning, here are our early stories: After Chávez: His 'Revolution' Is Likely To Continue. Storm Brings Season's Heaviest Snowfall To Midwest, Mid-Atlantic. And here are more early headlines: Brennan's CIA Nomination On 'Fast Track'; Vote May Come As Early As Thursday. (AP) Finally! Last Cardinal Expected Soon At Vatican To Help Choose New Pope. (CNN) Could Dow's New Record Prompt More Spending By Wealthy? (Marketwatch) European Union Fines Microsoft For Denying Consumers Web Browser Choice. (Reuters) After Two Years Of Fighting, Syria Has 1 Million Refugees. (Los Angeles Times) Los Angeles City Councilman, Controller, Headed For Mayoral Runoff. (KPCC) Czech Central Bank, Commercial Banks, Under Attack By Hackers. (Reuters) Did The Duchess Of Cambridge Drop A Hint About Her Baby's Gender? (People)


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Question: Economy Slowed Further In Second Quarter

The economy grew at a sluggish 1.5 percent annual rate in the second quarter, the Bureau of Economic Analysis reported this morning, down from a 2 percent pace in the first quarter. This is the bureau's first estimate of GDP growth in the spring months. It will revise the figure twice in coming months. It's now 8:33 a.m. ET. We'll have more about the report shortly. Update at 10 a.m. ET. The White House Points To String Of Positive Quarters: "Today's report shows that the economy posted its twelfth straight quarter of positive growth," says Alan Krueger, chairman of the president's Council of Economic Advisers, in a blog post about the news. He adds that "while the economy continues to move in the right direction, additional growth is needed to replace the jobs lost in the deep recession that began at the end of 2007." Update at 9:05 a.m. ET. Republican Reaction: Quick to jump on the news, the Republican National Committee tweets that The Wall Street Journal's headline — "U.S. Growth Slows In 2nd Quarter" — shows "#Obamanomics at work." Update at 8:50 a.m. ET. Early Analyses: -- "U.S. economic growth pulled back further during the second quarter of the year as consumer spending slowed--a reading that suggests domestic fiscal worries may becoming a more significant drag." (The Wall Street Journal) -- "A softening job market prompted Americans to curb spending." (Bloomberg News) -- Growth appears to be "slowing as expected ... [but] defying fears of a more pronounced slowdown." (Reuters) -- "The United States economy grew by a tepid 1.5 percent annual rate in the second quarter, losing the momentum it had appeared to be gaining earlier this year." (The New York Times) Update at 8:45 a.m. ET. How GDP Growth Has Varied In Recent Quarters. GDP growth stalled in first-quarter 2011. Here's a look at the latest estimates for quarters starting with those three months (figures show growth as seasonally adjusted annual rates): -- First-quarter 2011: 0.1 percent. -- Second-quarter 2011: 2.5 percent. -- Third-quarter 2011: 1.3 percent. -- Fourth-quarter 2011: 4.1 percent. -- First-quarter 2012: 2 percent. -- Second-quarter 2012: 1.5 percent. Update at 8:42 a.m. ET. Reasons For The Ups And Downs: According to the bureau, there was growth in the second quarter because of increases in consumer spending, exports and business investment. But the reasons growth slowed included "decelerations" in consumer spending and business investment. So, while those key sectors did grow in the quarter, they didn't grow as strongly as they had in the first quarter. Update at 8:38 a.m. ET. First-Quarter Growth Estimate Increased Slightly: The bureau's latest figure on first-quarter growth — showing an increase at a 2 percent annual rate — is a small change from its previous estimate of growth at a 1.9 percent pace for the first three months of the year. Our original post — "Did Economy Slow Further In Second Quarter? We Find Out Today": Expect to hear this morning that the U.S. economy slowed further in the second quarter, Bloomberg News says. In advance of the 8:30 a.m. ET release from the Bureau of Economic Analysis of data on second-quarter gross domestic product growth, the news service says "a median forecast of 81 economists" shows they expect to hear there was growth at a 1.4 percent annual rate, down from a 1.9 percent pace in the first quarter. That would also mean growth had cooled to the slowest pace since second-quarter 2011, when it grew at a 1.3 percent annual rate. In the often hard-hearted world of Wall Street, a report showing slower growth is being viewed this morning as potentially good news. According to The Wall Street Journal, "U.S. stock futures traded essentially unchanged Friday as investors awaited data expected to confirm a further economic slowdown in the second quarter that bulls hope will spur more monetary stimulus." We'll update this post with news from the report after it is released.

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It's Friday, and here are some of the stories we're watching: Egypt's 'Smooth Military Coup' Protested. Last Suspect In 1995 Sarin Attack Arrested In Tokyo. Forest Boy Is A Hoax, Police Say. Prosecutors Rest Their Case In Sandusky Sex Assaults Trial. (Philadelphia Inquirer) Britain Proposes Expanding Individual Data Tracking, Critics Slam Its Intrusiveness. (Telegraph) Democracy Activist Aung San Suu Kyi Falls Ill Briefly, Resumes European Tour. (Reuters) Spain's Debt Rises Sharply In The First Quarter, Up 30 Percentage Points Since 2008. (Wall Street Journal) International Criminal Court Swears In Gambian Lawyer As Top Prosecutor, First Woman To Hold Position. (CNN) China To Launch First Female Astronaut Into Space Tomorrow. (AP) Tropical Storm Carlotta Poised To Become Hurricane Off Mexico's Pacific Coast. (AP) In Sports: Tiger Tied For Second, Miami Ties Up NBA Finals.


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Question: Lebanon in Turmoil Ahead of Vote for President

The murder of another Lebanese lawmaker heightens tensions in Beirut ahead of an upcoming presidential election. Lebanon is a democracy with deep divisions. The election is seen as a test of strength between U.S. influence and the Iran/Syria alliance.

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Good morning, here are our early stories: Panetta: Don't Leap To Conclusions About Gen. Allen. Should Petraeus Scandal Be A Big Topic At Obama's News Conference Today? And here are more early headlines: Long Island Utility Chief Quitting Over Superstorm Sandy Response. (Newsday) Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi To Announce Decision On Her House Post. (Los Angeles Times) Anti-Austerity Strikes Underway In Several European Countries. (NBC) Chinese President Hu Jintao Leaves Political Office As Part Of Power Transition. (VOA) Second Day Of Protests In Jordan Over High Gas Prices. (Jordan Times) African Union Seeks U.N. Authorization To Invade Mali And Fight Islamist Militants. (AP) Pakistan To Release Some Afghan Taliban Prisoners To Help Peace Process. (Reuters) Car Bombs Kill Many In Iraq Ahead Of Islamic New Year. (BBC) Contraception Is A Human Right, Says U.N. Agency. (AP)


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Question: Tesla To Stop Free Use Of Supercharger Stations

Starting next year, Tesla will no longer allow its customers to use the company’s fast-charging stations across the country for free. Here & Now‘s Jeremy Hobson speaks with Jason Bellini of the Wall Street Journal about why Tesla is doing this now, and whether it will make people think twice about buying one of its cars. Guest Jason Bellini, video reporter and senior producer at the Wall Street Journal. He tweets @jasonbellini.

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Good morning, here are our early stories: -- Freddie Gray Update: New Speculation On His Death, And Peaceful Protests. -- Just Do It: Obama Tries To Sway Skeptical Democrats On Trade. And here are more early headlines: Obama To Choose Chicago To Host His Presidential Library. (USA Today) Vt. Senator Sanders Declares Bid For Democratic Presidential Nomination. (The Hill) U.S. Navy To Guard American Flagged Ships In Strait Of Hormuz. (Wall Street Journal) House Votes To End D.C. Law Banning Discrimination Against Women Who Have Abortions. (Washington Post) Chilean Volcano Erupts A Third Time. (Guardian) California Cites Sea World For Failing To Protect Workers Who Care For Killer Whales. (U-T San Diego) Tesla Motors Turns To Energy Systems For Homes. (New York Times)


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Question: WikiLeaks' Assange Has Two Weeks To Appeal Extradition Decision

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While Britain's Supreme Court today said that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange can be extradited to Sweden to face accusations of sex assault, he was also given two weeks to appeal that ruling. Assange's lawyer said that she needs that time to probe whether the court's decision was based in part on matters that weren't argued during the legal proceedings. As the BBC's Dominic Casciani reports, "if this is so, the Supreme Court will find itself in the extraordinary position of having ruled against Mr. Assange on a point that his lawyers did not have a chance to consider or respond to. If true, that would mean the judgement is arguably unfair — and that is why in two weeks' time the court could be in the unprecedented position of having to reopen the case." According to The Guardian, "the full judgment [issued today] makes several references to the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties ... which was not discussed in court." Even as Assange mounts another appeal in Britain, he can also appeal the decision to the European court of human rights, the Guardian says. Assange, 40, has been wanted in Sweden since 2010. Two Swedish women, as the AP recounts, have "accused him of molestation and rape following a visit to the country." Assange has denied any wrongdoing and alleges that he's being persecuted because of WikiLeaks' high-profile leaking of classified information.

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Good morning, here are our early stories: -- House Intelligence Chairman Devin Nunes To Step Aside From Russia Probe. -- In 'Important Step', U.S. Women's Soccer Team Reaches New Labor Deal. -- Ethics Panel Sends Case Against Alabama Governor To Prosecutors. And here are more early headlines: Baltimore Police Consent Decree Hearing Will Proceed. (Baltimore Sun) Study Says 1 In 10 Deaths Globally Due To Smoking. (Guardian) Colombia To Investigate Deadly Mudslide. (BBC) Myanmar Leader Suu Kyi Denies Ethnic Cleaning Charges. (Sydney Morning Herald) Hundreds Of Migrants Rescued Wednesday In Mediterranean. (VOA) Gambia Holds First Parliamentary Election Under New President. (Al Jazeera) Vegas Man Charged With Possessing Weapons Of Mass Destruction. (Las Vegas Review-Journal) Former Astronaut, Senator John Glenn To Be Buried In Arlington Cemetery. (VOA)


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Question: 'Pieces' of Essential Truth

James Frey continues to stand by the essential truth of his memoir, A Million Little Pieces, even as investigators prove that parts of it are false. Humorist Brian Unger -- whose mind has sometimes been described as being in a million little pieces -- searches for meaning in the words, "essential truth."

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Question: 4 Years... 700,000 More Voters

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Question: SpaceX Wins $2.9 Billion Contract For Next Lunar Lander

NASA will pay Elon Musk's SpaceX $2.9 billion to build a lunar landing system to ferry astronauts to the surface of the moon. SpaceX was one of three companies chosen last year to develop technology for NASA's Human Landing System program. On Friday NASA announced SpaceX's "Starship" design had beat out the other two companies for the contract. It's the first time the space agency has used a human lander built by a private company, and it marks an important milestone for an agency that has in recent years depended on commercial partnerships for its most important missions.  "With this award, NASA and our partners will complete the first crewed demonstration mission to the surface of the Moon in the 21st century as the agency takes a step forward for women's equality and long-term deep space exploration," said Kathy Lueders, NASA's associate administrator for Human Explorations and Operations Mission Directorate.  "This critical step puts humanity on a path to sustainable lunar exploration and keeps our eyes on missions farther into the solar system, including Mars," Lueders said in a statement. NASA has also contracted with SpaceX on other projects, such as its Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon capsule that will ferry astronauts to the International Space Station in the coming week.  The moon lander is being built as part of the Artemis program, which aims to bring Americans back to the moon by 2024, before setting its sights on Mars and beyond. NASA selected 18 astronauts last year to train for the moon mission. The plan calls for NASA to send four astronauts aboard the Lockheed Martin-built Orion spacecraft on a multi-day journey to the moon's orbit. Then two crew members will transfer to SpaceX's lander for their descent to the lunar surface. After a week exploring the moon, they'll board the lander to return to Orion and head back to Earth. NASA says that at least one of the astronauts landing on the moon will be a woman, making her the first woman to set foot on the moon. The agency says it also wants a person of color to land on the moon as part of the program. A document obtained by The Washington Post explained NASA's rationale for picking SpaceX over its competitors — Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin, and the Alabama defense contractor Dynetics. NASA said SpaceX "was the lowest among the offers by a wide margin." NASA was also swayed by Starship's ability to carry large amounts of cargo to and from the moon, which it said "has the potential to greatly improve scientific operations." "We are honored to be part of the @NASAArtemis team," Musk tweeted Friday. He added: "NASA Rules!!"

Good morning, here are our early stories: -- ISIS Seen Profiting From Informal Money System In Spain.  -- Snowfall Obliterates Records In Boston: 'Another Winter Storm?!' And here are more early headlines: Despite Pending Truce Talks, Fighting Picks Up In Eastern Ukraine. (BBC) Assad Says Iraq Gives Syria Information On Anti-ISIS Coalition. (BBC) Niger Lawmakers Vote to Send Troops To Nigeria To Fight Extremists. (AFP) U.S. Says Measles Cases Increase Over Last Week. (Wall Street Journal) Senate Approves Botticelli As U.S. Drug Czar. (McClatchy News) U.S. West Coast Seaports Open, Contract Talks Continue. (AP) SpaceX Will Try Again Today To Launch Deep Space Observatory. (VOA) Armed Man Takes L.A. Police On Rush Hour Chase, Carjacks Woman. (Los Angeles Times)


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Question: The California Report Magazine 2007-03-16

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Lousy Report Card for State Schools — Dozens of studies, conducted over two years, find that state schools need a dramatic overhaul in the way they're governed and funded in order to succeed in moving back toward the top nationwide. Also, a new art gallery and studio in Napa helps developmentally disabled adults find an outlet — and sales — for their creative spirit.

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Question: What You May Not Know about Pelosi

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Nancy Pelosi, 66, has led House Democrats since 2002 and is now in line to become the nation's first female Speaker of the House. As speaker, Pelosi has said she will work to roll back GOP tax cuts for higher-income Americans and help curb the power of lobbyists. She is credited with an unflinching leadership style that rests on loyalty and party unity. But to many Americans, Pelosi is an unfamiliar figure. Here is a look at her political profile. Rooted in San Francisco? Not always. Though Pelosi represents California's 8th district, which includes San Francisco, she was actually born in Baltimore, where her father Thomas D'Alesandro, Jr. served as mayor for 12 years. She graduated from Trinity College in Washington, D.C. and moved to California after marrying Paul Pelosi. The Pelosis have five children. Like Mother, Like Daughter Baltimore natives know Pelosi's father as beloved politician "Old Tommy."  Pelosi's mother, Annunciata, was a force in her own right. Annunciata raised six children and served as precinct captain and behind-the-scenes strategist in her husband's campaigns. Pelosi's brother, Thomas J. D'Alesandro III, who also served as mayor of Baltimore, says Pelosi's toughness comes from her mother. Mother Knows Best Pelosi raised her five children -- had five children in six years -- and didn't seriously consider running for office until she was in her mid-40s. She's often said one of the reasons it's difficult for women to advance in the seniority system in place in Congress, is because they spend the early part of their life raising children. She is credited with working incredibly fast through the seniority system. Pelosi waited until the youngest of her children was ready to head to college before running for office. She won her seat to Congress by taking part in a 1987 special election to replace dying congresswoman, Sala Burton.   From Volunteer to Fundraiser Extraordinaire Pelosi always loved politics and began her political career as a volunteer for the Democratic Party. Her daughter Christine has said some of her earliest memories are as a toddler, going door to door with her mother as Pelosi canvassed for Democratic presidential nominee Hubert Humphrey. Nancy Pelosi served on the Democratic National Committee and as the state party chairwoman in the early 1980s. She also chaired the host committee for the 1984 Democratic National Convention. Pelosi is now considered one of her party's strongest fundraisers. Staffers say she has helped raise $100 million over the past four years, behind only Bill and Hillary Clinton. She Knows How to Keep Her House in Order  In 2003, Pelosi was the first woman leading a major political party in Congress. She is known as a political tactician who knows where her members need to be on votes and on committees in order to win re-election. Before being elected Democratic Leader of the House of Representative, Pelosi served as House Democratic Whip for one year and was responsible for the party's legislative strategy in the House. Both allies and critics alike say her take no prisoners leadership style involves shutting out those who seek to undermine or challenge her. Known as a strict taskmaster, when she stressed the need for House members to vote with the party, they followed suit.  According to Congressional Quarterly, Democrats have been more united in their voting in the last two years than at any other time in history.  Not All Liberals Love Nancy What many people miss is that many of her constituents want Pelosi to take a bolder and more progressive stance -- advancing proposals for universal healthcare and investigating the president with an eye toward articles of impeachment.   Pelosi, however, knows she owes her future position as Speaker of House to the election of Democrats in more moderate areas, who would have a tough time getting re-elected if a more liberal agenda were pursued.  Sources: Associated Press reports and NPR interviews

Stories: 1) Brain Injuries Haunt Football Players Years Later 2) How Traumatic Events Change Our View Of Language


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Question: Somalis In Kenya Are Used To Raids, But They Say This Was Different

Mohammed Ali Isaac's hands shook as he showed his Kenyan ID to the police officers. They let him pass, but his cousins weren't so lucky. The two women had forgotten their IDs at home, and the police were threatening to load them into one of three large trucks they'd brought for the purpose. Today's raid, with dozens of armed police officers in the middle of the day in the predominantly Somali neighborhood of Eastleigh in Nairobi, was timed for just after people streamed out of Friday prayers. It was the latest — and perhaps boldest — roundup in a series of police sweeps that have caught up thousands of undocumented refugees, immigrants and Kenyan citizens of Somali descent in recent weeks. "I'm nervous," Mohammad Ali Isaac admitted. He was waiting with his cousins while they sent another relative back home to pick up the forgotten IDs. If his cousins were arrested, he said, it would be difficult to get them out without a bribe. And bribes, he added, were higher on Friday, when the police could threaten them with a whole weekend in the cell. At age 20, Isaac is already a veteran of the struggle of growing up Somali in Kenya. The community has always felt like outsiders, despite the fact that Kenya is home to hundreds of thousands of Somali refugees, and to many more ethnic Somalis who were born here. "In Eastleigh, we're used to police operations and police crackdown," said Ahmed Mohamed, secretary general of the Eastleigh Business District Association, which has 20,000 members. "But this is unprecedented. We've never seen such security forces during the daylight and during the Friday prayers." Wearing his customary blue blazer, Mohamed said he was trying to negotiate with the police commander to stop the arrests, while aiming to quell an increasingly restive crowd. Thirty-two people were arrested in the sweep, including the mother of a 4-month-old child who was hastily tossed into the arms of a relative. When that relative presented the baby to the crowd, there was an angry roar. A woman named Fatumah Hassan shouted that she was born in Kenya, but that if this harassment continued, she would "give up her Kenyan ID" and fight back. The crowd cheered in support. "The fear," added Mohamed, the business leader, is that Kenya "will exacerbate the very thing they're fighting, which is radicalization." The police commanders says Friday's sweep is a normal operation. The Kenyan police enforcement campaign began last week in response to two terrorist attacks: a deadly bombing here in Eastleigh, and a church shooting in the coastal city of Mombasa that killed six people. Neither of those attacks has been directly linked to Somalis. However, the attack on Westgate Mall in September that killed at least 67 people was claimed by militants of al-Shabab, and some of those attackers used refugee cards to enter the country from Somalia. Since then, some Kenyan politicians have dusted off an old xenophobic pledge to drive all Somali refugees back to Somalia, though the Kenyan High Court recently declared that a violation of both Kenyan and international law. Twenty-four-year-old Sadia, who asked that her last name not be used for safety reasons, said she was two months pregnant when police officers forced their way into her apartment last week. She showed them her refugee card from the United Nations, she said, that gives her protected status and the right to live in Kenya. She said the officers told her, "That's no good," and arrested her along with her three children, age 4, 3 and 1. She had a miscarriage in prison two days later that she blames on rough handling by the police and sleeping on a cold cell floor comforting her toddler. When the bleeding wouldn't stop, two officials from the United Nations finally came to escort her to the hospital. But only long enough for a checkup — then back to her cell to spend a third night. AUDIE CORNISH, HOST:  From NPR News, this is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. I'm Audie Cornish. In Kenya a recent rise in terror attacks and fears of an attack on Easter Sunday has provoked a countrywide crackdown on ethnic Somalis. Thousands of undocumented refugees, immigrants and Kenyan citizens of Somali descent have been arrested in recent weeks. NPR's Gregory Warner was out reporting in a Somali neighborhood in Nairobi when three police trucks pulled up carrying dozens of armed soldiers. GREGORY WARNER, BYLINE: A scene of total confusion here. It's right after Friday prayers and a couple of police trucks have pulled up right in the middle of Eastleigh which is a Somalian neighborhood of Nairobi. And they're basically just grabbing people and asking for their IDs. These women have - don't have their IDs. Apparently they left them at home and they're being questioned. MOHAMMED ALI ISSAC: Just because they didn't get their IDs in pocket, that's why they are being held here. WARNER: This is Mohammed Ali Issac, the women's cousin. Born with them in Kenya he shows me his own ID to prove it. Your hands are sh

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Happy Friday! We're looking at these stories this morning: Economy Slowed Further In Second Quarter.  Derecho, the Sequel: Storm Roars Over Pennsylvania And New York. In London, The Games Are Afoot. Activists Report Heavy Fighting In Aleppo, Syria's Largest City. (VOA) Chinese Woman Accused Of Poisoning British Man Is Held Incommunicado By Chinese Police. (Washington Post) China Orders Limit To Flooding Coverage After Outraged Victims Start Compiling Private Death Tolls. (AP) Afghan Militant Attacks Against NATO Forces Rose 11% In The Past Three Months. (AP) Cyprus Officials To Charge Man With Plotting Terrorism, Had Tracked Israeli Tourists. (Cyprus Mail) Ousted Head Of Oldest Black U.S. Fraternity Seeks His Job Back In A Georgia Court. (Atlanta Journal Constitution) Bird Hits Boy In The Face On Six Flags Coaster, Causing Minor Injuries. (Asbury Park Press)


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Question: First-Time Delegate Awaits Convention

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Democratic party activist Jack Schneider is a high-school English teacher from Milford, Michigan and a delegate to the  Democratic National Convention. This will be his first time attending a  national convention.  He tells NPR's Scott Simon that he most looks forward  to meeting other delegates and hearing the speeches of Sen. Hillary Clinton and  Sen. John Edwards.

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Question: BackTalk: 'Tell Me More' Blog Conversations

Hear listener feedback to the program's most recent stories, including a professor's challenge to her students to go media-free.

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Question: What Happens When Israeli Mourners Visit A Palestinian Family

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The family of slain Palestinian teenager Mohammed Abu Khdeir received condolences from an unlikely source Tuesday: Israelis who had asked to come and mourn with them. The scene was predictably awkward, even painfully so. But as NPR's Ari Shapiro reported for today's Morning Edition, the visit also brought a moment of grace for many of those involved. The Abu Khdeir family lives in East Jerusalem, miles from the violence around Gaza, where militants have been firing rockets and Israel has launched airstrikes this week. With those tensions as a backdrop, a group of Israelis visited the family Tuesday, despite some relatives' concerns that such a visit might be used as a public relations stunt. Here's how Ari describes the scene:  "A huge group of Israelis has just pulled up in a tour bus, and people are arriving, some wearing yarmulkes, some wearing headscarves. They are young, and old, wearing sunglasses and flip-flops or somber button-up shirts and slacks. "The murdered teenager's uncle stiffly stands to greet his visitors. He tells me his culture of hospitality compels him to greet these guests warmly. " 'I am an Arab,' he says. 'As long as they are in my house, I cannot turn them back. They are welcome in my house.' "A cousin, Nihaya Abu Khdeir, stands to the side. She says she has mixed feelings. 'We have our culture and our respect. We can't just tell them to go, even if we want them to.' "So, the Israelis sit awkwardly in the plastic chairs."  They have come to apologize for the behavior of extremists, they say. But not all the relatives want the visitors there; one woman screams not to let others in. Explaining why she came, teacher Nena Leibel tells Ari, "I personally think that any time one person does something good for another person, this world gets a little better." Leibel brought dates and coffee as a gift for the family. But as Ari says, "one of Abu Khdeir's aunts told her, 'I don't want anything from you.' So she hangs on to them." Ari asks another visitor, Ruth Danziger, if it's hard to make such gestures when attacks are underway. "Maybe," she says. But, she adds, "I think the peace will come from the people, not from our leaders." Eventually, the Israeli women gather near Mohammed's mother in an extraordinary scene, as Ari describes it:  "In the center of the grape arbor, Mohammed Abu Khdeir's mother Suha sits, weeping over the loss of her son. Many of the Israeli women around her are crying, too. "She speaks Arabic to my interpreter, who translates. " 'I want them here,' she says through tears. 'I want these women to support me.' "  As he left, Ari says, Leibel stopped him to say that the gifts she had brought — dates and coffee — were finally accepted. In return, she got a hug, she says.

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Good afternoon - here are a few stories we're watching today. Wikileaks' Assange Demands U.S. Cease 'Witch Hunt'. Uniformed Afghan Kills NATO Servicemember; 3 NATO Troops Die In Roadside Bombing. (AP) It's Eid-Al-Fitr - Worldwide Festival Marks End Of Islamic Holy Month Of Ramadan. (VOA) Syrian President Assad Makes Rare Public Appearance, Marks Holiday At Mosque. (Bloomberg News) Brothers Seek To Market Toilet Paper Emblazoned With Advertising. (Journal News) Endurance Athlete Diana Nyad Attempts To Swim Unaided Between Cuba And Florida. (CNN)


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Question: FTC Closes Google Antitrust Investigation Without Penalties

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An antitrust probe of Google by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has ended. Avoiding financial penalties and an extended battle with U.S. regulators, Google has agreed to change some of its business practices. It will remove restrictions on advertisers who use its online ad platform. And in a related deal, Google resolved charges by the FTC on the use of mobile device patents.

Good morning, here are our early stories: -- No End In Sight As Government Shutdown Begins. -- Obama: 'Perpetual Cycle Of Brinksmanship ... Has To End.' -- In Talk Of Shutdown, A Familiar Feeling At The White House. And here are more early headlines: Despite Government Shutdown, Obamacare Opens Enrollment Today. (Reuters) Israeli Prime Minister Visits U.N. Today, Warning Against Iran. (CBS) U.S. Diplomats Expelled From Venezuela For 'Sabotage'. (CNN) Bangladesh Sentences Opposition Leader To Death For War Crimes. (BBC) Greece Cracks Down On Far Right Party Accused Of Murder, Corruption. (Guardian) Jury Seated In Insider Trading Trial Of Dallas Mavericks Owner. (New York Times) UC Berkeley Blast May Be Linked To Underground Copper Theft. (San Jose Mercury News) Police Catch Thief Sprayed With Liquid That Glows In Ultraviolet Light. (Reuters)