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['represent this subtitle to find a title that might be right above it on npr', 'Stand-up comedian Mike Birbiglia gained fame with his wry and witty monologues on This American Life. Now, along with TAL host Ira Glass, he\'s made one of his stories into a new movie called Sleepwalk with Me. We\'ve invited Birbiglia to play a game called "Bon appetit!" Paula Deen wasn\'t the first TV chef to try to murder us with butter; Wednesday would have been Julia Child\'s 100th birthday, and in her honor, Birbiglia will answer three questions about the French chef. PETER SAGAL, HOST:  And now the game where we invite somebody on who has done something cool, just to remind them why they should stick to doing cool things. Mike Birbiglia is a stand up comedian who gained fame by doing his monologues on "This American Life." Now, along with Ira Glass, he\'s made one of his stories into a new movie, written by, directed by, and starring Mike Birbiglia. Mike, welcome to WAIT WAIT...DON\'T TELL ME! Great to have you. (APPLAUSE) MIKE BIRBIGLIA: Thank you. SAGAL: So, congratulations on the movie, which I\'ve seen, which is terrific. BIRBIGLIA: Thanks. SAGAL: It\'s called "Sleepwalk with Me," and it started as a monologue that you did initially for "This American Life" or was it before that? BIRBIGLIA: Yeah. And by the way, don\'t mention to Ira Glass that I\'m here. SAGAL: Oh yeah. BIRBIGLIA: Because I think he\'d be upset. He\'s very territorial. (LAUGHTER) BIRBIGLIA: It was a one-man show that I had written called "Sleepwalk with Me" and then he had heard a segment of it that I had done on The Moth, the storytelling series in New York City. And then he played it on the air, and since then we\'ve done a bunch of stories together. And then we decided to make this movie. SAGAL: So the movie is about - well it\'s about a standup comedian named? BIRBIGLIA: Matt Pandamiglio. (LAUGHTER) SAGAL: Matt Pandamiglio, who looks a lot like you because you play him. And it\'s about something that happened to you. BIRBIGLIA: That\'s right. SAGAL: Right. But it\'s not - why aren\'t you just you in the movie? BIRBIGLIA: What are you getting at here? (LAUGHTER) SAGAL: I mean, briefly put, it\'s about a guy starting his standup career and he\'s sort of struggling with what kind of comic he wants to be. BIRBIGLIA: Yeah. SAGAL: He also has this particular problem, which is that he sleepwalks and bad things happen. BIRBIGLIA: Yes. Dangerous situations. SAGAL: But how true is it then? I mean, the stories of your sleepwalking adventures are true. You really did sleepwalk and run straight through a second floor window... BIRBIGLIA: I jumped out of a second story window in my sleep and a lot of other funny stuff. LUKE BURBANK: But none of the car chases with Bruce Willis happened. SAGAL: Right. (LAUGHTER) BIRBIGLIA: Yeah, that was... SAGAL: Well, I was wondering about this because in the movie, this character Matt Pandamiglio. BIRBIGLIA: Pandamiglio, yeah. SAGAL: Pandamiglio has parents who are nice people but aren\'t perfect people. BIRBIGLIA: Sure. SAGAL: And are kind of neurotic and argumentative and annoying. So, are you going to show this movie to your parents? BIRBIGLIA: You know, that\'s a really good question. SAGAL: Yeah. (LAUGHTER) BIRBIGLIA: I am eventually going to show - yeah, I\'m going to accompany them to the movie. And I\'m going to tell them that I love them. (LAUGHTER) BIRBIGLIA: And then we\'re going to watch it together. And then I\'m going to drive us somewhere and then we\'re going to eat dinner and talk about what happened. SAGAL: Yeah. (LAUGHTER) SAGAL: And how do you think that\'s going to go, that evening? BIRBIGLIA: I don\'t know, Peter. I just don\'t know and I don\'t know if this is the format that we should be hashing this out in. SAGAL: Right. (LAUGHTER) BIRBIGLIA: Since my parents, I think, listen to this show. SAGAL: Right. (LAUGHTER) SAGAL: Well, do you want to role play it, because I can be your dad? It was like... BIRBIGLIA: Sure. SAGAL: Mike, why did you make me look like such a jerk? BIRBIGLIA: Well, Ben, it\'s not you, it\'s Frank Pandamiglio. SAGAL: Right. (LAUGHTER) PAULA POUNDSTONE: All right, I\'m your mother. We tried and tried with you. BIRBIGLIA: Mom, why are you crying? (LAUGHTER) BIRBIGLIA: Don\'t cry. And then I\'ll hug her. It\'ll be fine, Paula. POUNDSTONE: I think this is all going to work out really well. SAGAL: Let\'s go back to the sleepwalking stuff, it\'s kind of amazing. What is the craziest thing that happened to you while sleepwalking? BIRBIGLIA: Well, I would often wake up in, you know, the outdoors and at hotels. And I\'d have to walk to the front desk and explain what happened. And even during the filming of the movie - this is completely absurd, because when you\'re making a movie, you\'re sleep deprived and you\'re stressed out by virtue of what the job is, which aggravates sleepwalking and sleep disorders. SAGAL: Right. 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Iowa's tight-knit Burmese community is inundated by the coronavirus. Many work at meatpacking plants and estimates are as high as 70% being infected, with entire families struggling to cope.

Good morning. Our early headlines: -- While U.S And South Korea Militaries Drill, 'Bombast Continues' From The North. -- In Ohio, Town Mourns Death Of Six Teens Killed In Crash. -- A Rough Guide To The Papal Conclave. -- Thousands of Dead Pigs Clog Shanghai's Main Water Source. -- Book News: Amazon Tries To Claim '.book' Domain; Publishers Fight Back. Other headlines: -- Several U.S. And Afghan Soldiers Killed In "Insider Attack." (BBC News) -- "Karzai Inflames U.S. Tensions." (The Wall Street Journal) -- "Recovery Slow As Japan Marks 2 Years Since Tsunami." (The Associated Press) Related: "Depression And Anxiety Could Be Fukushima's Lasting Legacy." (Shots) -- "Obama To Continue 'Charm Offensive.' " (CBS News) -- "Harvard Search of E-Mail Stuns Faculty Members." (The New York Times) -- Queen Elizabeth II "To Miss Commonwealth Day Service As She Recovers From Illness." (The Guardian)


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

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(Sorry for the long absence with all of last month¿s big political news¿ as mentioned before, the new little one in the family has kept me away from the hustle and bustle.  Look for more frequent blog entries this month! ¿JM)
Secretary of State Debra Bowen¿s new report on the number of registered voters in [...]

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Question: One 'Runway' Designer Wants Women To Shut Up And Like Their Wedgies

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One of the things I like about well-made reality shows is that they are often very revealing about attitudes that the holder of the attitude considers perfectly normal and I ... do not. On last night's Project Runway, the designers faced a challenge that throws some for a loop whenever it comes up: They had to design clothes to be modeled by women who aren't fashion models. Specifically, they worked with men to design clothes for the men's wives and girlfriends. (The wives and girlfriends also had input, of course.) Some of the designers embraced qualities that these women had that their regular tiny, straight-bodied models don't have: Burt created a very low-cut dress for a couple where the man was obsessed with his wife's cleavage, and Kimberly accentuated the curvy behind of a woman who clearly is just fine with her curvy behind, as is her sweetheart. Olivier, on the other hand, was mortified by the fact that he had to work with what one of my friends would call "a woman made of woman." He didn't even know what double-D breasts were without asking the woman working at the fabric store (and remember — he supposedly designs clothes for women!), and he began complaining immediately about the fact that in addition to hips and a chest, his client had (and this is clearly the worst part) a mouth and a mind of her own. In a video on the Runway site, Kimberly claims that Olivier is "such a sizeist," and that he constantly calls the models fat. Olivier, on the other hand, says that it's the responsibility of models to "look the way they should look," but he says, "I don't care about real women — they can look however fat they want." "Olivier's freaked out by normal people," Laura Kathleen adds. In many ways, the weirdest part of his medley of grievances came when he began pining for the models he's used to. "I just really feel like working with a model again," he griped, "and having a non-speaking person just do their jobs and have it done, you know. Not so much talking back." The woman he was working with, by the way, was complaining about things like the fact that the pants were cut so that they — to use the elementary school terminology — gave her a vicious wedgie. Hey, Olivier: Here's the thing. Even if you can force a model to walk down the runway with a wedgie and she doesn't complain, women don't like wedgies and they will not buy your clothes if you give them wedgies. It's very, very strange to see a man who designs clothes for women who is so hostile to women's bodies. Not just one who prefers to design for petite women, which is partly a result of extensive experience working with one kind of body but not others. This is a guy who resents both the woman having an opinion about what she wears (which, hello, is the only reason anyone is going to choose to buy your clothes!) and the very fact that women have secondary sex characteristics. I'm sorry to be blunt and perhaps vulgar, but breasts are a feature, not a bug. It's one thing to prefer a skinny model because that's what everyone else puts in their fashion shows and because she's easier to fit. It's another be confronted with a woman who has breasts and give the impression that you have no idea what to do about that. This is partly just a guy who says dumb things on television without thinking, but it's also partly about a very real part of the fashion industry, which is how much it has to do with anything women would actually wear — and how much it's supposed to. Perhaps it's just art, and you might as well demand that all your models be seven feet tall, because when you make art, you can make it however you like. This particular show, though, specializes in the idea that clothes are for wearing, not just for looking at. And in this strange little moment, Olivier suggested that they aren't for wearing or for looking at, at least if the person looking is a woman. They're for his expression only, and if you don't shut up and wear them quietly, he just doesn't know what to do with you.

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Brett Favre announced yesterday that he will continue playing. But only for one more year. And if you believe that, then you also must believe that the following events will also occur, as they appear to be far more likely than his actual retirement -- as we noted in a post that ran one year ago yesterday. 1. Yale Students Welcome Snooki On Her First Day 2. Lady Gaga Unveils Line Of Tummy-Shaping Undergarments 3. New 'American Idol' Judges Are A Big Hit; Show's Problems Solved 4. J-Lo Arrested In Extensive Anti-Booty Rioting 5. Brett Favre Eaten By Coyotes 6. James Franco: 'It's Probably Time To Calm Down' 7. Kathryn Bigelow Says James Cameron Is 'Probably Right' About 3D 8. What Ever Happened To Justin Bieber? 9. Herbert Hoover Reincarnated As Large, Enthusiastic Cocker Spaniel 10. Bryn Mawr Endows Katy Perry Chair 11. Musicologists Discover 'Thus Spake Zarathustra' Speeded Up 800 Percent Sounds Like 'Yakety Sax' 12. Experts Agree: Helen Mirren Has Totally Let Herself Go 13. Bret Michaels Gets Green Party Endorsement 14. Kanye Interrupted At VMAs By Irate, Obscene Rant From Bon Iver's Justin Vernon 15. Brett Favre Shocks World By Totally Not Retiring At All 16. Starbucks Introduces Prozac-Infused "Happuccino" 17. Health Trend Continues As 'Fiber Emporium' Buys Out 436 Dying Cupcake Stores 18. Internet Reaches Consensus: 'It Turns Out It Was Mostly A Misunderstanding' 19. Public Embraces Inexpensive Pacifiers Made From Recycled Truck Tires 20. It's Official, Guv'nor: Brits Love American-Made Tea 21. Worldwide Fretting Over Jennifer Aniston's Love Life Suspended 22. Brett Favre Struck By Lightning While Playing Golf 23. Cold Fusion Discovered By Participant In ABC's 'Shark Tank' 24. Facebook Streamlines Privacy Controls With 'Just Don't Tell Anybody Anything About Me Unless I Say It's Okay' Button 25. Brett Favre Plans Stint In Minor League Baseball: What Could Go Wrong?


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Question: Virginia Beach Shooting Update

NPR's Bobby Allyn reports from the scene on the latest in the mass shooting, which claimed the lives of 12 people.

Good morning. Our early headlines: -- Better Than Expected Job Growth In June. -- Pope John Paul II Will Be Made A Saint. -- Egypt On Edge: Nation Braces For Protests Of Morsi's Ouster. -- Book News: Asteroid Named For Iain Banks, Author Of Cosmic Fiction. Other news: -- "28 Hurt In Simi Valley Fireworks Explosion." (NBC Southern California) -- "Prosecution Testimony In Zimmerman Case Could Wrap Today." (USA Today) -- "Desmond Tutu Urges Mandela Family To End Feud." (CBC News) -- Deadly Arizona Wildfire 85 Percent Contained. (The Arizona Republic)


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Question: Who's Carl This Time?

Carl reads three quotes from the week's news. This week: a rare feeling for Democrats, the Republicans don't like it, and why we had a hard time researching the show this week.

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Bill Kurtis reads three quotes from the week's news: Pope-ularity; Emission Admission; It's Over Now That It's Over.


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Question: And Los Angeles Says Hello To Ex-Cleveland Cavalier LeBron James

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The currently beleaguered but storied Los Angeles Lakers get another superstar to try to bring back winning ways. LeBron James chooses to join the Lakers, and the city's basketball fans rejoice.

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Good Tuesday morning - we're following these news stories: Former Murdoch Editors Face Criminal Charges In U.K. Phone Hacking Scandal. Fierce Fighting Continues In Syria's Largest City, Home To Bashar Loyalists. (VOA) Britain Calls Up Additional 1,200 Troops For Olympic Security. (CNN) VIDEO: After Trade, Ichiro Says Sayonara To Seattle With Hit As A Yankee. Fears Grow That Spain Will Seek International Bailout After Its Borrowing Costs Soar. (Bloomberg) Powerful Typhoon Vicente Slams China, Hong Kong, Storms Toward Thailand. (Phuket Gazette) Philadelphia Monsignor Awaits Sentence In Sexual Abuse Concealment Case. (Philadelphia Inquirer) First Of Eight Trials Opens For Soldiers Accused Of Hazing Asian-American Soldier To Death. (Reuters) Amelia Earhart Expedition Returns With No Images Of Her Fate. (AP) New Yorkers Get Their Say On Proposed Ban On Big, Sugary Sodas. (WNBC) Singer Mariah Carey To Join 'American Idol' Judging Panel. (MTV)


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Question: The Jamestown Project

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The Re-Structuring of Comair, Field Notes: Crystal Clear Science, Essencha Tea House, Isabella Moon, Focus on Technology


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Question: USDA To Certify Non-GMO Foods With New Label

If you want to know if the beef you're buying is grassfed, there's a U.S. Department of Agriculture label for that. The agency is also behind the nation's biggest certified organic label, and an antibiotic-free one, too. But how do you know whether a product is made with genetically modified organisms? It's not always easy to tell. For companies that want to certify their food as being free of these ingredients, there's the Non-GMO Project Verified seal administered by the independent Non-GMO Project. Some companies, like General Mills, just put "Not made with genetically modified ingredients" on the box of Cheerios. But, increasingly, there's been a push for the federal government to step into GMO labeling. Now, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has announced in a letter to his staff (dated May 1) that the agency's Agricultural Marketing Service is developing a verification program for food products containing genetically modified ingredients. "Recently, a leading global company asked AMS to help verify that the corn and soybeans it uses in its products are not genetically engineered so that the company could label the products as such," Vilsack wrote in the letter. "And AMS worked with the company to develop testing and verification processes to verify the non-GE claim." (The company has not been named, but is expected to make an announcement soon.) UPDATE, May 18, 11:40 a.m.: SunOpta Inc. identified itself Monday as "the first food manufacturing facility in the U.S. to receive USDA Process Verified Program verification for Non-Genetically Modified Organisms/Non-Genetically Engineered products." And, Vilsack added, "other companies are already lining up to take advantage of this service." The announcement comes at a time when a lot of consumer and environmental groups have been calling for mandatory labeling of GMOs. But since the government says GMO ingredients on the market are safe, this will not be a mandatory label. The Grocery Manufacturers Association has asked the Food and Drug Administration to outline labeling standards companies can use voluntarily, though the industry group has resisted the idea of mandatory labeling. But as companies increasingly try to use GMO-free as a marketing advantage, it's clear from the letter that some want the USDA's help. As with the agency's other, widely trusted certification programs, this one will be aimed at creating more transparency for consumers and producers. So, here's how the system will work: Companies that want to use the USDA's Non-GMO Label will pay to participate in the Process Verified Program. Companies will submit documents such as desk and onsite audits. And, AMS spokesman Sam Jones-Ellard says, the USDA will also send auditors on site to verify that the foods are not being produced with any GMO materials. As this issue gains traction with consumers, lots of Americans are wary of GMO foods. And more are just flat out confused about what they are, where they are in the food supply and whether they're dangerous. There is no evidence, by the way, that eating genetically-modified foods poses a threat to health. But, out of precaution, it seems, more consumers are avoiding them. And retailers and restaurants are responding to customers' evolving expectations. Just last month, Chipotle said it would remove most ingredients made with GMOs from its menu. And two years ago, Whole Foods told its suppliers that by 2018 all of its products in its U.S. and Canadian stores must indicate if they contain genetically modified organisms.

Citrus Growers Peg Losses at Over $800 Million. Regulators Hit Up Retailers for Pesticide Fees. End Music.


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Question: Ortiz's 'Hidden Voices' Mixes Cuban Strains With Modern Jazz

Pianist Aruán Ortiz grew up in Cuba and lived in Spain a few years before moving to the US in 2002. Jazz critic Kevin Whitehead says Ortiz's new trio music is fully bilingual.

Stories: 1) 'Wondrous Life' Explores Multinationality 2) March on the Pentagon, 40 Years Later 3) 'Chicha' Music Expands out of Peru


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Question: Stanley Corngold - 1905: A Literary Response to Modernity

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This talk deals with representative works of German and Hapsburg fiction circa 1905. Stanley Corngold covers literature produced by the genius of Thomas Mann (1875-1955), Rainer Maria Rilke (1875-1926), Robert Musil (1880-1942) and Franz Kafka (1883-1924), that registered swiftly changing perceptions of human time and space owing to the frenetic pace of Central European modernization. As the literary community responded to technical innovations in the manufacture of commodities; the associated acquisition of wealth, producing changes in class-structure; the growth of cities, creating centers of simultaneous but dissociated activity requiring new medial connection, some saw these changes as matters of great intellectual interest, others as signs of the pathological breakdown of older norms and values.

Stories: 1) 'The Gospel of Judas and the Shaping of Christianity' 2) 'How Doctors Think' 3) "The Other Side of You"


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Question: Friday News Roundup - Domestic

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Roy Moore was set to ride all the way to Washington this week, but his horse only got him so far. Also, pressure grows on special counsel Robert Mueller. And more women speak out about President Trump’s past behavior, accusing him of sexual misconduct. Meanwhile, House and Senate Republicans are ready to roll out a massive tax overhaul bill, but already, there’s some dissent in the ranks. We’ll discuss these stories and more on the News Roundup. GUESTS Jeff Mason, White House correspondent, Reuters Sheryl Gay Stolberg, Washington correspondent, The New York Times Andrew Yeager, Morning Edition host and reporter, WBHM in Birmingham, Alabama For more, visit https://the1a.org. © 2017 WAMU 88.5 – American University Radio.

Mudslide Watch. Citizenship Backlog. End Music.


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Question: New documentary examines the Darfur saga

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The subject of a new film on the genocide in Darfur talks about his work to keep the world's attention on the continuing violence in Sudan.

Hear how listeners and readers of the blog reacted to recent conversations about the fate of jazz, racial profiling and the upcoming Olympic games in Beijing.


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Question: Special Roundtable: Blogging From The DNC

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Yesterday at the Democratic National Convention, Michelle Obama reassured voters of her American family values and Ted Kennedy made a surprise appearance to rally the divided Democratic troops. The Mile High City is swarming with journalists this week, among them are hundreds of bloggers.  Farai Chideya is with three of those bloggers in Denver for today's special convention bloggers' roundtable. She speaks with Chris Rabb of Afro-Netizen, Liza Sabater of Culture Kitchen, and Charles Robinson of Charles Black Politics Blog.

Ms. Miller Goes to Washington. Anti-Gang Summit in Oakland. End Music.


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Question: Friday News Roundup - International

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In Saudi Arabia, the investigation into the death of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi continues.
Saudi Arabia’s top prosecutor says he’s seeking the death penalty for five suspects charged with ordering and carrying out the killing of dissident Saudi writer Jamal Khashoggi at the kingdom’s consulate in Istanbul. https://t.co/dF9SBuDIQQ — The Associated Press (@AP) November 15, 2018   The Turkish foreign minister deemed these actions “unsatisfying,” according to The New York Times But how is the public supposed to trust the Saudis to carry out justice after their explanations for Mr. Khashoggi’s murder havehas shifted? How involved was Crown Prince Mohamed bin Salman in Khashoggi’s death? And, do we have a deal? That’s what Theresa May’s constituents have been asking after weeks of Brexit negotiations. May signed a draft deal with Brussels to leave the European Union, but there have been some complications. Four of her cabinet ministers resigned over it.  One of the major issues at hand in working out the Brexit deal is the border Northern Ireland. This latest deal would keep Northern Ireland in the European Customs arrangement, among other details to hammer out and the BBC describes it as a “really complicated system.” We’re taking you to the negotiating table. How likely is this deal to succeed? Also, President Donald Trump traveled to France to mark the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I. The trip did not go well, and Trump was widely criticized for skipping a ceremony due to weather and not participating in a ceremonial walk along the Champs Elysee with other world leaders. Listen to our conversation about President Trump in Paris And in Gaza, the violence between Israelis and Palestinians has spiked to levels not seen since 2014. The Israeli Defense Minister resigned over Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s truce agreement with those in Gaza. Why has the violence escalated? All that and more on this week’s edition of the global News Roundup. Text by Gabrielle Healy. GUESTS Rosiland Jordan, State Department/specials correspondent, Al Jazeera English Television; @RosJordanAJE Vivian Salama, White House reporter, The Wall Street Journal;  @vmsalama Ron Nixon, Homeland security correspondent, The New York Times; author of “Selling Apartheid: South Africa’s Global Propaganda War”; @nixonron For more, visit https://the1a.org. © 2018 WAMU 88.5 – American University Radio.

Week In Review, On the Money with Chris DiSimio, Queen City Classic Chess Tournament, Forgive Me, The Front Row with Betsy Ross, The Big Screen: City of Men


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Question: Health Care Financing Initiative Filed

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Late word this afternoon that the initiative has been filed for funding the health care reform plan now awaiting state Senate approval, with Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez as its official authors.
The initiative asks voters to approve a financing plan to pay for the $14 billion a year reform proposal, and includes [...]

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Global Warming Solutions Act. San Joaquin Episcopal Split. End Music.


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Question: The New Republic: On Health Care, SOTU Was Strong

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Jonathan Cohn is a senior editor at The New Republic and a senior fellow at Demos. Did Obama say enough about health care reform last night? I suppose I'm one of the very few people who would even ask that question. Most Americans would probably think, "More health care? Lord no." And I think Obama and his speechwriters sensed as much. Although his defense of the Affordable Care Act was clear — he's not going to sign a bill repealing the law — it was also short. That portion of the speech was just two brief paragraphs, by my count. But short isn't the same as weak. Yes, Obama offered to "fix" the bill's flaws. But that's the sort of gesture he needs to make, in order to take the high ground when Republicans try to repeal the whole thing. More important, the bill really does have flaws that, if the subject of truly bipartisan efforts, could really be fixed. As I've said before, I'd be particularly interested in malpractice reform, assuming it's the kind of reform that actually improves patient safety rather than merely capping damage awards. (Yes, that's a big "if.") More generally, as Obama said, if Republicans are willing to make the bill stronger — by insuring more people, bolstering coverage further, or better controlling costs — then by all means they should get to work. But one of Obama's best arguments at this point is that the American people seem eager to move on. They may not love the current law and almost certainly want improvements. But they don't want to scrap the whole thing and, above all, they're not in the mood to litigate the big issues all over again. In surveys that Greenberg Quinlan Rosner conducted immediately after the speech, pollster Stanley Greenberg said Obama's line about getting on with other business was one of the most popular of the night. Keep in mind, too, that the brief mention isn't necessarily a signal of priority. In 2009, when Obama gave his first joint address, his job was to tell us what he wanted to do and, no less important, when he wanted to do it. In 2010, when Obama gave the State of the Union immediately after Scott Brown's election in Massachusetts, Obama's job was to tell us how he'd operate within new political constraints and, very specifically, what he intended to do about his embattled health care plan. Then, unlike now, his determination to fight for health care reform was very much in doubt. But last night's speech was, by design, more about a general posture for the next two years, in no small part because the loss of congressional control means he no longer has the ability to enact such an ambitious legislative agenda anyway. In that context, a strong defense of the Affordable Care Act, however short, seems more than adequate.

Carl reads three quotes from the week's news: Be Our Guest, Repeal Appeal, and Bigger Is Better.


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Question: GOP Will Take House But By How Much? Asks Gallup

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It's just about all over but the voting and, according to Gallup's last pre-Election Day poll, the question isn't whether Republicans will take control of the House -- that's a foregone conclusion -- but how big their majority will be. Gallup reports that its survey suggests that Republicans could win north of 60 seats. They only need to win 39 for the majority. Voters' generic desire for Republican control of the House is a very lopsided 55 percent to 40 percent. There's no glimmer of hope for Democrats in those numbers. Read More According to Gallup:  Gallup's historical model suggests that a party needs at least a two-point advantage in the national House vote to win a majority of the 435 seats. The Republicans' current likely voter margin suggests that this scenario is highly probable, making the question of interest this election not whether the GOP will win the majority, but by how much. Taking Gallup's final survey's margin of error into account, the historical model predicts that the Republicans could gain anywhere from 60 seats on up, with gains well beyond that possible. It should be noted, however, that this year's 15-point gap in favor of the Republican candidates among likely voters is unprecedented in Gallup polling and could result in the largest Republican margin in House voting in several generations. This means that seat projections have moved into uncharted territory, in which past relationships between the national two-party vote and the number of seats won may not be maintained.  So it could be a mid-term blowout of historic proportions, in other words. If Gallup is right, the losses under President Obama could easily outdistance President Clinton's. Democrats lost 52 seats in 1994, leading to the speakership of Newt Gingrich. Indeed, Gallup makes it sound as though the Democrats could be facing losses approaching the 71 seats they lost in 1938 because of Democratic in-fighting and resistance to Franklin Roosevelt's scheme to pack the Supreme Court. For Democrats to have a chance to hold on, they would have had to have a massive turnout from an energetic base. But Gallup doesn't foresee that from its polling. Instead, it believes turnout will be about 45 percent, making it slightly higher than in recent years. And within the group of voters expected to show up at polling places Tuesday, Gallup expects there will be more Republicans than Democrats based on responses its pollsters received from likely voters. Another excerpt:  The Oct. 28-31 poll finds that nationally, 75% of Republicans and independents who lean Republican are "absolutely certain" they will vote in the 2010 midterms, compared with 68% of Democrats. While these figures are not the only indicator of relative turnout strength -- this is just one question in Gallup's seven-item likely voter model -- the record-high seven-point gap between the parties is strongly indicative of a relative surge in GOP turnout.  Added to the good news for Republicans is the composition of those voters who told Gallup they would be heading to the polls. Another snippet:  Gallup's final likely voter pool consists of 35% of Americans identifying as Republicans, 32% as Democrats, and 32% as independents.  And those independents are breaking significantly towards Republicans.  Independents tilt toward the Republican candidate by a sizable 59% to 31% margin. The margin for Republican congressional candidates among independents is much greater among likely voters than among registered voters, suggesting independents voting Republican are significantly more likely to turn out than are those voting Democratic.

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Question: Director Dee Rees Explores Racism In Post-War Mississippi In 'Mudbound'

Mudbound follows two families — one white and one black — just before, during and after WWII. Rees' experiences growing up in Nashville, Tenn., informed her film. Originally broadcast Nov. 14, 2017.

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Question: Royal Reporters Chart Harry And Meghan's Journey In 'Finding Freedom'

Travel with me for a moment, back to happier times. It's May 19, 2018, in a live broadcast from St. George's Chapel at Windsor Castle, 16 months after they first met, a handsome British prince marries a beautiful American actress in a ceremony unlike any previous royal wedding. (They had a gospel choir!) Ah how lovely it all was — how sweet and happy they were. Within a year, there's a baby. Within two years, there's a rupture, a big one — the Duke and Duchess of Sussex decide royal life isn't for them. It's a whirlwind story detailed in the new book, Finding Freedom: Harry and Meghan and the Making of a Modern Royal Family, by longtime royal beat reporters Omid Scobie and Carolyn Durand. "I think time and time again, we felt that there were sides of the story that were often missing," Scobie says. "The mission here was really to paint a different perspective of a story that many feel that they already know." The Duke and Duchess say they were not interviewed for the book and did not contribute to it — though many royal watchers are skeptical. But Durand says, "Harry and Meghan have made a statement about the book. I think that's quite clear."  Interview Highlights On Meghan Markle's personality Carolyn Durand: Megan is quite driven. She's focused. She's absolutely passionate about her charitable and humanitarian work. She's someone that Harry had really found a kindred spirit in when they met and they fell in love. once the two become a couple. On whether the tabloid treatment of the duchess was a wake-up call for Prince Harry  Omid Scobie: Well, I think Harry's journey to wokeness has been very public. We've sort of seen him learning and educating himself along the way. But, you know, this experience of witnessing Meghan face racist remarks and commentary would have been the first time that he ever saw someone in his life, or someone that he was particularly close to, affected by it in a certain way. And, you know, we talk about some of the more obvious examples in some of the media coverage. But I think the things that have flown under the radar are some of the sort of othering of Megan that we've seen. We've sort of seen her repeatedly, that she's "not one of us." And now what do they mean by "not one of us"? And I think there are things like that, which Harry's really had to become more attuned to, and learn to see when it happens in front of him. And Meghan would have been the person that guided him on that journey. On tensions between Princes Harry and William Scobie: It's one of the early stories to come out of this book was this conversation that took place between Harry and William, where William seemingly gives sort of brotherly advice to Harry about sort of perhaps watching the speed at which his relationship with Meghan was progressing. And I think there have been some people who have commented that that might have been a moment where Harry was too sensitive. But I think we need to really look at the overall picture here and what led up to that moment. Harry was already aware of some of the murmurings that were taking place behind his back within the royal household about Meghan. He'd also experienced some of his own friends speaking about Meghan or making negative remarks behind her back, that word had traveled back to him about. So when William sat down and had that conversation with him, that was the starting point. On the supposed rivalry between Meghan and Kate Middleton Durand: Well, I think that, you know, as women, we see this all the time where we try and pit two women against each other. And certainly that narrative of dueling duchesses was attractive to the U.K. tabloids. Scobie: But, of course, what we did find along the way was a friendship between the two that never really progressed, that never reached a place of great warmth or depth. And I think that's something that Meghan really longed to have happen. On what led to the decision to step back as working royals Durand: Harry really was looking out for his family. His wife felt aggrieved, and they thought that the best decision that they could make was step back, have a little bit more privacy, but still be in a situation where they could carry on. Their mission [is] to devote themselves to the causes that were so important to them. On how they'll support themselves now Scobie: I think it's quite funny when we hear people talking about, will they have enough money or not? Firstly, Harry is, of course, a very wealthy individual. He brings that to the picture — as well, Meghan, already an accomplished actress, probably living very comfortably off royalties coming in from Suits. It's still one of the most-streamed shows on Netflix. But of course, they do have a proper working model laid out for them. Up ahead, we've seen them sign on as smart speakers with the Harry Walker Agency. What's important to note is despite all the rumors or the reports about them cashing in on their royal titles, really the work that they do continues as

Good morning, here are our early stories: Three Kurdish Activists Found Dead In Paris; 'Without Doubt An Execution'. Crazy Or Canny? Talk Grows About $1 Trillion Platinum Coin. And here are more early headlines: Biden To Meet NRA Today On Gun Violence. (ABC) Syria Fires Another Ballistic Missile At Rebels. (Reuters) Two Swiss Passenger Trains Collide; At Least 17 Injured. (CNN) Chinese Newspaper Publishes After Reported Deal With Government; Protests Continue. (VOA) Indian Rape Victim To Blame For Horrific Crime, Says Defendants' Lawyer. (Bloomberg) Investigators Examine N.J. Ferry That Crashed In Manhattan, Injuring At least 70. (AP) Pod Of Killer Whales Trapped Under Ice In Northern Canada. (Ottawa Citizen) Changing British Tradition: If Kate And William Have A Baby Girl, She'll Be 'Princess' Instead Of 'Lady'. (Independent)


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Both the Senate and Assembly are scheduled to vote this morning on a package of bills that will make dramatic mid-year spending cuts to the state budget. Democrats say the plan slashes the state's $14.5 billion budget deficit in half. The bills are expected to get bipartisan support.

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Couriers who re-fill ATMs in Berlin have been on strike for more than a week, and there's no end in sight. That's a problem in a country where almost 80 percent of all transactions are cash payments.

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Antibiotic-resistant staph infections can be deadly for hospital patients. One way to curb them is with better hospital hygiene. A new study found that hand-washing, and wearing gowns and gloves, cuts the number of infections with methicilln-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA.  But another study found that even with all those precautions, the bacteria can still be tough to wipe out. In 2007, the VA hospital system launched a huge effort to reduce the number of MRSA infections by ordering all 150 of its acute-care hospitals to change how they do business. For starters, patients were screened for MRSA when they were admitted. And about 14 percent of them turned out to carry MRSA in their noses, even though they weren't sick. Continue Reading Hospital employees were told to wear gloves and gowns when treating those carriers, and to be sure to wash hands before and after treating patients. That lowered MRSA infections of patients in intensive care units by 62 percent over three years. But when a second group of researchers used similar tactics to try to stop the spread of MRSA in 18 academic medical centers, it didn't stop the bacteria from traveling from patient to patient. "We looked at whether the health care workers wore clean gloves and did hand hygiene," says W. Charles Huskins, an infectious disease specialist at the Mayo Clinic and lead author of the second study. "We didn't find a correlation between those behaviors and the outcomes. You would expect units with lower adherence to have worse outcomes, and we didn't." Huskins tells Shots that workers were less careful about hand-washing and proper use of gloves and gowns when they were just touching objects in a patient's room. So it may be that hospitals will need to come up with better ways to clean hospital rooms to keep the bug at bay. Or, Huskins told Shots, it may take another intervention, like swabbing patients with antimicrobial rinses, to stop MRSA. Both studies appeared in the latest issue of the New England Journal of Medicine. The number of MRSA infections has been dropping overall, down 28 percent in 9 cities over four years, according to a study published last year in the Journal of the American Medical Association. So it could be that we're getting better at battling MRSA. But as that second study shows, the bug has hardly called it quits. Separately, earlier this week the Department of Health and Human Services pledged up to $1 billion toward improvements in quality of hospital care. Reducing hosptial infections is one of the top priorities.

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Scott Simon talks with Fath Davis Ruffins, historian at the Smithsonian's American History Museum, about the impending auction of the scaffolding on which the abolitionist John Brown was hanged.

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Question: Greece Scrambles To Show It Can Cut Budget Deficit

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It's a critical period for Greece: It has to convince international lenders that it can slash its budget deficit before getting a vital $11 billion installment of last year's $150 billion bailout deal. Prime Minister George Papandreou canceled a trip to the U.S. to hold an emergency Cabinet meeting Sunday on finding more cuts to plug this year's budget shortfall. Greece has blamed the shortfall on a deeper-than-expected recession — the unintended effect of a year and a half of draconian austerity measures. Pressed by its European Union partners, the government announced yet another emergency tax last week. Officials hope the levy on real estate will rake in close to $3 billion. In a country where 85 percent of citizens' wealth is invested in houses and apartments, public outrage is intense. The new measure has been dubbed the "monster tax." Elinorosson is a middle-class neighborhood in Athens where Stella Kasdagli and Alexandros Karamalikis were able to buy an apartment a few years ago. Kasdagli, 30, is the managing editor at the Greek version of Cosmopolitan magazine. Her 35-year-old husband lost his job as a record producer and is now a stay-at-home dad, raising their 13-month-old daughter, Stefania. Up to now, Kasdagli says, they felt like the lucky ones. "Until now, the impact has been mostly in our minds — fear about future," she says. "But this year you paid more taxes," Karamalikis breaks in. "Stella paid more taxes. I didn't pay because I didn't have any money." The couple, much like other Greeks, has been hit by two additional emergency income taxes in just a year and a half on Kasdagli's gross income of $54,000. The extra property tax will force them to dip into their savings. "That's why I say I can absorb the loss, because I have these savings," she says. "If I didn't have them, it would be difficult." Karamalikis says that when the crisis hit, they agreed with the government's call for sacrifices. Despite austerity measures, the situation had worsened by the second year, with even more need for belt-tightening. "It is like medicine that you give to a sick person, and he doesn't feel any better," he says. "We don't think that is the right way to fix the problem, and certainly it is not the fair way to fix the problem." Judging from comments on social networks, a growing number of Greeks say they won't pay the property tax. Karamalikis worries about retaliation from Greece's international lenders, who are expected to decide next month whether to release the bailout funds. "We are frightened every day that if we don't pay the taxes, they will not give us the money and the next day we will be bankrupt," he says. "We are not sure if this is true, but we cannot take the chances. I don't know; no one knows." One Greek who has decided not to pay the property tax is George Katrougalos. He's a constitutional lawyer who says it's unfair and unconstitutional because it's retroactive, and that it's also a trap that leads to no growth. "You can ask sacrifices from the people, provided these sacrifices are going to lead us somewhere," he says. "And the only thing that can lead us out of the trap is either have renegotiation of the debt or a clear default. Default would be better — better than the impasse." The Greek government has adamantly ruled out this option. Meanwhile, international lenders are demanding even bigger spending cuts — reportedly including massive public sector layoffs, a 40 percent reduction in public sector wages, and new taxes on gas, alcohol and tobacco. But, as Katrougalos says, the government is losing ground. And growing divisions among European governments over Greece's fate have made its people more skeptical about the effectiveness of a seemingly unending series of austerity measures. 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Question: 'Black Panther' Expected To Formally Break Saudis' 35-Year Cinema Ban

The last time Saudis could walk into a commercial movie theater, buy a bucket of popcorn and settle in for a silver-screen spectacle, that film may well have been E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial. Or Tron, maybe — or Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan? The point is, it's been an awfully long time since Saudi Arabia's ban on public cinemas took effect in 1983 — so long, in fact, the ban is older even than the ultraconservative kingdom's crown prince, along with two-thirds of his country. But the formal end of the ban is in sight. Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Culture and Information announced Wednesday that it has partnered with AMC to open up to 40 cinemas across the country in the next five years, with the first one set to open its doors in Riyadh on April 18. And according to multiple media outlets, that theater's very first film is one that's already well-acquainted with breaking new ground: Black Panther. It's difficult to miss some symbolism in the pick. Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has projected an image not unlike that of the Wakandan King T'Challa, who dons the superhero's mask in the film: a young, innovative leader, seeking to use his newfound power to grapple with some of his country's more conservative traditions. Under his authority, for instance, the kingdom is lifting its ban on women in the military, at sporting events and behind the wheel. Now, critics may point to reasons the analogy doesn't exactly fit: The prince's authoritarian purges of high-profile Saudi officials, for one, as well as a Saudi-led coalition's aggressive airstrike campaign in Yemen, which under the yoke of war is experiencing one of the world's worst humanitarian crises. But the film seems a fitting vanguard for a proposed cinematic revival that's part of the prince's Saudi Vision 2030, a package of wide-ranging reforms aimed at diversifying the country's economy and liberalizing some its social policies. "The aim of Saudi Vision 2030 is to improve the quality of life for Saudi families by providing an array of entertainment opportunities," the Saudi minister of culture and information, Awwad Alawwad, said in a statement released by AMC. "The restoration of cinemas will also help boost the local economy by increasing household spending on entertainment while supporting job creation in the Kingdom." AMC says Saudi Arabia expects to open nearly 350 movie theaters by 2030. "But," NPR's Jackie Northam reports from Riyadh, "there is a lot to figure out before the first cinema opens." Two questions in particular come to mind, she says: "what types of movies can be shown here, and whether the cinemas will be segregated between men and women." It is also unclear how much, if anything, will be censored from the film. For Black Panther, meanwhile, the premiere merely adds to the case it has been building against the long-standing notion that American films led by diverse casts do poorly in foreign markets. The film already topped half a billion dollars in international box office last month. It won't quite be the first film to break the 35-year drought in Saudi Arabia, however. That honor was bestowed in a makeshift theater in January on The Emoji Movie.

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UNDERSTANDING TECHNOLOGY THROUGH A CHILD'S EYES (REBROADCAST): Kids today rarely think of 'technology' as something separate from themselves. Rather, technology is infused into everything they do and see.  So how can grown-ups rethink design ideas based on what the next generation is thinking? Tech Tuesday explores the intersection of technology and child development.  (52 min.)

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Question: Fat Tuesday, California Style

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The sun is up, the polls are opening across the Golden State, and for political watchers one of the most interesting California primaries in modern times is finally here.
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This week, President Obama embarked on his maiden voyage to Europe after his election. E.J. Dionne of the Washington Post and Brookings Institution and David Brooks of The New York Times talk about the tone Obama struck and the rest of the week in politics.

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Question: WATCH: Protesters Try To Surrender In Solidarity With Confederate Statue Topplers

Since protesters toppled a Confederate monument Monday in Durham, N.C., local police have arrested eight people on charges of rioting and defacing public property. Three of those protesters appeared in court Thursday — but they were far from the only people packing the Durham County Courthouse. Upward of 100 people showed up to support the suspects, filling the building to such an extent the fire marshal "determined the crowd posed a security risk," the Durham County Sheriff's Office said in a statement. Law enforcement added that the rally unfolded without incident. But the demonstrators did not settle simply at the courthouse. Dozens of them marched on the Durham County Detention Facility, hoping to turn themselves in for the very same crimes in solidarity with those arrested — and before long, video of the incident hit social media. The group of sign-toting demonstrators lined up outside the front door, chanting, "Thank you! We love you!" They remained outside, however, as police turned away everyone who did not have an outstanding arrest warrant under their name. "Deputies did not arrest rally participants who approached them claiming responsibility for the destruction of a historical statute," the sheriff's office said. "Dozens of people are here to take responsibility for the removal of that statue, which should make it clear that there are so many of us that support what happened," Serena Sebring, a demonstrator Thursday who says she played no part in the statue's destruction, told Durham's Herald-Sun newspaper. "All of us are willing to share the cost of our freedom," she added. "All of us are here, and we are willing to take whatever responsibility, whatever consequences come along with the removal of that statue." Still, law enforcement did arrest four people who surrendered Thursday under arrest warrants "in connection with the destruction of government property," bringing the total number of people charged to eight: Aaron Alexander Caldwell, 24; Raul Mauro Arce Jimenez, 26; Elena Everett, 37; Taylor Alexander Jun Cook, 24; Peter Gull Gilbert, 39; Dante Emmanuel Strobino, 35; Ngoc Loan Tran, 24; Takiyah Fatima Thompson, 22. The eight suspects allegedly played key roles in the gathering that dragged down the city's statue of a Confederate soldier, just days after the deadly violence surrounding white supremacist rallies in Charlottesville, Va. Since that violence unfolded, activists and politicians in cities across the country have sought the removal of Confederate monuments like the one that white supremacists in Charlottesville said they wished to save. Durham City Councilman Charlie Reece says he asked Sheriff Mike Andrews not to press felony charges, as Andrews has vowed to do. But the Sons of Confederate Veterans has stated a vow of its own, according to the local News & Observer: The group "says it will offer rewards in future instances when monuments are torn down and 'our government fails to act,' " the paper reported. The monument that fell Monday in downtown Durham was not the only Confederate statue in the city to be damaged this week, however. A marble likeness of Gen. Robert E. Lee that stands outside the Duke Chapel was also vandalized, school officials learned early Thursday. "Each of us deserves a voice in determining how to address the questions raised by the statues of Robert E. Lee and others, and confront the darker moments in our nation's history," Duke President Vincent E. Price said in a statement. But, he added, "for an individual or group of individuals to take matters into their own hands and vandalize a house of worship undermines the right ... of every Duke student and employee to participate fully in university life."

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Good morning, here are our early stories: -- Baltimore Removes Confederate Statues One Day After Voting On Issue. -- Mourners To Honor Charlottesville Victim, States Debate Confederate Statues.  -- Hundreds Dead After Sierra Leone Mudslide.  And here are more early headlines: University Of Florida Denies White Nationalist Space To Speak.  (UF) NAFTA Re-Negotiations Open Today. (BBC) Pence Praises Argentina During Visit. (VOA) Huge Blackout In Taiwan Mostly Over. (Bloomberg) Kenyan Government Accused Of Harassing Opposition Groups. (AP)  Texas Lawmakers Don't Pass "Bathroom Bill".  (Dallas Morning News) Venezuelan Violinist Released After 3 Weeks In Detention. (Reuters) Detroit Lions Condemn Use Of Team Logo By White Supremacists. (WWJ)


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Question: Luxuries Dealer Sues eBay over Knockoffs

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A court in Paris ordered online auction site eBay to pay $61 million to luxury goods maker LVMH for allowing the sale of fake merchandise. LVMH, the world's biggest owner of luxury brands, including Louis Vuitton and Dior, says at one point, 90 percent of Vuitton and Dior-labeled itmes on eBay were counterfeit.

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Question: Bush Arrives to a Warm Welcome in the Baltics

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President Bush was warmly welcomed Tuesday at the presidential palace in Estonia. He became the first sitting U.S. president to visit the small Baltic nation, which lies just west of Russia. Mr. Bush is on a three-nation trip that also takes him to Latvia, for a summit of NATO countries, and then on to Jordan for talks with Iraqi Prime Minister, Nouri al-Maliki. RENEE MONTAGNE, host:  This is MORNING EDITION from NPR News. I'm Renee Montagne.  JOHN YDSTIE, host:  And I'm John Ydstie sitting in for Steve Inskeep.  In Europe today, President Bush said the United States will not leave Iraq before it completes its mission.  President GEORGE W. BUSH: We will continue to be flexible and we'll make the changes necessary to succeed. But there's one thing I'm not going to do - I'm not going to pull our troops off the battlefield before the mission is complete.  YDSTIE: The president spoke in Latvia, where he's attending a NATO summit. It's his second stop on a three-nation tour that also takes him to Jordan tomorrow for talks with Iraq's prime minister, Nouri al-Maliki.  NPR White House Correspondent David Greene is traveling with President Bush and joins us now from Riga, the capital of Latvia. David, the president's statements suggest flexibility but also continuing the mission. Do we know what options he's going to discuss with Iraq's prime minister tomorrow?  DAVID GREENE: Well, John, we know there are a lot of options out there. We know the Iraq Study Group back in the United States is considering a lot of different choices, such as engaging other countries in the region, such as partitioning Iraq. And the president has made clear that he wants to listen to Prime Minister Maliki when they're in Jordan. And he said he's going to listen to what ideas he has, what ideas the prime minister has for quelling the violence in his country. So we don't know specifics yet, but it's the kind of meeting that, even if we don't get a big announcement out of Jordan this week, I think we'll be able to look back later on when we do see some changes in policy and say that's when Maliki and Mr. Bush sat down and really fleshed things out.  YDSTIE: Earlier today, the president was asked whether the sectarian violence in Iraq is a civil war. How did he respond?  GREENE: Well, he did not outright deny that this is a civil war, as many analysts, some news organizations, are now saying. But he suggested that this is part of a wave of sectarian violence that started back in February, when a major Shiite shrine was bombed in Samarra, north of Baghdad, and said that this is just continuing the trend. He also pointed to al-Qaida and terrorist groups as the ones to blame, saying that it was their goal from the beginning to set off sectarian violence. So really a shift away from the idea of a civil war. I think there's some concern that if this is really called a civil war, and that's generally the term, that U.S. support for the war could drop even further. So there's still a push from the president to argue that this is linked to terrorism.  YDSTIE: The president also talked about the possibility of engaging Iran and Syria and finding a solution in Iraq. Did he have anything new to say there?  GREENE: It was interesting. He said that the - he suggested that the U.S. certainly has no plans to engage Iran or Syria directly, and he repeated his call for Iran to end its enrichment of uranium for its nuclear program before Iran could ever come to the table. But he said that Iraq's government is basically free to pursue its foreign policy on its own. And he said that if Iraq wants to talk to those countries, they are certainly welcome to do so. He did seem a little skeptical about whether there will be progress. And he said that one thing that Iraq should want is for a Iran to, as he put it, leave them alone and not try to stir more violence in Iraq, and that Iran should basically help and try to make peace.  YDSTIE: As we said, the president is now at the NATO summit in Latvia, where he praised the military alliance for its efforts in Afghanistan. Let's hear a little bit from his speech.  President BUSH: Because of our efforts, Afghanistan has gone from a totalitarian nightmare to a free nation with an elected president, a democratic constitution, and brave soldiers and police fighting for their country.  YDSTIE: David, what more does the president want out of NATO, and is he likely to get it?  GREENE: Well, a couple things. The president's coming here to Riga to ask for other countries to take more of the burden in defense spending. The White House really believes that the U.S. has shared too much of the burden and should really be passing some of the spending to other countries for missions like Afghanistan. And the president did say today that Afghanistan is NATO's most important mission, and they've run into a lot of trouble with the Taliban.  The other thing the president wants - there have been some complaints from countries such as Brita

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Good morning. Our early headlines: -- U.S. Families Stunned By Russia's Ban On Adoptions. -- Remembering Gen. Schwarzkopf, 'Military Hero Of His Generation'. -- Secretary Clinton Due Back At Work Next Week, 'Foreign Policy' Reports. And the other major story of the day, as we reported late Thursday: -- White House To Host Congressional Leaders Friday For Fiscal Deadline Talks. Meanwhile, other stories making headlines include: -- At Least 17 Deaths Blamed On Winter Storm That Crossed Much Of Nation. (The Associated Press) -- Former President George H.W. Bush Remains In Hospital, But Would Urge Folks To "Put The Harps Back In The Closet," Spokeswoman Says. (Houston Chronicle) -- Shooting Appears To Be Chicago's 500th Homicide This Year. (Chicago Tribune)


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We humans are as good as any dog; St. Joan had a collar and litter box; a Wait Wait... tribute to a man who gave us sadistic mice and masochistic cats.


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The Geography of Bliss — NPR National Correspondent Eric Weiner joins guest host Ted Asregadoo for a discussion of his new book, "The Geography of Bliss: One Grump's Search for the Happiest Places in the World."

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Bill Kurtis reads three quotes from the week's news: The Weedstream Media; The Blame Game; The Grip On Germs.


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Question: Trump Financial Disclosures Show Drop In Mar-A-Lago Income

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At a time when House Democrats are battling the president for his tax returns, new disclosures provide some basic information about his finances. For instance: His income was at least in the hundreds of millions last year. The data come from the president's latest annual financial disclosure form covering the year 2018. It shows where that income came from. For example, Trump Doral in South Florida, one of his highest-income properties according to the report, provided a nearly 2% bump in income last year, up $1.2 million to $76 million.  Meanwhile, income from Mar-a-Lago, the Palm Beach, Fla., resort Trump frequents on winter weekends away from the White House, fell by nearly 10% from 2017, to $22.7 million last year. The Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C., held steady, at $40.8 million in income for Trump — up slightly from 2017, according to prior disclosures. These year-to-year shifts indicate that at least some Trump properties have stabilized since sharp drops in revenue between 2016 and 2017. The $22.7 million that Mar-a-Lago took in last year is nearly 40 percent lower than its 2016 income. And the Trump Doral golf club's $76 million in income last year is still far below its $115.9 million income Trump reported from 2016. The disclosures provide a window into the president's finances, but it's not a detailed view. Disclosure forms filed with the Office of Government Ethics allow officials to cite many figures in ranges, rather than exact numbers — Trump's income from a piece of real estate on Wall Street and several others, for example, was "over $5,000,000." All told, then, Trump reported income of well over $400 million, but it could have been much higher than that. It's impossible to accurately compare the president's overall income from year to year using these forms. The financial disclosures show the president's ongoing income from controversial arrangements. When Trump took office, critics raised concerns that Trump properties would provide an avenue for people to essentially buy the president's favor by frequenting his properties. The Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C., has continued to raise ethics red flags. Earlier this year, a government watchdog said that government lawyers ignored the U.S. Constitution's Emoluments Clause in allowing the Trump Organization to continue leasing the Old Post Office building on Pennsylvania Avenue, blocks from the White House.  Presidential financial disclosures do provide some clarity about the president's assets and income, but they leave many questions about the president's finances unanswered. House Democrats recently subpoenaed six years of Trump's tax returns, arguing that this is part of their oversight duties and that they want to know the full extent of his involvement in his businesses.

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Good Friday morning - here are our early stories: Strong Earthquake Strikes Japan, Triggering Small Tsunami. And here are more early headlines: Skittish Investors Waiting For Latest Unemployment Rate News. (MarketWatch) Egyptian Opposition Refuses To Hold Talks With President Morsi. (BBC) Hamas Political Leader Visits Gaza For Visit After Conflict With Israel. (Bloomberg) Syria Situation Is 'Accelerating', Warns Clinton. (CNN) Hurricane Kills More Than 500 In Philippines, Just As Many Missing. (VOA) George Zimmerman Sues NBC For 'Yellow Journalism' In Martin Shooting Coverage. (Orlando Sentinel) Report: U.S. Seeks To Ease Rules On Brain Injury And Veterans' Benefits. (New York Times) NHL Contract Talks Break Down Again; No Pro Hockey On Horizon. (ESPN) Whale Carcass Rotting In Malibu Emits 'Severe' Stench For Residents. (Los Angeles Times)


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Question: Detroit's Big Three Want Big Bucks

Executives from Detroit's Big Three car companies met with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday to ask for billions of dollars to help rescue the ailing industry. The request comes amid the worst auto sales in a quarter-century. It's unclear whether Ford, GM and Chrysler will get the answers they want.

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News Headlines: Oct. 16, 2007 AP: Clinton Edges Obama in Cash on Hand -- "Democrat Hillary Clinton ended September with more money in the bank than rival Barack Obama, holding nearly $35 million cash on hand for the presidential primary contests to his $32 million. Both were far ahead of Republican money leader Rudy Giuliani." More: Obama Calls Himself Underdog How do you think the general election will shape up? Make your predictions. More Headlines:AP: House Panel Weighs Jena 6 Case New York Times: Failing Schools Strain to Meet U.S. Standard Newsday (Pinkerton): Cosby, Gore as Different as Black, Green New York Times: Resentment and Rations as Eritrea Nears a Crisis Detroit Free Press: Chrysler Deal Meets Some Sharp Resistance Los Angeles Times: Retirement Season Hits GOP Hard AJC: Juanita Bynum's $4.5M Home to Be Auctioned for Taxes Houston Chronicle: Former Mexican President Blasts U.S. Xenophobia Los Angeles Times: Will Tyler Perry Ever Get Respect?


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Question: Pop Culture Happy Hour: 'Transparent' And Pop Culture Debuts

For a couple of lovely weeks in October, our dear pal Ari Shapiro — who has long since forgiven us for making him watch the VMAs and Olympus Has Fallen for a prior episode — was back at NPR HQ to host Weekend Edition. While we had him here, we grabbed him up for a conversation about Transparent and pop culture debuts. If you haven't seen Transparent, the basics are these: It's a ten-part family comedy-drama starring the super-great Jeffrey Tambor as a transgender woman named Maura navigating her transition with her sometimes awful adult children. Written by Jill Soloway, it was made available on Amazon streaming all at once a few weeks back, and we all very much enjoyed it (sorry if that's a spoiler). We talk about the large number of terrific actors who have terrific roles (including Friend Of NPR Carrie Brownstein), the show's subtle treatment of gender identity and sexuality both inside and outside Maura's story, the music that Stephen really loves, and lots more. (Vox also published a fine and deep interview with Soloway this week; I recommend it if you're interested in her thinking and her process.) Our other topic this week is the pop culture debut, which — naturally — requires a chat about just what constitutes a debut, since most people, if you want to find the very very very beginning, start with something little enough that you've probably never seen it. But we wind up chatting about albums, novels, TV shows, and more. As always, we close with what's making us happy this week. Stephen is happy about a Tumblr he loves and about a new NPR Music project you should definitely check out. Glen is happy about some new comics that he figures are here none too soon. Ari is happy about a book-buying binge designed to protect him from British spellings. I am happy about all kinds of things — a great essay we ran at NPR, a great album I heartily recommend, and my compulsion to fantasy-cast a movie I'm really, really hoping will be very funny. Find us on Facebook or follow us on Twitter: me, Stephen, Glen, Ari, producer Jessica, and our pal Mike.

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Question: It's ScuttleButton Time!

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An openly gay basketball player? Next thing you know, there will be openly clever ScuttleButton puzzles. Only not this week. ScuttleButton, of course, is that once-a-week waste of time exercise in which each Monday or Tuesday 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: Hicks for Halloween (pic of a witch on a broomstick) — Louise Day Hicks, a vocal anti-busing leader, ran for mayor of Boston in 1967 and 1971, losing each time to Kevin White. In between she served in Congress. Rocky Or Nobody — The wearer of this button wanted Nelson Rockefeller for President in 1968 and no one else. Gandy Governor — Evelyn Gandy sought the Democratic nomination twice in Mississippi, losing the 1979 and 1983 primaries. I (heart) NY — Campaign from the New York Convention and Visitors Bureau, circa 1970s. So, when you combine Witch + Nobody + Gandy + NY, you may just very well end up with ... Which Nobody Can Deny. Witch just happens to be the next line to last week's answer, For He's a Jolly Good Fellow. The winner, chosen completely at random, is ... Dale Smith of Franklin, Tenn. Dale 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 the open Senate seats at stake in 2014 and other assorted goodies. Click here to read the column.

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Carl Kasell reads three quotes from the week's news: It's a Bird! It's A Plane! It's Amazon!; The Holy Doorman; Father Stealthmas.


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Don't mess with Texas, really! RIP BP and Royal rumble.

Carl Kasell reads three quotes from the week's news ... Moving on Up, Prez Charming, and Who's Big Gulping now?


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Question: Wrench: Turning Nuts Everywhere

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A wrench is a tool made for turning a nut. It's roots are in an Old English word that meant "to twist." If you look further back, the word has Germanic and Indo-European origins that also mean to turn, in one sense or another. But the word is more entertaining in some of its modern variations, like the term "monkey wrench." This is where the fun begins.

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Question: Health Care Financing Initiative Filed

Late word this afternoon that the initiative has been filed for funding the health care reform plan now awaiting state Senate approval, with Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez as its official authors.
The initiative asks voters to approve a financing plan to pay for the $14 billion a year reform proposal, and includes [...]

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Question: Feds Reject Barstow Casino Plan

Another big blow was struck late last week against the embattled plan for tribal gambling in the desert city of Barstow, as federal officials rejected the land applications of two out-of-the area tribes.
On Friday, the U.S. Department of the Interior rejected requests from both the Los Coyotes Band of Cahuilla and Cupeno Indians and the [...]

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Linguist Geoff Nunberg on the way the words of courtship are showing up on the newspaper business pages.

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Bill Kurtis reads three quotes from the week's news...Ted Talk, Slow Bern, Queen B Stings


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Question: Movie Review: 'Troy'

Film critic David Edelstein reviews Troy, directed by Wolfgang Petersen (The Perfect Storm) and starring Brad Pitt as the Greek warrior Achilles.

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Stories: 1) Alan Ball, Talking 'True Blood' and 'Towelhead' 2) Novelist, Songwriter Say 'You Are All My People'


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Question: School Shooting Survivors Discuss Their Experiences

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with shooting survivors Alfonso Calderon from Parkland, Fla., Hannah Haight from Italy, Texas, and Daniela Vargas from Aztec, N.M. about the latest school shooting.

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Question: The Obamas...They're Just Like Us!

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A highlight of this cover-profile of the First Family-elect (pull quote: "I think I'm a pretty cool dad"): the fact that Us Weekly scored an interview with famed presidential historian Doris Kearns Goodwin. Plus..."family album"! Politico has the full spread from People magazine's post-election Obama-stravaganza. To-do list item #5: Become leader of the free world.* *UPDATED -- linked items are from People, not Us.

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Some not-so-big shoes to fill; What if you = launched a coup and nobody noticed? An overdue apology from an = underdressed pop star.

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Question: Hall Of Famer: Randy Newman Makes The Cut

Known for such hits as "Real Emotional Girl", singer-songwriter, composer, arranger and pianist Randy Newman is on his way to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Newman, a 40-year veteran of the music business, talked to Fresh Air in 1998 and 2004 about his life and work.

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