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Within a few hours I'll be on a plane, heading to Los Angeles for a station visit to KPCC and Southern California Public Radio.  When I announced this trip last Friday, I said I probably won't have time to put up a new ScuttleButton puzzle this week. Well, the outpouring of disappointment was enormous.  At least one person wrote to complain.  Actually, now that I think of it, it was only one person.  So I changed my mind, and there will be a new puzzle after all. Just remember how to play.  As you know, every Friday on this blog, I put forward a vertical display of buttons.  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.) And don't focus on a political answer. It doesn't necessarily have to be political, though it could be. A   correct answer chosen at random gets his  or her name in this column.   Personally, I can't imagine a greater  honor. 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. Click                  here for last week's puzzle and its solution. And,   by adding your name to the Political                Junkie mailing list, you will be the first on your  block to receive notice   when a new puzzle goes up on the blog. 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, and have a great weekend! P.S. I usually    reveal the answer -- and announce the winner -- in this space on    Tuesdays.  But with all my travels next week -- from Los Angeles I'm heading to San Francisco, where we will be doing the Political Junkie segment on Talk of the Nation on Wednesday the 6th -- there may not be an announced winner until (gasp) Friday, a week from today.

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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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Question: Not My Job: Jenny Finney Boylan Gets Quizzed On Hot Dogs

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Jennifer Finney Boylan has published 14 books and is a columnist for the New York Times and a professor at Barnard College — not to mention the first out trans woman to be on The New York Times' bestseller list.  But none of that matters next to the fact that she has appeared on Caitlyn Jenner's reality show. That's right: she's Kardashian adjacent. Her new book is called Good Boy: My Life in Seven Dogs — so we've asked her here to play a game we're calling "Try to put ketchup on THIS dog and I will end you." Three questions about hot dogs.

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Question: Julian Lynch On 'World Cafe: Next'

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Growing up in Ridgewood, N.J., Julian Lynch was swept up in music at a young age. He spent his childhood pounding out tunes on the piano, learning the clarinet in school, picking up the guitar, and playing in various bands throughout high school. Lynch's third full-length, Terra, came out on Underwater Peoples in April. The album's numerous styles — jazz, traditional Eastern folk, Americana, rock, Western pop, drone, psychedelia — has cultivated Lynch a number of fans, including everyone here at WXPN. Listen to two of our favorite songs from Terra in this edition of "World Cafe: Next."

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Stories: 1) Nellie McKay, Live on 'Fresh Air' 2) Guilty Pleasures: 'Project Runway' on Bravo


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Question: 'Gana la Verde': Competing for a Green Card

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NPR's Carrie Kahn reports on Gana la Verde, a Spanish-language reality television show that's drawing fire for its promise of legal assistance for the winners to get a coveted "green card" allowing them to work in the United States legally.

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Public Financing of Political Campaigns, The Legend of St. Nicholas, Field Notes: Gorillas, Focus on Technology, Gluten-Free Living, The Big Screen: Forever


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NPR's Jennifer Ludden reports that though the main focus of Syrian-Israeli talks is about the withdrawal of Israeli troops from Arab lands, tiny Lebanon hopes the talks will also confront the plight of 370,000 Palestinian refugees still living in camps that date back fifty years.

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News Headlines: Sept. 21, 2007 The Times Picayune: Jena Protest Reminiscent of Civil Rights Era Demonstrations -- "Hailing from as far as England, protesters arrived at sunrise by the busload to rally behind the Jena Six, as the accused teens have come to be known, in a legal case that has drawn worldwide attention. The marchers, many of whom traveled overnight from cities such as Detroit, Philadelphia and New York, held hands and walked eight abreast, shouting, 'No justice, no peace,' and singing soul singer James Brown's 'I'm Black and I'm Proud.'" Black College Wire: Thousands Demand, "Free the Jena Six" Earl Ofari Hutchinson: Why Civil Rights Leaders Didn't Get Mychal Bell Out of Jail What was your impression of yesterday's protests, and what impact will they have? More Headlines:Baltimore Sun: Bush Urges GOP to Woo Blacks The Christian Science Monitor: Inspired by Obama, Rap Artists Are Shifting Focus Associated Press: Young Whites Happier Than Minority Counterparts Los Angeles Times: Blackwater Under Scrutiny in Iraq Associated Press: 2 Students Shot at Delaware State Univ. Chicago Tribune: Lawsuit: Anti-Immigrant Bias Hurt Her Son The New York Times: A Refugee Accepts Call to Leadership


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Question: Feds Reject Barstow Casino Plan

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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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Question: My River Home: A Journey from the Gulf War to the Gulf of Mexico

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Guest: Marcus Eriksen, Director of Research and Education for the Algalita Marine Research Foundation and an active member of Veterans for Peace

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New acoustic music from Youssou N'Dour; The African fusion of Mali's Salif Keita; The remastered Nonesuch Explorer Series; Stardust memories of Hoagy Carmichael; A jazz revolution from Django Reinhardt; An All Songs great unknown: Piñataland; And an infectious tune from Kim Richey. Download this show in the All Songs Considered podcast. Sign up for the All Songs Considered newsletter and we'll tell you when new music features are available on the site.

Hear a sampling from a few of the artists who performed at the 34th Annual New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival : Fats Domino, Irma Thomas, Los Lobos, Ben Harper, Anjelique Kidjo, and the Neville Brothers.


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Question: A Father Reflects On Strength And Meeting His Match

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Robert Stover grew up in the late 1930s, and as he remembers, he never really had a hometown.  "My father was a salesman with the Hoover vacuum cleaner company. He could move into a city and sell out its potential fairly rapidly. So I lived all over," Stover tells his daughter, Valerie Anderson.   Making friends wasn't easy. "When I would get to a new town, everybody had to see who could whip the new boy," Robert says. "I was willing to stipulate that they all could — including the females. But it had to be proven." "If you're born puny but born bright, teachers tend to like you and they call on you a lot. And I was so stupid as to volunteer the answer when one of the other kids couldn't."  And a boy named Buffalo Kowalski didn't care for that, he says. "He was very sturdy, very big for that age. That's how he got the name Buffalo; he was built like a damn buffalo. He used to beat me up going to school, at recess, coming home," Robert says. "And I had no chance against him."  One day, he remembers, he happened to be taking a Gene Autry cap pistol to class, and in desperation, as Buffalo was hammering him, he swung it and hit him in the face. "And I broke his nose. He thought it was a good move. You know, he said, 'Way to go, boy!' He quit beating me up, and I got to know him. He wasn't that bad a fellow."  "Daddy, you were always very strong," Valerie says. "But I have to say, my mother was equally strong."  Beautiful, but scrawny and strong-willed — that's how Robert describes his wife, Kay.  "When we bought this farm, we had people who paid monthly rent. But typically, they would be behind a month or two, so Kay said she would go out and get the cash. She said, 'You're too damn nice to those people,' " Robert says. "So she took her revolver, strapped it on, went out and got the payment on time." From then on, she collected it.  "She was my match," Robert says. "Some days, she was more than my match." Produced for Morning Edition by Jasmyn Belcher. (Soundbite of music)  STEVE INSKEEP, host:  And on this Friday morning it's now time for StoryCorps. People across the nation are sitting down to interview each other for this oral history project. Valerie Anderson spoke with her 83 year old father Robert Stover. Robert grew up in the late 1930s, and as he remembers, he never really had a hometown.  Mr. ROBERT STOVER: My father was a salesman with the Hoover vacuum cleaner company. He could move into a city and sell out its potential fairly rapidly. So, you know, we lived all over.  Ms. VALERIE ANDERSON: Was it easy for you to make friends when you went to different schools?  Mr. STOVER: It wasn't a hell of a lot of fun, because when I would get to a new town, everybody had to see who could whip the new boy. I was willing to stipulate that they all could  including the females. But, it had to be proven.  If you're born puny but born bright, teachers tend to like you and they call on you a lot. And I was so stupid as to volunteer the answer when one of the other kids couldn't.  Buffalo Kowalski, he didn't care for that. He was very sturdy, very big for that age. That's how he got the name Buffalo; he was built like a damn buffalo. And he used to beat me up going to school, at recess, coming home, and, you know, I had no chance against him.  But, one day I happened to be taking to class, a Gene Autry cap pistol, and in desperation, as he was hammering me, I swung it and I hit him in the face. And I broke his nose. He thought it was a good move. You know, he said, way to go, boy. He quit beating me up, and I got to know him. He wasn't that bad a fellow.  Ms. VALERIE ANDERSON: Daddy, you were always very strong, but I have to say, my mother was equally strong.  Mr. STOVER: Yeah, in our life together we did it her way. She wasn't very big, but she was strong-willed, beautiful, but scrawny. When we bought this farm, we had people who paid monthly rent. But typically, they would be behind a month or two. So Kay said she would go out and get the cash. She said, you're too damn nice to those people. So she took her revolver, strapped it on, went out and got the payment on time. And then from then on, she collected it.  She was my match. Some days, she was more than my match.  (Soundbite of music)  INSKEEP: Robert Stover with his daughter Valerie Anderson in Howard, Pennsylvania. Their conversation will be archived at the American Folk Life Center at the Library of Congress, and you can find the Podcast at npr.org.  (Soundbite of music)

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


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Question: Half Of Texas Abortion Clinics Close After Restrictions Enacted

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In a little over a year, the number of clinics that provide abortions in Texas fell to 20 from 41, and watchdogs say that as few as six may be left by September. Many clinics closed because of a requirement that doctors at those clinics obtain hospital admitting privileges within a certain radius of the clinic, and many doctors couldn't comply. The requirement took effect last November. This week marks the first anniversary of the state law that started it all. Bitter fighting over the law last summer propelled state senator Wendy Davis into the national spotlight, and she is now running for Texas governor on the Democratic ticket. "We're seeing delays," said Heather Busby, executive director of NARAL Pro-Choice Texas. "We're seeing people being pushed further into pregnancy, having to leave the state, having to drive and sleep in their cars in parking lots because of these barriers to access." The last restriction under the law goes into effect Sept. 1. All clinics that provide abortions at that point must have upgraded their facilities to ambulatory surgery centers. Busby says many can't afford it and more will close. "This would basically force all the clinics to become mini-hospitals," Busby said. "They have to have hallway widths a certain length, and a janitor's closet, male and female locker rooms, which is completely unnecessary — and a bunch of other regulations that are really not appropriate or do anything to increase the safety of one of the safest procedures in the country." Supporters of the law said it would protect women by making abortion safer. At the time of the law's passage, The Texas Tribune quoted Republican state Sen. Donna Campbell saying, "There's nothing in this legislation that will close a clinic. ... That's up to the clinic. If they want to put profit over a person, that's up to them." Busby said abortion is already one of the safest office-based medical procedures, with a complication rate of less than .05 percent. Busby predicted that after September only six or eight places will be left in Texas to get an abortion, unless a lawsuit stops the new requirement from going into effect. Whole Woman's Health is part of that lawsuit. The group previously had six reproductive health clinics in Texas but had to close two of them over the past year, Busby said. It may have to close an additional three clinics that don't meet the new surgical center specifications, in Fort Worth, Austin and San Antonio. It would be left with just one, in San Antonio, that meets the new requirements. Busby noted there are now no clinics that provide abortions in all of East Texas or in the Rio Grande Valley. She said the one clinic left in El Paso could close soon. In Houston, the newly built headquarters of Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast does fulfill the ambulatory surgical center requirements, so it will remain open. But the status of smaller clinics remains unclear. A call and email to Texas Right to Life for comment was not returned. This story is part of a reporting partnership including NPR, Houston Public Media and Kaiser Health News.

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Good morning - here are some of our early headlines: Protesters Attack U.S. Diplomatic Buildings in Egypt, Libya; One American Worker Killed. (CNN) Chicago Teachers' Strike Starts Third Day, No Breakthrough Seen. (Chicago Tribune) German Court Backs European Bailout Plan. (Wall Street Journal) Two Factory Fires In Pakistan Kill At Least 191. (Voice Of America) Obama Administration Approves First Group Of Immigrant Children Applying To Stay In U.S. (AP) That Big Stink In Los Angeles? It's Decaying Matter From The Inland Salton Sea. (Los Angeles Times) Apple Expected To Unveil New Smartphone Today. (WHEC) FAMU Blames Hazing Victim For His Own Death; Parents Outraged. (ABC) Calif. Refinery Pipe Was Corroded, Thinned Just Before Explosion Last Month. (San Francisco Chronicle) Tropical Storm Nadine Strengthens Far Out In Atlantic, No Threat To Land. (National Hurricane Center)


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Question: Commentary: Protecting Your Sources

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NPR Senior News Analyst Dan Schorr says that as a CBS correspondent in 1976, he was once in a position similar to Robert Novak's -- under pressure to reveal a story's source.

Carl reads three quotes from the week's news: The Never-ending Story, Presidential Promises, and Protecting the Passer.


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Note: NPR's First Listen audio comes down after the album is released. However, you can still listen with the Spotify or Apple Music playlist at the bottom of the page.  The perception that Appalachian culture is a hotbed of backwards thinking and crude expression is hardly new, but it's found renewed currency following the publication of books like Hillbilly Elegy and the political profiling of the hinterlands spurred by last November's election results. Dori Freeman's music subtly intervenes in simplistic takes on her native region. A 26-year-old singer-songwriter from Galax, Va., which has hosted an annual old-time fiddle gathering for more than eight decades, she values her lifelong exposure to living musical traditions, but doesn't allow her reverence to overshadow her gift for distilling Appalachian melancholy into delicate pop ruminations. Her unusually refined, self-titled debut seemed to emerge out of nowhere last winter. As her story trickled out, the sources of her sensibilities — influences drawn both from her lineage and her own capricious explorations — came into clearer view. There are numerous videos on YouTube (here and here and here and here) of her singing old-time, country, bluegrass, western swing and pop chestnuts with her father Scott Freeman and grandfather Willard Gayheart during casual Friday night picking parties at their family's frame shop, and she's spoken of other touchstones, particularly the sultry jazz-pop singer Peggy Lee and the extravagantly broody songwriter Rufus Wainwright. Freeman's new album, Letters Never Read — the second she's recorded with Teddy Thompson producing — is even more fetching in its finessing of contradictions than its predecessor. "Lovers On The Run" is one of the album's most musically chipper moments — gently jaunty phrasing over a marching groove — but it depicts an endless loop of infatuation and abandonment. The brisk, tuneful "Just Say It Now" advocates for honesty about one-sided affection. Hers is a bruised sort of romanticism, all wispy, beguiling melodies, finessed arrangements and lyrics that sway between harboring hope for lasting sweetness and bracing for disappointment. When Freeman offers extreme vows of fealty in "Make You My Own" ("I would lay down my soul at your feet / I'd need never to drink or to eat / I would know not the smallest defeat"), pleas for tenderness in "Turtle Dove" or rejects an untrustworthy lover with cool finality in "That's Alright," her lilting delivery carries a profound, pensive burden: the awareness that comfort and pleasure are fleeting. What's striking is that Freeman's interpretations of down-home material are deliberately spare, yet no less elegant. She transforms "Yonder Comes a Sucker," made famous by Jim Reeves in the 1950s as a droll hillbilly hoedown, into a softly swinging romp accompanied by nothing but a jazzily martial drum pattern. She brings a patient, knowing quality to the frailing banjo number "Over There," a traditional gospel tune that's been known by several other names. And she sings "Ern & Zorry's Sneakin' Bitin' Dog" (a ditty composed by Gayheart long ago) entirely a capella, shading her performance with feathery note bending, faint rhythmic friskiness and just a touch of vibrato. The ease with which Freeman knits together sturdiness and sophistication is a revelation, and one that's arrived right on time.

On this week's New Music Friday, All Songs Considered's Robin Hilton talks to NPR Music guests Ann Powers and Stephen Thompson about the essential new releases for July 27, including the jangly guitar pop of Tony Molina, a celebration of queerness and the company we keep from Thin Lips and whimsical sing-a-longs from Raffi. Featured on this Episode  Israel Nash: Lifted Featured Song: "Rolling On" Phantastic Ferniture: Phantastic Ferniture Featured Song: "Bad Timing" Thin Lips: Chosen Family Featured Songs: "Chosen Family" and "Gaslight Anthem (The Song Not The Band)" Tony Molina: Kill the Lights Featured Song: "Nothing I Can Say" Raffi: Dog on the Floor Featured Song: "Play Play Play" Cody Jinks: Lifers Featured Song: "Head Case  Other notable releases for July 27: Daniel Bachman: The Morning Star, Thou: Rhea Sylvia, Astronauts Etc.: Living In Symbol


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Question: Myanmar's Suu Kyi Denies Charges Of Genocide Against Rohingya Minority

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The de facto leader of Myanmar, Aung San Suu Kyi, listened quietly in the audience of the United Nation's high court on Tuesday, as lawyers recounted the mass killing, rape and torture of Myanmar's Muslim minority Rohingya.  But on Wednesday, Suu Kyi had her turn at the microphone, where she vigorously defended her country's government against accusations of genocide. "The situation in Rakhine state is complex and not easy to fathom," she told a 17-judge panel of the International Court of Justice in The Hague, referring to the region where the brutal crackdown carried out by Myanmar's military has been centered.  This week, the International Court of Justice is considering whether to grant a provisional measure aimed at protecting Rohingya still living in Myanmar's Rakhine state. The tiny Muslim-majority nation of Gambia brought the case against Myanmar, which is accused of violating the 1948 convention against genocide. The ICJ has in the past confirmed that all member states have the duty to prevent genocide. The U.N. estimates that 10,000 Rohingya have been killed in the crackdown. Suu Kyi, a Nobel laureate once lauded as a defender of human rights, has faced mounting criticism that she stood by as nearly a million Rohingya were forced to flee to neighboring Bangladesh. She is one of the first national leaders to respond to a claim directly before the court. Under the International Court of Justice's immense stained-glass windows and intricate chandeliers, Suu Kyi told the panel of judges that Myanmar's military was merely dealing with an internal armed conflict when soldiers responded to "coordinated and comprehensive attacks" by militants in the region.  Suu Kyi says a 2016 attack on local police by the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army, a militant group, triggered the response by Myanmar's military.  "It cannot be ruled out that disproportionate force was used by members of the defense services in some cases, in disregard of international humanitarian law, or that they did not distinguish clearly enough between ARSA fighters and civilians," she told the court. Suu Kyi argued that Gambia does not have enough evidence to lodge charges of genocide and pledged that anyone who committed war crimes would be held accountable through Myanmar's own military justice system.  "Please bear in mind this complex situation and the challenge to sovereignty and security in our country when you are assessing the intent of those who attempted to deal with the rebellion," she said. "Surely, under the circumstances, genocidal intent cannot be the only hypothesis." She continued: "There will be no tolerance of human rights violations in Rakhine or elsewhere in Myanmar. No stone has been left unturned to make domestic accountability work." Suu Kyi's assessment of what happened in Rakhine state contrasted starkly with the case made by Gambia a day earlier.  Lawyers and experts representing the West African nation described victims being forced inside houses that were intentionally set on fire; soldiers specifically targeting children, including infants and babies; and satellite images showing an entire Rohingya village destroyed, while a nearby non-Rohingya village was left untouched. Gambia's justice minister, Abubacarr Marie Tambadou, who spent more than a decade prosecuting cases related to Rwanda's 1994 genocide and is one of the officials presenting Gambia's case, told the court that he visited Rohingya refuge camps in Bangladesh in 2018. "When I looked into the eyes of those refugees as they recounted their devastating stories, I could see the looks of fear, of despair, of desperation, and of destruction," he told the court. "The looks of victims of a modern-day genocide. And so we asked the question WHY? Why is the world standing by and allowing such horrors again in our lifetime?" Human rights groups swiftly condemned Suu Kyi's testimony.  "The exodus of more than three quarters of a million people from their homes and country was nothing but the result of an orchestrated campaign of murder, rape and terror," Amnesty International wrote in a statement. "To suggest that the military 'did not distinguish clearly enough between fighters and civilians' defies belief," Amnesty said. "Likewise, the suggestion that Myanmar authorities can currently and independently investigate and prosecute those suspected of crimes under international law is nothing but a fantasy, in particular in the case of senior military perpetrators who have enjoyed decades of total impunity." As NPR's Michael Sullivan has reported, Suu Kyi's unprecedented appearance before the International Court of Justice is likely aimed in part at shoring up domestic support ahead of elections next year. Crowds of well-wishers waving "We Stand With Our Leader" signs cheered Suu Kyi as she left Myanmar for the Netherlands over the weekend. In Myanmar, Rohingya watched livestreams of the hearing on smartphones, The Washington Post reported.  "The government has no sh

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: Blanchard Rebuilds New Orleans in Song

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I met Terence Blanchard more than a decade ago when I returned home to New Orleans. I was an unemployed English major (insert joke here), as well as a volunteer disc jockey at WWOZ in New Orleans. Blanchard was already a leading figure in jazz and film music: He had a recording deal and he wrote for television and film soundtracks. I must have played his CD, Jazz in Film, more than anyone. I can still hear those amazing jazz versions of classic cinema — saxophonist Joe Henderson tearing up Andre Previn's The Subterraneans, Blanchard and his Art Blakey cohort, Donald Harrison, reuniting on Alex North's theme to A Streetcar Named Desire, and the late Kenny Kirkland's gorgeous piano intro to Chinatown. Two years ago, I sat in my apartment and watched my city drown. Hurricane Katrina affected my family, and they're still recovering. I remember when Spike Lee's documentary, When The Levees Broke, aired.  I couldn't bear to watch the story unfold again. When I finally watched it earlier this year, one of the film's most poignant moments involved Blanchard leading his mother through her house. Fast forward to the present. I was working on a documentary about the Monterey Jazz Festival, and I asked Blanchard to narrate the show. Since I had him to myself in the studio, I seized an opportunity to talk to him about his music for the Lee documentary. I also asked him to play the piano, because that's how he writes much of his music anyway — just simple, unadorned melody, harmony and rhythm. Blanchard's A Tale of God's Will is some of the most expressive art I have heard from him. From the opening (a summoning of the "Ghost of Congo Square") to the end (a personal letter called "Dear Mom"), this recording reveals what many jazz fans know: Blanchard is a powerful storyteller.  He doesn't need words to express anger, frustration, heartbreak, resolve, hope or love — just a trumpet. More About Terence Blanchard Blanchard was one of the first "Young Lions" to develop his own sound coming out of the shadow of Wynton Marsalis. The trumpeter has played with Lionel Hampton, and even replaced Marsalis in Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers group in the 1980s. Blanchard has also scored and played in a number of Spike Lee movies, including Do the Right Thing, Mo' Better Blues, Jungle Fever and Malcolm X. Newark, N.J.-based NPR station WBGO has been broadcasting some of the best jazz music in the world since 1979.

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For several years, StoryCorps booths have allowed ordinary people relate their own stories to be preserved in a huge and growing collection in the Library of Congress.

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Question: Should Portland Rejoin Terrorism Task Force?

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Last week, FBI agents arrested a 19-year-old man, accused of trying to detonate what he thought were explosives at a Christmas tree-lighting ceremony in Portland. But the bomb was a fake, given to the suspect by undercover federal agents. NPR's Robert Siegel speaks to the mayor of Portland, Sam Adams, who didn't know about the sting operation because five years ago, Portland became the first U.S. city to opt out of the Joint Terrorism Task Force.

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Question: Judith Owen: Happy and at Home

Judith Owen has been compared to Bob Dylan, Randy Newman, Norah Jones, Joni Mitchell and Rickie Lee Jones. But for the Welsh-born vocalist-keyboardist, the eclectic comparisons simply reflect the colorful influences that have powered her musical career.  Her new album, Happy This Way, gives listeners hints of those influences – from theater music to classical and pop.  Early on in the album, Owen extends her gratitude to Nick Drake, the late British singer-songwriter who had an early and lasting influence on her career.  Owen, a California transplant, also reflects on her homeland, family and childhood memories. In the title song, Owen pays tribute to her mother who died when Owen was 15.  "My Father's Voice" is an early birthday present to her father, opera singer Handel Owen, who turns 80 later this year, and who, Owen says, used to sing depressing lullabies to her as a child. Owen sat down with Weekend Edition Sunday host Liane Hansen to talk about her album, her musical style and of course her husband, actor-satirist Harry Shearer, who she met in the early 80s when he was in London filming This Is Spinal Tap.

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Question: California State University vs. Its Faculty

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This morning's first hour explores issues driving the contract impasse between the California State University system and its faculty.

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Question: The Economy Of Single Women

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The number of unmarried people in the United States is on the rise, as more Americans are making the decision to marry later in life — if at all. This has created a new target for advertisers and brands: single women with disposable income. For the first time single women hold a sizable amount of social, political, and economic capital. We'll explore these new trends in marriage and partnership, and how businesses are adapting to them. Guests include Bella DePaulo, author of "Singled Out: How Singles Are Stereotyped, Stigmatized, and Ignored, and Still Live Happily Ever After", Chavie Lieber, senior reporter at Racked, Lisa Bonos, writer and editor for The Washington Post's Solo-ish, and Brittany Manson, creator of Alone in Atlanta.

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Question: Week in Review with Daniel Schorr

NPR's Scott Simon reviews the week's news with NPR Senior News Analyst Daniel Schorr.

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Question: A Wes Anderson 'Kingdom' Full Of Beautiful Imagery

Wes Anderson's latest film is the story of a 12-year-old girl and boy who merge their imaginative worlds on an island off the coast of New England. Critic David Edelstein says Moonrise Kingdom will appeal to Anderson's longtime fans as well as anyone who appreciates good cinematography and design.

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Question: My River Home: A Journey from the Gulf War to the Gulf of Mexico

Guest: Marcus Eriksen, Director of Research and Education for the Algalita Marine Research Foundation and an active member of Veterans for Peace

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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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Question: Who's Carl This Time?

Carl reads three quotes from the week's news ... this week, a spoiler spoils again, what's sexy about energy efficiency, and the person of the year.

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: Responding to Your Letters

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Farai Chideya and producer Christopher Johnson read from listeners' letters. This week, they go over e-mails about an erotic mystery novel, the need for black male teachers and a note of thanks.

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In the aftermath of catastrophic events such as a mass shooting or natural disaster, politicians often offer up their thoughts and prayers to victims. Critics then hit back, condemning the phrase as meaningless — with no real value or impact. Now a new study from economists finds that prayers might have an actual dollar value, and they may also have real consequences for charitable giving in the wake of catastrophe, but not in the way you might think. Source: Thunström, Linda and Shiri Noy, "The Value of Thoughts and Prayers", Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2019 Music by Drop Electric. Find us: Twitter / Facebook / Newsletter.  Subscribe to our show on Apple Podcasts, PocketCasts and NPR One.


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Question: Letters from Listeners

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Question: Mexican Families Join Annual Search For Loved Ones Among Mass Graves

More than 61,000 people in Mexico have disappeared. Most vanished after the government launched its war on drugs more than a decade ago. Relatives must look among unmarked graves for family mebers.

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

(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)
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Question: Texas Democrats Return Home To A New Battle: Redistricting

Some Texas Democrats who broke quorum last month have started to return to the state, which means lawmakers are starting to get back to work. In the coming weeks, that work will have to include the giant task of drawing new voting district lines for the state. Texas has grown more than any other over the last decade and has gained two additional seats in Congress. Redistricting is historically a messy, contentious and partisan process no matter the state. This year in Texas, though, tension is already at an all-time high before lawmakers meet to draw new maps. Political chaos In early July, a group of more than 50 Democratic members of the Texas House fled to Washington D.C. to deny Republicans – who have control of every part of state government – a quorum in that chamber. They left in an effort to block the passage of a sweeping bill that voting rights advocates say will make it harder for some Texans to cast a ballot. Republicans have since retaliated by issuing arrest warrants. Gov. Greg Abbott also vetoed funding for the state legislature in response to Democrats walking out on a final vote on an earlier version of the voting bill in late May. "It's just basically opened up chaos," says Stephanie Swanson with the League of Women Voters of Texas. Swanson says things have been rocky in Texas since that first quorum break, which will likely make redistricting even more combative this time around, "It has basically opened up Pandora's box in Texas. The parties are at odds with one another and it's going to be a bloodbath, to be quite frank." Civil rights attorney Jose Garza has sued Texas lawmakers over redistricting since the 1980s, largely in an effort to safeguard the voting power of racial minorities. One of the big things that makes this year so different from past decades, Garza says, is how behind lawmakers are in the process. "By now we would have plans that we would be analyzing," he says. "We would have plans that people would have developed to compare against whatever came out of the legislative process. And we have none of that." Texas is changing One major factor that has slowed state lawmakers is that data from the U.S. Census Bureau was released months later than usual during a redistricting year, due to delays from the pandemic and interference from the Trump administration. That data shows that Texas lawmakers have a lot of work cut out for them in a short period of time. Population growth was bigger in the state than in any other over the last decade – 4 million new people, according to the 2020 census results. Lloyd Potter, Texas' state demographer, says most of that growth happened in the state's big cities. At the same time, he says, more than 100 rural counties lost significant amounts of their population. "That highlights even more what's happening in these urbanized and suburban ring counties that it's really intense in terms of the population growth," he says. New census data also shows Texas is becoming more diverse, with a vast majority of the state's growth coming from people of color.  And groups are ready to sue if new maps don't shift more political power to the state's racially diverse communities and big cities and away from the state's rural areas. Anticipating gerrymandering — and much more That creates challenges for Republican lawmakers as they try to draw maps that favor their party, says Genevieve Van Cleve, the Texas state director for a Democratic redistricting group called All on the Line. "This scares Republicans," she says. Texas has a long history of violating the Voting Rights Act when it comes to redistricting. In fact, since the civil rights era law's passage, the state has violated it during every redistricting cycle. Garza says he's seen Democrats and Republicans, alike, break up communities of color in Texas during redistricting cycles. And he doesn't think this cycle will be any different. "They are going to be slashing through minority communities in order to get this so-called political advantage," he says. "They are going to be packing minority communities in order to gain this so-called political advantage," and Garza says his group is prepared to fight that in court. Swanson says lawmakers also have to sort out the funding issue for the legislature. Currently, legislative staff – including legislative counsel who are an essential group of people during redistricting – are only funded until the end of the current special session that ends early next month. On top of everything else, Swanson says, there's an election filing deadline at the end of the year. "That doesn't leave much time for the redistricting process to actually take place," she says, "which is very concerning to a lot of advocacy groups here on the ground in the state who would like to see a robust public input process to take place." Van Cleve says this comes at a time when more advocacy groups in the state have been preparing communities for public input during redistricting this year

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Host Bob Edwards talks to Kenneth Turan, film critic for the Los Angeles Times, about the 53rd Cannes International Film Festival which opened in France this week.

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Question: With Sanctions Eased, What Kind Of Trade Can Companies Do With Iran?

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In the wake of the Iran nuclear deal, one sanctions lawyer is deluged with calls from U.S. businesses asking if they can enter the huge Iranian market. But the limits are tight and the risks steep.

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Question: RFK Assassination: Aide Recalls Tragedy Repeated

The night Robert F. Kennedy virtually clinched the 1968 Democratic presidential nomination, the scene in his suite at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles was like a "madhouse," one of his closest friends remembers. On June 4, 1968, Sen. Kennedy had just won the key California primary and looked forward to the Democratic National Convention. "People were celebrating, cheering each report that came over the television," says Ted Sorensen. "And finally, he was summoned to go down to the ballroom and salute and thank the crowd of his supporters and workers. And I stayed behind in his hotel room, watching on television." "I saw him speak, thank his supporters, conclude with the stirring words, 'Now on to Chicago,' which was to be the site of the convention that year, continued watching as the camera followed him off the platform only to hear the shots ring out, the commentators saying that Sen. Kennedy has been shot. And there he was lying on the floor.  "I could not believe that what I had gone through five years earlier was happening again," Sorensen tells Renee Montagne, referring to John F. Kennedy's assassination.  Robert Kennedy was shot just after midnight June 5, 1968, and died early the next morning. Grief and Pride In 1963, Sorensen was a top aide to John F. Kennedy, when the president was killed in Dallas.  "Bobby came into my office wearing dark glasses because his eyes had been filled with tears and he was a proud man. He simply stood there for a while. We looked at each other; each knew that the other had suffered a terrible loss. We commiserated a little bit and then he went on to other duties ..." Sorensen and Robert Kennedy were not always close. The aide came to know the younger Kennedy in 1953, "not altogether favorably, to be frank about it, because we were far apart ideologically and in background," he says. Competing for Attention Robert Kennedy was counselor to the fiery conservative Sen. Joseph McCarthy, when Sorensen worked for the liberal Sen. John Kennedy. But Sorensen remembers it would be years before he and Robert Kennedy became friendly. In his new memoir, Counselor, Sorensen writes that by the early 1960s, he and Robert Kennedy vied for the attention of the president, somewhat like siblings.  "We both loved John F. Kennedy and were both determined to serve him," Sorensen says. "[Robert Kennedy] was, as attorney general of the United States in 1961 and I as special counsel to the president, both had the edge of jurisdiction on legal problems. So in that sense there was competition, but in a much broader sense, whatever ill will or suspicion there may have been years earlier, we became fast friends." My Relations with President Kennedy's Family Like me, John Kennedy grew up in a large and loving family that taught, inspired, and helped him along the way. I did not know Joe Kennedy Jr., who was killed in World War II, nor his sisters Kathleen and Rosemary. I admired Jack's sisters Eunice, Pat, and Jean—all strong women, politically savvy and seasoned campaigners for their brothers. I knew well Jack's brothers Bobby and Ted. Though the three Kennedy brothers I knew were very different, each had the same innate capacity for continuing intellectual growth. Unlike most politicians in Washington, who think they know it all once they have reached the nation's capital, all three Kennedy brothers kept learning, growing, expanding their horizons, broadening their agenda.  Jack and Bobby were very different. Bobby was more volatile and intense. He particularly admired physical courage, whereas JFK particularly admired moral and intellectual courage. Bobby was less likely to keep his emotions concealed than Jack. Jack was more likely to accept people as they were, while RFK was more likely to love a person or hate him. Both were quick to grasp a problem, although RFK was more prone to make snap judgments, a trait he later outgrew. Both cited the axiom, "Forgive, but never forget," but the angrier RFK was less likely to forgive, and the gentler JFK was more likely to forget. The difference could be seen on television, where Jack was cool, and Bobby often red-hot.  Bobby and I were not close friends, but our relationship evolved over three stages. The range and change of my opinions about RFK are best reflected in the following response I gave to an ABC News interviewer in 1967, as a possible RFK race for the presidency loomed: When I first met him, in 1953, the year I went to work for his brother Jack, I would not have voted for Bob Kennedy for anything. He was militant, aggressive, intolerant, opinionated, somewhat shallow in his convictions, and I suppose some people would say more like his father than his brother. But he has changed over the years. When he became a candidate in his own right [for the Senate] in 1964, he became a man appealing for people's votes, their hearts, and that brought out a new Bob Kennedy. Then, for the first time, he had asked for their help, and he found that he c

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Critic Ted Libbey joins Martin for another of their weekly visits to the PT Basic Record Library. Today they discuss, and Ted recommends recordings of, a great American symphony by a composer whose centennial occurs in 1996 ... the Symphony No. 2 by Howard Hanson, a piece known as Hanson's "Romantic" Symphony.

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Question: Your Brain's Got Rhythm, And Syncs When You Think

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Even if you can't keep a beat, your brain can. "The brain absolutely has rhythm," says Nathan Urban, a neuroscientist at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh. When you concentrate, Urban says, your brain produces rapid, rhythmic electrical impulses called gamma waves. When you relax, it generates much slower alpha waves. The internal cadences of the brain and nervous system appear to play an important role in everything from walking to thinking, Urban says. And abnormal rhythms, he says, have been associated with problems including schizophrenia, epilepsy, autism and Parkinson's disease. The rhythms of the brain begin with the firing patterns of individual brain cells. Some types of cells tend to fire as slowly as once a second, while others tend to fire more than a hundred times as fast. "They're little clocks," Urban says. "They have an intrinsic frequency." All those different beats in the brain could produce chaos. One reason they don't is that groups of brain cells synchronize when they need to get something done. So, when a mouse is exploring a new place, cells begin firing together in areas of the brain involved in navigation and memory. Urban has been studying how brain cells achieve this synchrony and has found evidence that it works a bit like a room full of people clapping their hands. At first, each person claps to his own beat. But if you ask them to clap together, they'll start listening to their neighbors and adjusting their rhythms until the claps are synchronized. Brain cells appear to do something very similar, Urban says. There's still debate about why this synchronization takes place. But many scientists believe it's important, because they know that when any two cells fire together, the connections between them get stronger, a process that is critical to learning and memory. The Rhythms of Digestion and Dance Of course, rhythms in the brain and nervous system also control many rhythms in the body. Among these rhythms are the repetitive muscle contractions responsible for functions as basic as digestion and as elevated as dance, says Eve Marder, a biology professor at Brandeis University. Marder has spent years studying the complex patterns of nerve cell firing that allow crabs to chew, filter and digest their food. "It turns out that the stomach of a crab is a very, very complicated mechanical device," driven by the precisely choreographed contractions of 42 sets of muscles, Marder says. And the way a crab processes lunch has a lot in common with the way a ballerina does pliés, she says. Both actions rely on circuits of nerve cells that fire in a sequence, activating one muscle, then another, then another until the pattern repeats. Rhythmic sequences are also required to move around, says Mark Churchland, a brain scientist at Columbia University. Walking, for example, requires repeatedly lifting a foot up, putting it down, and pushing it back. Fish swish a tail from side to side to swim. "It's sort of hard to imagine any way of doing continuous locomotion that wasn't built on a rhythmic underpinning," Churchland says. Many of these rhythms are maintained by cells in the nervous system, not the brain, Churchland says. This means the brain can use a kind of shorthand to control motion. So instead of sending instructions for each muscle contraction needed to take a step, the brain sends a general command: "Activate the walking rhythm." What's interesting, Churchland says, is that the brain may be using this rhythmic shorthand for some motions that don't appear rhythmic at all, like reaching. "You start with your hand in one place and you move your hand to another place. There's nothing rhythmic about that," he says. But when Churchland took a closer look at reaching he found something really surprising. "That pattern of muscle activity is the sum of two rhythms," he says. When Rhythms Go Wrong Diseases including epilepsy, schizophrenia and Parkinson's can disrupt the brain's normal rhythms. People with Parkinson's disease, for example, tend to develop abnormal firing patterns in their brains that result in tremor and other difficulties with movement. Surprisingly, these symptoms of Parkinson's are greatly reduced when patients respond to the external rhythms of music and dance. This transformation is easy to see at a studio in Silver Spring, Md., where Lucy Bowen McCauley teaches a dance class designed for people with Parkinson's. When a half dozen of her students arrive for class, their steps are halting, their gestures visibly distorted by tremors. After some warm-up exercises, they make their way to folding chairs on the dance floor and sit. Then, as the sound of Ella Fitzgerald fills the room and McCauley calls out "heel, heel, heel, toe, toe, toe," the group begins tapping out the beat in unison. "When we use music, these Parkinson's patients become dancers," McCauley says. "They look graceful and they can move in rhythm." After class, some students talk about the role that rhythm

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Economist Charlie Wheelan joins David and Tom Gardner for this week's Motley Fool Take -- our spin on some of the week's top business stories, as well as some other stories that showed up on the Fool radar.

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Question: Senate Rejects House Bill on War Funding

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STEVE INSKEEP, Host:  Okay. It's not that Congress has done nothing the last few days, it's just that they've done things that may not become law. A Democratic-led Congress acted on everything from the war in Iraq to the country's subprime mortgage crisis. But much of that faces veto threats from President Bush. NPR Congressional correspondent David Welna is covering the story. And David, was there anything that Democrats absolutely had to get done before heading home for the Thanksgiving recess? DAVID WELNA: Well, Steve, both Democrats and Republicans had said today it was the deadline for fixing the scourge of the Alternative Minimum Tax, what's known as the AMT, which instead of hitting the wealthiest as it was intended to would instead hit some 21 million taxpayers next year. Last week, the House did pass a bill that would spare most of those taxpayers, but Republicans blocked similar action in the Senate yesterday because they don't want an AMT fixed paid for by raising taxes on the wealthy. So the IRS plans to pin up some forms starting next week that as soon the AMT will indeed hit millions, and that could possibly the late tax refunds for millions of households next year. Now, another thing that the White House and Defense Secretary Gates in particular say has to be done by today is the approval of emergency funds to keep fighting the war in Iraq. And that's because a $470 billion defense bill that President Bush did sign into law this week has no money in it for the war, even though the stop-gap funding for the war expires this weekend. On Wednesday, the House approved $50 billion more in war funding but it also set a goal of having most troops out of Iraq by next December, which the White House says is unacceptable. The Senate is voting on that measure today, but the votes are just not there for to pass. Democrats say if President Bush doesn't want this money, the Pentagon will just have to dip into its radar budget for the next few months. Here's Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. HARRY REID: The president is no longer - never was entitled, but he's damn sure is not entitled now to having this money given to him just with a blank check. He just signed a bill, $470 billion for one year - $470 billion on the same day that he vetoed a bill that the American people need very badly. America needs someone fighting for him, taking on this bully we have in the White House. WELNA: You see, I think those words give a sense of just how confrontational things have become there. Now, the vetoed bill Majority Leader Reid was talking about was one of that funded education programs, health research, labor. So Reid and other Democrats are now contrasting these domestic programs that the president vetoed with his willingness to spend hundreds of billions of dollars more on Iraq. INSKEEP: Is Congress going to get beaten by the president on domestic spending bill after spending bill after spending bill? WELNA: Well, the House did come within two votes last night of overriding that veto against the domestic setting last night. So it's clear a lot of Republicans are not too happy with the president's hard line, but there is in fact one spending bill besides the defense bill that would not get vetoed and that's the one that funds veterans' programs. Yesterday, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell demanded that Democrats send that bill to the president. MITCH MCCONNELL: It has been ready for two months. We all know he will sign it. There is no good reason not to send the veterans bill down to the president for signature. WELNA: Actually, there's a very good reason that bill is not being sent to the president and it's because Democrats want to roll it together with the whole stack of bills the president says he will veto. And then Senate offered him - this is a fight that's mainly over money and the fact that Democrats want to spend $22 billion more than the president does, but they're backing down a bit. They say they'd be willing to meet him halfway now at just $11 billion more to avert a government shutdown. INSKEEP: David, we just got a few seconds left, but we mentioned the sub-prime mortgage crisis. What has Congress tried to do about that and what's happened? WELNA: Well, yesterday, the House did approve legislation that clamps down on sub-prime mortgage lenders. But Republicans have blocked similar action in the Senate. But like everything else that the Democratic Congress has done lately, that action too, seems destined for a presidential veto. INSKEEP: Sounds like a lot of difficulty between Democrats and Republicans. WELNA: Yes. And I think that there's a sense that this is all headed towards some huge showdown when they get back from the Thanksgiving break. But for now, they are leaving town with a lot of business left on the table. INSKEEP: David, thanks very much. WELNA: You're welcome, Steve. INSKEEP: That's NPR Congressional correspondent, David Welna. The Senate has rejected a Democratic measure that t

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Question: Reporters' Roundtable: Indiana, N. Carolina Primaries

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Farai Chideya dissects the week's news with a panel of reporters.  Our headlines include upcoming primaries in Indiana and North Carolina, the power of the Democratic superdelegates, and the buried "hot button" issue of immigration.  Joining in the conversation are reporters Bill Whitaker of CBS News, Greer Holmes of WRVS FM in North Carolina, and Terri B of WTLC in Indianapolis. FARAI CHIDEYA, host:  From NPR News, this is News and Notes.  I'm Farai Chideya.  We are going to pick up our conversation about the presidential race on this week's Reporter's Round Table.  We'll also talk about the May Day immigration rallies and take a closer look at politics in Indiana and North Carolina, two states with primaries on Tuesday.  For more, we have CBS News reporter Bill Whitaker. Also joining us is Greer Holmes, public affairs reporter at WRVS in North Carolina and Terri D, host of The Chat Room on WTLC in Indianapolis.  Hi folks.   Mr. BILL WHITAKER (CBS News reporter):  Good morning.  Ms. GREER HOLMES (Public Affairs Reporter, WRVS, North Carolina):  Hello.   CHIDEYA:  So, we just heard House Majority Whip James Clyburn and Representative Charles Rangel give their take on the race.  Now, Congressman Clyburn mentioned that Reverend Wright's tussle with Obama was akin to "eating your young."  Bill, what do you think of that comment?  He was pretty, he was pretty tough.  Mr. WHITAKER: That is about the strongest comment I think I have heard on this so far.  But you know, to tell you the truth, right now, the Reverend Wright is kind of like political kryptonite for Barack Obama.  He is you know, he is afraid to touch him.  And you know, a little bit of this is a double standard.  I mean, the attention is going to Reverend Wright.  There is not as much attention going to ministers on the right who have said you know, perhaps equally outrageous things, but that doesn't change the fact that right now, this Wright situation is hurting Obama.    CHIDEYA:  And one of those ministers is John Hagee, who Senator McCain has been asked to answer for, but just a little bit.  Now, both congressmen also said neither candidate should drop out just to wrap up the race early.  Greer and Terri, North Carolina and Indiana have an unusually strong role in the Democratic nomination this time around.  Six other states still have primary scheduled states or territories have primaries scheduled after this Tuesday races.  So let me ask you, what does your state bring to the process?  In other words, what kind of voters are going to come to the table?  How will the primaries reshape the race even if it doesn't end the race?  Terri first.  Ms. TERRI D. (Host, The Chat Room, WTLC Indianapolis):  There is such an excitement here in Indianapolis and across the entire state.  We have not seen anything like this politically in years.  And voters here are saying, you know what, we have a lot to say and we want to be heard and need to be heard. And I was pulling some figures from the voting offices here in Indianapolis and I mean, the numbers are coming in very strong.  Marion County is requesting Democratic ballots three-to0one over Republicans so far.  And many voters here are doing advanced voting.  So that is an indication itself that the voters here are very, very involved and want to see their candidate win.    CHIDEYA:  Greer, how are things folding out in your state?  Ms. HOLMES:  Well, on Tuesday, Mike Easley, which is our governor now, backed Hilary Clinton.  And the, to me the irony of that is that fact that he is also going to be one of the Superdelegates.  Now, he is pretty much very popular with the white working class Democrats in the state.  So right now, we are going to see how it is going to work itself out, when it comes down to the actual, you know, the super candidates actually participate.  CHIDEYA:  Greer, do you think that race is a factor in your state?  I mean, you know, the question of the ads that the Republican Party in the state has generated, I mean, are the, is race part of the race?  Ms. HOLMES:  Well, it is also, too.  I believe that it is.  People are very concerned about it because now this is an opportunity to see how we all can stand behind the candidate, not so much because of race but also because of the fact that we all decide that economics are number one on our plate, and that is not a race issue.  That is one that affects every one of us.  Also, true for the state of North Carolina, we are also dealing with gender as a part of our politics this year because of - we are going to have a gubernatorial race.    And our Lieutenant Governor is running and she is probably a part of this whole dialogue that is going on.  So for the state of North Carolina race and gender are really playing a heavy factor in this.  And I believe that most people, after hearing what people are saying, we just really want to have a - someone who is going to make the economics of the state of North Carolina and for the country really

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Good morning, here are our early stories: -- Putin Sees U.S. And Russia Working Together To Fight ISIS. -- Reports: FBI Arrests Turing Pharmaceuticals CEO Shkreli On Fraud Charges. -- LISTEN: Voices Of Baltimore Protesters In The Wake Of a Mistrial. -- Cheap Trick, Deep Purple, N.W.A. Picked For 2016 Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Class. And here are more early headlines: House Lawmakers To Vote Friday On Huge Spending Bill. (The Hill) Defense Secretary Carter Used Personal Email For Some Government Work. (CBS) Switzerland Freezes Money Linked To Soccer Organization, FIFA. (Reuters) Greece Warns It May End Up Holding Thousands Of Migrants. (Financial Times) Confusion Over Whether Libya's Rival Governments Will Sign Treaty. (Guardian) Justice Department Opens Chicago Police Probe, To Meet Mayor. (USA Today)


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House Democrats are forging ahead with a plan to reform the health care system. At the core of the evolving plan is a move to extend medical insurance to more Americans through a combination of taxing the wealthy and requiring people to buy coverage. Those proposals come with high stakes for the politicians involved. President Obama has made overhauling health care a central priority, with a goal of covering another 50 million people. He's pressing for a bill to be ready by week's end. One Democratic lawmaker warned about the risk of stirring up a hornet's nest of opposition without winning concrete results. From AP:  "If we do fail, we've moved far enough down the line that you'll have angry people on all sides," said Rep. Jason Altmire, D-Pa.

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An extended version of this conversation is now available as a podcast. Stream or download it from Pop Culture Happy Hour.  DJ Khaled is one of this decade's biggest names in rap and pop. The son of Palestinian immigrants, he's become a larger-than-life presence in the music world as a DJ, producer and record executive. He's already released nine albums of his own, and his latest, Major Key, debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 and is nominated for a Grammy. In December 2015, DJ Khaled gained yet another title: social media megastar. He was at home in Miami, hanging out with his fiancé, and then he took a ride on his Jet Ski to visit the rapper Rick Ross. On his way back home that evening, he got lost — and decided to pull out his phone. "It got dark quick, so I started Snapchatting because I had the flash, but I was Snapchatting also to keep my sense of humor and my spirits up," he says. "I didn't panic, but was I worried? Absolutely." Since then, Khaled has continued to dispense wisdom to his millions of followers on Snapchat. He calls these tidbits "keys": They're life lessons that pop into his head, and his new book, The Keys, is full of them. DJ Khaled joined NPR's David Greene to talk about his career — and, of course, share some keys. Hear their conversation at the audio link, and read an edited transcript below. David Greene: For people who don't know, can you just explain what "the keys" are — why you use that term? DJ Khaled: Well, The Keys is the keys to success, keys to life, you know what I'm saying, keys of winning, keys of joy, keys of happiness. The keys never run out — each key leads to the next key. And then every time, if you text me, I'ma hit you back with a key. What if I texted you right now like, "Hey, what's up. How's New York?" What key are you going to throw back at me? "It's a cold world. Bundle up. Key." You know what I'm saying? That's very straightforward and honest. You got that quick. And that's how the book is. When I was coming up in the game and growing up, they hid the keys from me. Now, "they" is a very important word in your book that comes up a lot. Who are "they?" Well, they are the people that don't want me to do this interview with you. Well, I don't like them either then! We've gotta find them. They come in so many different forms, but they are the people that we need to stay away from, you know what I'm saying? Honestly, I had somebody actually come up to me and say, "Khaled, you will be nothing. You're just a DJ, you're going to be local forever, you're not gonna be able to succeed." But I stayed focused. I didn't listen to "they." It sounds like the kind of advice that could really help kids as they're coming up. Absolutely. And, you know, this book is definitely to uplift the young world, because, you know, we just have different ways of saying it. I was just doing an interview earlier, and I was like, you know, our moms and dads always taught us to do great things, you know what I'm saying? We blessed to have family, but you know, sometimes we've got to get somebody to translate in a different way. You have figured out a way to speak the language that some young people speak and also really inspire them. Yeah, it's the culture. Yes, yes, yes. Can I tell you my favorite of your keys? Please, tell me. "Have a lot of pillows." I love that. Our staff on Morning Edition is obsessed with sleep, because none of us get enough of it: We have to wake up at ungodly hours of the morning. We need pillows. Do you mean that literally? I mean that so literally. I'm talking about, you have to rest your greatness, you know? I have a lot pillows in my bed, my tour bus — every time I turn, there's a pillow. You know, if I turn to the left, the right. If I turn my whole body. If my leg moves. It's just pillows everywhere. Could you read a little from that part of your book, page 126? I'd love people to get a feel for your writing. Yes. On 126: "Pillows are important. When you're supposed to sleep, you've gotta sleep like a king or a queen. Every time you turn, there should be something comfortable to greet you, and that softness reminds you of parts of your body. It's time to relax." I mean, most people would just say, "Dude, get some good pillows and go to bed." But there's a poetry to how you do this. This is that holy grail. This is for real, you know. And I'm sure you experienced it, you just didn't realize how important the depth of it is. How do you come up with these? I'm just being me, man. You know, I don't come up with it — I don't sit there and think, "Hey, I'ma come up with something." That just comes out of me. Like, when you ask me a question, I have the answer — at least, the answer that I want to give you. 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80. Laurie AndersonBig Science (Warner Bros., 1982) Laurie Anderson never intended to become a pop star. After an initially tiny pressing of "O Superman" found its way to BBC DJ John Peel's ears and later became an unexpected U.K. hit, Warner Brothers beseeched her to make an album. She assented, turning the "politics" section of her six-hour performance piece United States I – IV into her 1982 debut Big Science, and in doing so, wielded a mass medium as a critique against itself. Aware of her novelty value, she used her uncanny delivery to highlight humankind's frighteningly banal secession to the post-industrial age, lulling audiences into the placid state that she sought to critique. Big Science is simultaneously silly and prescient, and takes a refreshingly wry attitude to technology's perils compared to today's often obvious commentary on the subject. Anderson's playful use of machine-speak subverts the industry's reliance on women's voices as a shortcut to maternal comfort while also progressing the trailblazing synthesizer work of pioneers like Delia Derbyshire and Suzanne Ciani. Despite Anderson's clear aversion to dehumanization at the hands of technology, Big Science is thrilling because it isn't a case of clashing binaries arguing for or against. "I don't want to nail things down," she told Sounds in 1986. "I want them to either breathe or explode." —Laura Snapes (contributor)  79. PortisheadDummy (Go! Beat, 1994) Portishead has a long-standing reputation for being enigmatic, due to the fact that its members don't often perform live and that they make music in a deliberate, unhurried way (the group has released three impeccable albums since its inception in 1991). But in terms of a mission statement, look no further than the chorus of "It Could Be Sweet," a song from the Bristol trio's standout debut album Dummy: "It could be sweet," Beth Gibbons sings. "Like a lone forgotten dream." This band could be sweet, but it's not. It's that very tension that makes Dummy one of the most urgent, burning albums to ever be put to tape, and a high water mark of the trip-hop genre that flourished in the early 1990s. Dummy sounds familiar yet foreign; sultry and sure, but something's not quite right. These extremes are grounded by Gibbons' achingly soulful vocals — which overlay Geoff Barrow's electronic production and Adrian Utley's sweeping guitar work — and range from pleadingly sincere to knowing within a single verse, from the lonesome reminisces of "Sour Times" to the strutting "Wandering Star." Though Gibbons has said that she never had aspirations to be a songwriter, she had previously been singing in pubs before joining Portishead. Yet some of the vocal demos she made at home, like "Strangers," were so potent that they were left intact on Dummy, which nabbed the Mercury Prize the following year. It's especially telling that the centerpiece of the album — and Portishead's most popular song, to boot — is "Glory Box," a slow, subtle nudge for gender equality as Gibbons sings: "Move over and give us some room." —Paula Mejia (contributor)  78. The Bulgarian State Radio & Television ChoirLe Mystère Des Voix Bulgares (Nonesuch, 1987) Spine-tingling, otherworldly beauty is not what the world might have expected from a Soviet-ish group called the Bulgarian State Radio & Television Female Vocal Choir. And yet a string of albums, beginning with an alluringly named 37-minute compilation called Le Mystère Des Voix Bulgares (The Mystery of Bulgarian Voices), cracked open a whole sonic world largely unknown beyond the Balkans, full of gorgeous dissonances and fierce, sung-out emotion. Originally released in 1975 by the Swiss ethnomusicologist Marcel Cellier, who ran his own boutique label, the first Mystère album became a hotly sought-after prize among cognoscenti, who dubbed cassette copies for each other. One of those fans was 4AD Records founder Ivo Watts-Russell, who managed to license the material and re-release it in the U.K. in 1986 (and in 1987, Nonesuch did the same in the U.S.). Soon these women from all over Bulgaria became international stars, with their plushly layered, plangent voices weaving together Bulgarian dissonance and Western European-style choral singing. Despite any lyrical context (given that in their U.S. and U.K. versions, these translation-less village songs carried such unrevealing English titles as "Diaphonic Chant"), the music's emotive power and haunting beauty comes shining through. —Anastasia Tsioulcas (NPR Music)  77. 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The longest partial government shutdown in history lurched through its fourth week as President Trump ordered thousands more federal workers to return to work without pay. CNN reports:  Only about 25% of the government was affected by the shutdown to begin with since Congress had already funded the Pentagon and other agencies. But there are a growing number of essential tasks performed by that quarter, which includes the Department of Justice, the Treasury Department and the Department of Homeland Security, among others. All have been working without pay.  While the president doubled down on demanding funding for the border wall, those protecting our maritime boundaries took a huge loss. On Tuesday, the Coast Guard’s 42,000 members did not receive their regular paycheck due to the partial shutdown — marking the first time members of the Armed Forces were not paid during a shutdown. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-CA, asked President Trump to postpone his State of the Union until the government reopens, in part because the Secret Service has not been funded since the shutdown began. “Sadly, given the security concerns and unless government re-opens this week, I suggest that we work together to determine another suitable date after government has re-opened for this address or for you to consider delivering your State of the Union address in writing to the Congress on January 29th,” Pelosi wrote in the letter to Trump. Rapper Cardi B took to Instagram to share her take on the shutdown, imploring her followers to take action. “Our country is in a hellhole right now. All for a wall,” she said. When will the partial shutdown end? According to The Washington Post, here are President Trump’s options:  Meanwhile, William Barr, the president’s pick for attorney general, testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee. As Barr fielded questions about a range of issues, Democrats on the panel sought a definitive understanding of his stance on the Mueller probe. Senator Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-NY, told reporters:  So despite the fact that there were some nice words at the hearing, we do not have the kind of strong, clear commitments to the report being issued and there being no interference in the investigation that are needed, particularly now with President Trump treating the Justice Department as he has.  Who is William Barr, and how strong is his allegiance to the president? Finally, it was a big week for presidential bid announcements. Tulsi Gabbard, Kirsten Gillibrand and Julian Castro jumped into the fray. Who’s next? We’ll get to all that and more on the Friday News Roundup. Text by Kathryn Fink. GUESTS Molly Ball, National political correspondent, TIME; political analyst, CNN; @mollyesque Asma Khalid, Political reporter, NPR; @asmamk For more, visit https://the1a.org. © 2019 WAMU 88.5 – American University Radio.

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