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For instance, <<['Represent this text to find its title about the same news but with slightly less depth', 'The way environmentalist Craig Cox sees it, streams and rivers across much of the country are suffering from the side effects of growing our food. Yet the people responsible for that pollution, America\'s farmers, are fighting any hint of regulation to prevent it. "The leading problems are driven by fertilizer and manure runoff from farm operations," says Cox, who is the Environmental Working Group\'s top expert on agriculture. Across the Midwest, he says, nitrate-filled water from farm fields is making drinking water less safe. Phosphorus runoff is feeding toxic algae blooms in rivers and lakes, "interfering with people\'s vacations. [They\'re] taking their kids to the beach and the beach is closed. There\'s stories about people getting sick." This is preventable, Cox says. Farmers can take simple steps to reduce the problems dramatically. They can plant "cover crops," making sure that there\'s always vegetation on their fields to capture nitrates before that pollution runs into streams. They can plant wide, grassy "filter strips" along stream banks. They can send the water from underground drainage pipes into wetlands rather than straight into streams. Some farmers do this; many do not. And there\'s no law making it mandatory. The Clean Water Act, which has cleaned up pollution from factories over the past 40 years, specifically exempts what it calls "normal farming practices" like plowing or maintaining drainage ditches. In recent years, farmers have fought any hint of stricter regulation. For instance, farm groups campaigned against the Clean Water Rule, issued by the Obama administration. It defines what streams or wetlands are considered waters of the U.S., and thus covered by the Clean Water Act. Don Parrish, senior director of congressional relations for the American Farm Bureau Federation, says the rule\'s definition is much too broad. "All of a sudden, farmers go from farming fields and land that they have always farmed, to farming in \'waters of the U.S.,\' " he says. Last week, President Trump ordered a formal review of the Clean Water Rule, and his remarks made clear where he stood. "It\'s a horrible, horrible rule," he said. "Has sort of a nice name, but everything else is bad." In Iowa, meanwhile, the water utility for the city of Des Moines is facing a threat to its existence because it picked a regulatory fight with the state\'s farmers. Two years ago, the utility sued several nearby counties, demanding that they reduce nitrate levels in the water that flows from farm drainage systems into the Racoon River, which supplies drinking water to Des Moines. 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A federal judge on Wednesday doubled the prison sentence of the Interior Department's former number two official, sentencing him to 10 months in prison for lying to Senate investigators about the Jack Abramoff lobbying scandal and refusing to accept responsibility in court. J. Steven Griles was the Interior Department's deputy secretary and is the highest administration official sentenced in the probe. Griles had entered a plea agreement with prosecutors in which he agreed to plead guilty to obstructing a congressional investigation in exchange for a 5-month prison sentence. But at the sentencing hearing, Griles' attorneys appeared to make excuses for their client's false statements to Senate investigators, evoking the judge's wrath and leading her to double his prison time. "Even now you continue to minimize and try to excuse your conduct," said U.S. District Judge Ellen Segal Huvelle Griles admitted to lying to Senate investigators about his relationship with Abramoff, the central figure in a corruption investigation that has led to numerous convictions. But in court, Huvelle became irritated when Griles and his attorneys would not answer questions about what lies Griles had told. Attorney Barry M. Hartman said the Justice Department was trying to link Griles to "the stench of Jack Abramoff" and that Griles testimony would have been accurate if lawmakers had provided Griles with documents showing the extent of his relationship with Abramoff. "Do you really believe that?" Huvelle shot back. "You think it's the Senate's fault?" Huvelle also ordered Griles to pay a fine of $30,000, and serve a term of three years of supervised release. She has not set a date for Griles to report to prison. Abramoff is currently serving a 70-month prison sentence for his guilty plea on conspiracy and fraud charges brought in Miami. The former lobbyist has also pleaded guilty to corruption, fraud, conspiracy and tax charges in the District of Columbia.   The Abramoff investigation has resulted in 12 convictions, including that of former U.S. Rep. Robert W. Ney on conspiracy and false statement charges. From NPR and The Associated Press reports

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Good morning, we're looking at these stories today: Assad Names New Prime Minister, Fighting Continues In Aleppo. Done In a Day: China Wraps Up Murder Trial Of Once-Prominent Politician's Wife. Gunmen Attack Egyptian Police Station In Sinai; Follows Militant Attack On Egyptian Border Post. (UPI) George Zimmerman To Seek New 'Stand Your Ground' Hearing In Case Of Shooting Of Treyvon Martin. (Central Florida News) Home Foreclosures Fell In July, But More Homes Started The Foreclosure Process. (Philadelphia Inquirer) U.S. Assists In Agent Orange Cleanup Project In Vietnam. (Reuters) Russia's Prime Minister To Publically Blame Officials Responsible For Failed Satellite Launch. (RIA Novosti) Sick American Rescued From Antarctica Research Station, Flown To New Zealand. (ABC) Homeless Miami Man Describes Cannibalistic Attack That Destroyed Parts Of His Face. (Miami Herald) Oscar Pistorious, South African 'Blade Runner', Denied Chance To Run In Olympic Relay. (BBC)


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I finally broke down and watched Michael Winterbottom's The Road To Guantanamo the other night. As cynical as I am, I still find it astonishing that this place remains open and that there are those who still justify its...

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Federal agents joked about migrants death, published report says. The international deal to curb Iran's nuclear capabilities is faltering. And, examining the new idea called restorative justice.


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Question: Fat Tuesday, California Style

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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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.
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Music lost many artists this year who defined or redefined their genres, such as country great Earl Scruggs (toon by Randall Enos) and the "Queen of Disco" Donna Summer (toon by Taylor Jones). Jazz also lost Dave Brubeck; hip-hop, Adam Yauch; classical, Elliot Carter; pop, Andy Williams; rock, Levon Helm; Broadway and film, Marvin Hamlisch; "Godfather of Go-Go" Chuck Brown; and Etta James, who could sing anything.

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Question: Macron Awards U.S. Climate Scientists Grants To 'Make Our Planet Great Again'

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French President Emmanuel Macron, in a not-so-subtle jab at President Trump, has awarded long-term research grants to 18 climate scientists — 13 of them U.S.-based researchers — to relocate to France and pursue their work with the blessing of a government that doesn't cast doubt on the threat of climate change. The announcement Monday makes good on a pledge Macron made earlier this year after the U.S. pulled out of the Paris climate accord to offer France as a "second homeland" to climate researchers in order to "make our planet great again." Macron's appeal produced 1,822 applicants, nearly two-thirds from the United States. Candidates had to have a proven track record on climate research and propose a project that would take three to five years to complete. That period roughly matches Trump current term in office. Trump has proposed cuts in federal funding for scientific research. As Macron told the winners of the French grants, "we will be there to replace" U.S. support for climate research. One of the winners, Camille Parmesan of the University of Texas at Austin, told the Associated Press that the French offer "gave me such a psychological boost, to have that kind of support, to have the head of state saying I value what you do." Parmesan studies the impact of climate change on wild plants and animals and will pursue her research at an experimental ecology station in the Pyrenees. Another winner, Louis A. Derry, professor of Earth and atmospheric sciences at Cornell University told the Washington Post:  "For me, the chance to work on some very exciting science questions with my French colleagues and not be so dependent on the crazy stuff that goes on in Congress and with the current administration is honestly very attractive. But it can be embarrassing to try and explain what is going on at home right now."  The amount of money awarded to climate researchers wasn't immediately disclosed. Senior researchers were eligible for grants up to $1.7 million. Macron's announcement comes a day before a bigger international meeting on the global climate opens in Paris on Tuesday. Dubbed the "One Planet Summit" and co-hosted by the U.N. and the World Bank, the meeting will bring together more than 50 world leaders seeking to re-energize the Paris accords. Trump will not be among them.

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Good morning, here are our early stories: -- More Than Twice As Many Women Are Running For Congress In 2018 Compared To 2016. -- Trump Endorses Romney For U.S. Senate, But Does It Signal Détente? -- Maduro Calls Out President Trump On Twitter, Requesting 'Dialogue'. -- MLB Sets New Rules To Speed Up The Game.  -- Canadians Burn Up The Ice, Shib Sibs Win Bronze In 'Incredible' Ice Dance Final. And here are more early headlines: Record Heat, Flooding And Snow In Store For U.S. (USA Today) Intense Syrian Bombing Kills Scores Of Civilians. (Guardian) Florida Students Going To State Capitol To Lobby for Gun Control. (Tallahassee.com) Thai Court Awards Custody Of 13 Children To Man Who Turned To Surrogacy. (Telegraph) Venezuela Launching Crypto Currency, "The Petro". (Bloomberg)


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Question: Florida Primary Updates, Effect on Super Tuesday

Robert Seigel catches up with NPR's Greg Allen, who is watching Sen. John McCain's campaign; and NPR's Scott Horsley, who is watching the Mitt Romney campaign. Robert Seigel then talks with Mark DiCamillo, director of the Field Poll, which covers political opinion trends in California, about what Florida's primary means for Super Tuesday states like California.

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BATON ROUGE, La. — Gov. John Bel Edwards on Tuesday struck down a bill prohibiting transgender athletes from competing on girls' sports teams in Louisiana schools, pushing back against legislation that has passed several Southern states. The veto from the Deep South's only Democratic governor was expected, since Edwards called the measure discriminatory.  "As I have said repeatedly when asked about this bill, discrimination is not a Louisiana value, and this bill was a solution in search of a problem that simply does not exist in Louisiana," the governor said in a statement. "Even the author of the bill acknowledged throughout the legislative session that there wasn't a single case where this was an issue" in Louisiana. Backers of the measure said they were trying to protect female athletes from unfair competition and preserve equality for women's sports across K-12 schools and colleges. The proposal by Franklinton Sen. Beth Mizell, the Senate's second-ranking Republican, passed with bipartisan veto-proof margins: a 29-6 vote in the Senate and a 78-19 vote in the House.  Still, it's unclear if enough lawmakers would hold together to call for a special veto session to try to override the governor's rejection. The regular legislative session is over, and Louisiana has never held a veto override session under the current constitution adopted in 1974. Mizell didn't immediately return a call for comment Tuesday about the veto and whether she'd seek an override effort. Several states have passed bans on trans athletes  The legislation was similar to bans passed by Republican-led legislatures in several states. Idaho was the first state to approve such a bill, and it's been followed by others including Mississippi, Tennessee and Arkansas, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures.  Proponents in Louisiana pointed to the state of Connecticut, where they said two transgender females participating in women's track events broke 15 records. They suggested transgender athletes have an automatic, built-in advantage in competitions against other females.  "Nobody wants to treat anyone with inequity, but there is not an equal situation physically," Mizell said during legislative debate on the bill. Though the ban would have kept both transgender girls and boys from competing on teams of their identified gender, nearly all the discussion centered on female sports. Mizell named the bill the "Fairness in Women's Sports Act." She pushed back against arguments that the law was unnecessary in Louisiana because no specific examples could be located in the state. She told colleagues: "I don't know why we'd want to wait until the state is in a lawsuit with a school or a family."  Opponents said the ban would discriminate against people who already are marginalized and suggested Louisiana could lose businesses and events that refuse to locate in places that have enacted such laws. Edwards cited similar concerns. He said the bill "would make life more difficult for transgender children, who are some of the most vulnerable Louisianans when it comes to issues of mental health."  "We should be looking for more ways to unite, rather than divide our citizens," he said.  The Louisiana High School Athletic Association already has enacted the equivalent of a prohibition on transgender athletes participating on high school sports teams in the state. The organization requires student athletes to compete "in the gender of their birth certificate unless they have undergone sex reassignment."


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In the Atlanta area, some voters thought Trump's speech to Congress was more optimistic than things he has said in the past, but they're still skeptical of Trump.

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We're in concert at this summer's Aspen Music Festival for three short pieces from guitarist Sharon Isbin. First she plays "Aranjuez, ma pensee," by Joaquin Rodrigo, followed by "Varando furos," by Thiago de Mello, adn then "Historia do luar," by Almeida.

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Pinnacle West Chairman Bill Post and Valle del Sol President Luz Sarmina-Gutierrez are named 'Man' and 'Woman of the Year' by Valley Leadership.  KJZZ's James Garcia reports.

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Question: Iran Nuclear Talks: Kerry Will Remain In Switzerland For Another Day

(This post was last updated at 3:12 p.m. ET.) A day after the self-imposed deadline passed for reaching a framework agreement on Iran's nuclear program, negotiators are still working. By evening in Switzerland, the State Department said Secretary of State John Kerry would remain in Lausanne until at least Thursday morning. "We continue to make progress but have not reached a political understanding," State Department spokeswoman Marie Harf said. Top diplomats from Iran and six countries had been sending mixed signals on a potential deal, and some have departed the talks. As of Wednesday morning, NPR's Peter Kenyon tells Morning Edition that "three foreign ministers — half the international contingent — are gone. That's Russia, China and France." "I think we have a broad framework of understanding, but there are still some key issues that have to be worked through," Britain's foreign secretary, Philip Hammond, says. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says general agreement on "all key aspects" has been reached, while Iran's senior negotiator Abbas Araqchi says he hopes to wrap up talks today but that some gaps remain. From Lausanne, Peter reports, "Officials from other nations gave no sign that agreement had been gained on the thorniest issues, including sanctions relief and Iran's future nuclear research and development." After the March 31 deadline for a political deal, the next mark for Iran's nuclear program would be June 30, the deadline for an agreement on technical details.

Good afternoon. Sorry for being late in our daily roundup. Here's what has been happening so far today: -- Search For Missing Jet Focuses On Objects Seen Off Australia -- Ukrainian Troops' Departure From Crimea Isn't A Simple Matter -- U.S. Adds To Sanctions On Russian Officials -- Westboro Baptist Church Founder Rev. Fred Phelps Sr. Dies -- Reprimand, $20K Fine, No Jail Time For General's Misconduct -- Jobless Claims Stay Toward Lower End Of Recent Range -- Book News: Meg Wolitzer To Publish A YA Novel Inspired By Sylvia Plath


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Question: Provocation and Follow-Through: Julia Bullock Talks With Lara Downes

Julia Bullock is an artist who dares you to find new adjectives. The soprano is often described as "radiant," an overused word that actually describes her surprisingly well. Onstage, she's a shapeshifter, ranging from elegant and commanding to bewitching, provocative and dangerous – but consistently intelligent and nuanced. Offstage, she can be goofy. Since its beginning, Julia's career has been on overdrive, with early awards from Young Concert Artists and the Naumburg Competition, launching a run of prestigious recital debuts that compelled the music world to pay close attention. Today, musical mavericks like conductor Esa-Pekka Salonen and composer John Adams create space and new work specifically for her. She's taken on the role of cultural tastemaker, with brilliantly crafted artist residencies at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and San Francisco Symphony. She leaves her audiences exalted, and inspires critics to ecstasies of praise. But what's most extraordinary about how Julia makes music is why she makes music. She is deeply committed to telling essential truths and asking important questions; she exposes all the parts of herself, and asks her listeners to consider their own fullness of being. She and I share a complex identity: both of us daughters of Black fathers who died in our childhood, raised by our white mothers and inheriting a lifelong quest to fill in the blanks. Our search for self has informed our navigation of the classical music landscape, driven by a desire to reveal the voices of artists of color who came before us, and to build a more diverse and equitable future for those who will come after. Julia's choices  — the music she sings, the places where she sings it and the people she sings it for — are deliberate and courageous. In this conversation, Julia says, "When I'm in community with others there's just no stopping what can be done."  In music, activism, advocacy, mentorship and mission, Julia is bound and determined to leave the music world, and the world at large, different than she found them.  Maybe the best adjective to describe Julia Bullock is: "transformative."

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Question: Filmically Perfect: "DOUBLE INDEMNITY" (1944)

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Film critic DAVID THOMSON and filmmaker and director JAMES TOBACK. They interview each other for a revival of round table discussion at "Spoken Word at the Algonquin" in New York city's famous Algonquin Hotel, and discuss the state of moviemaking and movie criticism today. THOMSON's latest book is "Beneath Mulholland: Thoughts on Hollywood and its Ghosts" (Knopf). TOBACK directed the movies "Fingers," "Exposed," and "The Pick up Artist." (THIS INTERVIEW CONTINUES INTO THE SECOND HALF OF THE SHOW).12:28:30  FORWARD PROMO (:29)12:29:00  I.D. BREAK (:59)12:


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Question: U.N. Attempts Tough Police Reform In Haiti

Training a police force in Haiti has been a huge challenge for the United Nations mission there. It's working with the remnants of a force with a notorious legacy of brutality.

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This week's curated podcast of NPR's best arts stories is guest-hosted by Alicia Montgomery, the sharp senior producer of Tell Me More. And she's not going to let Linda Wertheimer's interview with actress Sandra Bullock pass without taking on some of the assumptions made by The Blind Side, the movie in which Bullock plays a steely Southern mom who takes in an athletically gifted black teenager. However, as Sandy Bullock fans (as is apparently de rigueur for women our age), we both got a giant kick out of the star talking about getting pushed around by the real Leanne Tuohy. Which was totally worth it for the Oscar nomination, I'm sure. Few people are probably sweating the Oscars as much as Adam Shankman, who's co-producing the telecast -- for the first time! -- this year. He's grappling with the logistics of all those extra nominees and he talks with Fresh Air's Terry Gross about the changes planned for Hollywood's biggest night. (He also reveals their safe word for when Terri asks questions he doesn't want to answer. Ha!) Meanwhile, our film critic submits his own revolutionary idea about how to deal with the Oscars' tremendously long length. Couple of musician pieces: Euro-artsy princess Charlotte Gainsborough talks about a new album she developed with Beck as a result of a water skiing accident (it's named after the French version of an MRI), and blues guitarist Eric Bibb talks about tapping into the righteous anger that runs through the blues tradition. Finally, an amazing reading by the recently-passed Lucille Clifton, who remarks, "The proper subject of poetry is life." Listen here, or subscribe.

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Question: Shakira And Collective Soul's Hits, With A Burmese Twist

Despite decades of repression, and even isolation, the pop music scene in Myanmar is thriving. And it's not just any pop music: In many cases, carbon copies of American pop songs spring up with a Burmese twist. Heather MacLachlan, a music professor at the University of Dayton, traveled to Myanmar a few years ago to study the country's traditional music, only to discover that most people were listening to pop. She writes about the phenomenon in her new book, Burma's Pop Music Industry: Creators, Distributors, Censors. "A lot of Burmese people — and musicians especially — when they talk about what is a good song, what is a quality piece of work, what they say is, 'It's a song that sells a lot, a song that's commercially successful,' " MacLachlan says in an interview with NPR's Guy Raz. "That's how they judge artistic quality. So they know as well as everybody else that the best-selling music in the world comes out of the American and British pop-music industries. That's the music that they've very much taken to themselves, and it has become something that's really part of Burmese life since the early 1970s." These bands do write original material, but the "copy songs" often feature different lyrics to subversively spread political messages. "They sometimes write lyrics that are rather poetic, and they use different kinds of metaphors that can be interpreted as undermining the regime," MacLachlan says. "But they have to be very subtle because, of course, the music is censored and the censors immediately ban any kind of music that is overtly pro-democracy." GUY RAZ, HOST:  We are going to continue the tour, now, of Myanmar's rich culture. Despite decades of repression and even isolation, its pop music scene is thriving. And not just any pop music but in many cases, carbon copies of American pop songs, but with a Burmese twist. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG "WHENEVER, WHEREVER") RAZ: Does that sound familiar? It's the Burmese version of a better-known song called "Whenever, Wherever" by Shakira. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG "WHENEVER, WHEREVER") RAZ: Heather MacLachlan is a music professor at the University of Dayton and a few years ago, she traveled to Myanmar to study the country's traditional music - only to discover that most people were listening to pop. So she wrote about it in a new book; it's called "Burma's Pop Music Industry: Creators, Distributors And Censors." Heather Maclachlan, welcome to the program. HEATHER MACLACHLAN: Hello. RAZ: When you got to Burma, you thought you'd be studying this indigenous music. But you got there, and what happened? MACLACHLAN: I immediately found that when I asked people in my workaday Burmese, I would like to meet a singer or I would like to meet a musician, I would find out that they were involved in pop music. And so after about three weeks, I realized, this is what's happening. This is what's meaningful for people in Burma, so this is what I want to write about. RAZ: Why pop music? MACLACHLAN: A lot of Burmese people, when they talk about what is a good song, what is a quality piece of work, what they say is, it's a song that sells a lot, a song that's commercially successful. So they know as well as everybody else that the best-selling music in the world comes out of the American and the British pop-music industries. And so that's the music that they have very much taken to themselves, and it has become something that's really part of Burmese life since the early 1970s. RAZ: Some of this music, including the covers, of certain American pop songs, are actually amazing - and they're pitch perfect. And I want to play one. This is a cover of the song "December," by Collective Soul. This is in Burmese. The band is called Iron Cross. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG "DECEMBER") RAZ: All right, Heather, just for comparison, let's hear the original by Collective Soul. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG "DECEMBER") RAZ: All right. I mean, this Burmese band is doing a note-by-note cover of this song, and you write that a lot of these pop bands sort of use pop music, and they're writing different lyrics, to kind of spread political messages but subversively, right? MACLACHLAN: Yeah. It's hard to say a lot. And of course, the reality is that pop musicians in Burma create both original compositions and then the kind of music that you heard, which they call (foreign language spoken) or copy songs. And in both cases, they sometimes write lyrics that are rather poetic, and they use different kinds of metaphors that can be interpreted as undermining the regime. But they have to be very subtle because, of course, the music is censored and the censors immediately ban any kind of music that is overtly pro-democracy. RAZ: You went to Burma originally to study indigenous, traditional music. Were you ever able to find it? MACLACHLAN: Yes. There is some indigenous and traditional music going on. But mostly when I asked people, they simply said, I don't know how to do that. We've kind of moved on from that. And it's really sad to see that

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Mexican singer-songwriter Natalia Lafourcade opens up about how her breakup was used as inspiration for her latest album Hasta La Raíz.

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Jennifer Ludden interviews two of Justice O'Connor's former clerks: Patricia Bellia, who clerked during the 1996-97 term, and Ronelle Anderson Jones, who completed her clerkship just one year ago.

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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.
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Two weeks ago, the Recording Industry Association of America announced plans to sue music fans who illegally swap copyright songs online.  But some techies are already working on programs that help people share files while evading the recording industry. Laura Sydell reports.


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As the Metropolitan Council requires Twin Cities communities to build thousands of units of affordable housing, cities and residents raise concerns about sharing the burden and the opportunity.

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About 1 out of every 10 public school students in the United States right now is learning to speak English. They're called ELLs, for "English Language Learners." There are nearly 5 million of them, and educating them — in English and all the other subjects and skills they'll need — is one of the biggest challenges in U.S. public education today. As part of our reporting project, 5 Million Voices, we set out to gather up all the data and information we could find about who these students are and how they're being taught. Here's our snapshot: The vast majority — some 3.8 million ELL students — speak Spanish. But there are lots of other languages too, including Chinese (Cantonese and Mandarin), Arabic and Vietnamese. Most ELLs were born in the United States, and are U.S. citizens. The state with the most ELL students is California — which has 29 percent of all ELLs nationwide. Texas has 18 percent, followed by Florida with 5 percent and New York with 4 percent. From 2000 to 2014, the growth of the ELL population was greatest in Arkansas, Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina and South Carolina. Based on the most recent data available, NPR found that no matter where they go to school, most ELLs are struggling because they have little or no access to quality instruction tailored to their needs. Although 90 percent of these kids are enrolled in designated ELL programs, at least one recent study argues that the quality of these programs is suspect. Funding for ELL programs comes almost entirely from local and state sources. That's because federal education funding on average represents about 11 percent of what local school districts spend overall. Still, the U.S. Education Department does focus on how ELLs are treated. The department's Office of Civil Rights has singled out 121 school districts in which not a single student is even enrolled in an ELL program. Overall, as many as half a million do not receive any special instruction to learn English. Identifying ELL students Identifying and screening ELLs is tricky. In most states, school districts use the simplest and lowest-cost method: a take-home survey. An overview of how the screening differs state-to-state can be found here. In districts with large ELL populations, schools typically test students to determine how much English they speak, read and write. This allows teachers to pinpoint their needs. Take, for example, a 12-year-old who still can't read in English. Rather than placing that student into a first- or second-grade class with much younger kids who are learning to read, that 12-year old is placed with her peers in sixth or seventh grade, but is pulled out for intense English instruction. Another option is transitional bilingual instruction. In this model, a teacher who is fluent in both English and the student's native language builds on that child's language for at least 2-3 years. The goal is having the student become fluent in both English while retaining a native language. A third option is "dual-language immersion," which requires that a classroom be made up of both ELLs and native English speakers. In this approach, all subjects are taught in two languages during the school day. English speakers learn a second language and ELLs learn English. The demand for dual language immersion has grown significantly in recent years. Achievement As a whole, English language learners still lag behind in terms of academic achievement. Most are not making the transition to English quickly enough. Many ELLs remain stuck in academically segregated programs where they fall behind in basic subjects. Only 63 percent of ELLs graduate from high school, compared with the overall national rate of 82 percent. In New York State, for example, the overall high school graduation rate is about 78 percent. But for ELLs, it's 37 percent, according to the National Center for Education Statistics. Of those who do graduate, only 1.4 percent take college entrance exams like the SAT and ACT. Teacher shortages ELLs are often concentrated in low-performing schools with untrained or poorly trained teachers. The shortage of teachers who can work with this population is a big problem in a growing number of states. Gifted ELLs Only 2 percent of ELLs are enrolled in gifted programs, compared with 7.3 percent of gifted non-ELL students. According to the National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC), a gifted ELL student is likely to know much of the curriculum content on the very first day of school. But NAGC researchers have found that most gifted ELLs are not on anybody's radar. Researchers say that, even when ELL students are identified as gifted, the impulse is often to keep them out of accelerated programs despite evidence that they would benefit from more challenging work while they're learning English. In his book, Failing Our Brightest Kids: The Global Challenge of Educating High-Ability Students, Chester E. Finn Jr. argues that school policies for identifying gifted ELLs are inad

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A new poll from the American Jewish Committee shows that Sen. Barack Obama's lead over Sen. John McCain has narrowed.  We examine how Jewish voters are feeling about the candidates and whether strategists should take Sarah Silverman's "Great Schlep" campaign seriously.

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Alexander says he conducted hundreds of interrogations and supervised more than a thousand more while trying to track down a man who eluded security forces and had never once been photographed by U.S. forces. In a conversation with Dave Davies on NPR\'s Fresh Air, Alexander details the interrogation tactics he used while conducting his kill-or-capture missions in the area of Iraq where Zafar was thought to be hiding. "The first step of any interrogation is to understand your detainee, understand what uniquely motivates them as an individual," he explains. "[You have to understand] why they joined al-Qaida or another insurgent group, why they decided to pick up arms. And if you can analyze them and figure out those motivations, then you can craft an appropriate approach and incentive, but not until you\'ve done that." But Alexander says he couldn\'t always give the incentives he thought would provide the best response from his potential informants. For example, he was not allowed to offer money or visas to people who provided information about the location of senior al-Qaida members. "That\'s a real change," he says. "In Vietnam, we had real incentives that interrogators could offer captured Vietcong members to get them to turn to our side. But we didn\'t do that in Iraq, and it wasn\'t until Gen. [David] Petraeus got there and offered the Sunni tribes money and weapons that they turned against al-Qaida." Alexander learned to offer things he couldn\'t necessarily deliver, a technique he says criminal investigators use every day to catch criminals. In one instance, he even forged a divorce application for an informant who wanted to get out of a marriage. "Deception is a legitimate part of warfare," he says. "We don\'t question deception if an infantry fakes an attack on the left and sweeps right. And interrogators can use deception, too, but they must be careful about how they use that deception. And the reason why is because somebody else is going to interrogate that detainee one day. And if you\'ve used deception and you\'ve been found out, then they\'re going to have a harder time establishing trust." To gain trust with the Sunni combatants he was interviewing, Alexander says, he would admit that the United  States had made some strategic mistakes in its approach in Iraq. "Almost every detainee that I admitted those mistakes to, they all were surprised that I was willing to admit that," he says. "And it moved many of them to hear that, because many of them had lost family members or friends because of these actions — because of allowing the Shia militias to run free. And so when they heard that apology followed by an offer to work together, it was very appealing." More than anything, Alexander says, it was important for interrogators to understand the detainee and know exactly where they were coming from. Interrogators who believed in misguided stereotypes about Muslims and Arabs, he says, were the single most detrimental factor to undermining interrogations in Iraq. "A common parlance that was said by some interrogators and analysts was \'Arabs grow up in a culture of violence, so they only understand violence.\' We have that documented in an e-mail from a senior interrogator to his commander at one point in Iraq," he says. "And it was that type of stereotype of Arabs and of Muslims that was very counterproductive to try to get people to cooperate. ... Those prejudices worked directly in contrast to what we were trying to accomplish." Matthew Alexander is an 18-year veteran of the Air Force and Air Force Reserves. He was awarded the Bronze Star for his achievements in Iraq and has contributed to both the Washington Post and The New York Times.  Interview Highlights On how he would start an interrogation "Sometimes I would walk in with my copy of the Quran, and I would recite a line. Usually I would use the first line of the Quran, which is \'Praise be to Allah, the most compassionate, the most merciful,\' which would help me with compassion toward my enemy who\'s sitting in front of me but then also put in place an obligation of reciprocity on their part to show compassion toward me, by providing information." On liars "I don\'t really care if anyone admits to participating in terrorist activity. I could have somebody on tape having prepared suicide bombers to go out on missions — we had detainees who we had on t'] != ['Represent this subtitle to find a title that might be right above it on NPR!', "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. 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If you haven't caught up, Flipboard is a new iPad app that has the geek crowd raving. Michele Norris spoke to Flipboard CEO Mike McCue. The app brings the beauty of print, as McCue puts it, to the social content of the Web. McCue, a Silicon Valley veteran, was one of the founders of Tellme, a company that specializes in voice-based programs like the ones used for directory assistance services. The company was sold to Microsoft for $800 million. Now, he has great expectations for his "social magazine." And he talks a little a bit about the business model for Flipboard, which, he says, will likely look a lot like that of an old school business -- the publishing world. Listen to the whole interview above. This, by the way, is the first in a series of conversations with tech CEOs. Who would you like to hear from next? MICHELE NORRIS, host:  From NPR News, this is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. Im Michele Norris, and its time now for Al Tech Considered.  Today, we begin a series of chats with CEOs of technology companies, big and small. Our guest today is Mike McCue. He's the CEO of a Silicon Valley startup called Flipboard. McCue has a way of spotting important tech trends. His last company was acquired by Microsoft for nearly $800 million. Mike McCue and his partner, a former senior Apple engineer, have now designed an application for Apple's iPad.  And to help us understand what this Flipboard app does, think of a magazine that includes cool content provided by people you trust  your family members, your friends  all based on articles and photos and links from their Facebook and Twitter accounts. The result is a very cool display that mimics a traditional magazine on an iPad screen. And Mike McCue joins us now to explain how this all works. Welcome to the program.  Mr. MIKE MCCUE (CEO, Flipboard): Thank you very much, Michele, great to be here.  NORRIS: Now, for folks who don't have an iPad or a Facebook or a Twitter account, describe this Flipboard for us. How do you explain this, say, to your mom or your Aunt Mildred?  Mr. MCCUE: My mom, every now and then, will clip out an article from a magazine, and she'll mail it to me. And that is basically an analog example of what people have been referring to in the tech industry as social media - people sharing articles and news with other people. And what we did is try to take it one step further.  We wanted to make this whole experience of sharing links with people much more graphical - almost like a magazine from the future. Things change in it; the pages have sort of a plastic, flipping feel. It's a different kind of a magazine, but yet a lot of the traditional hallmarks of what make great magazines and what makes print so good - typography and beautiful photography, and beautiful layouts. Those principles are what we built Flipboard around.  NORRIS: How did you come up with this idea?  Mr. MCCUE: After I left Tellme, I was traveling a lot and I happened to, you know, do my usual magazine run before an airplane flight.  NORRIS: Now, we should say Tellme was your previous business, the business that you sold to Microsoft.  Mr. MCCUE: That's correct. And on the plane, I started asking myself, why is it that magazines look so beautiful and the Web looks, really, just nowhere near as nice as these magazines? And is there a way to bring the beauty of print with the power of the Web, and bring these two things together? And that was the starting point.  And then from there, I worked with my co-founder, Evan Doll, who was from Apple, and the two of us started to explore this idea and prototype it. And over time, the idea blossomed into this notion of a social magazine.  NORRIS: You've raised more than $10 million for this startup, but you're not yet making money. What are you going to do to make sure that this is profitable? Will this magazine include ads?  Mr. MCCUE: Well, yeah, I think that the business model for magazines is actually a pretty good one, especially when it relates to advertising. The ads in magazines are beautiful, full-page, immersive ads that are very connected to the content. We think we can bring a lot of that benefit and power to the world of the digital magazine and the Internet.  NORRIS: Mike, you've worked in Silicon Valley for a while. You were in the Valley during the dotcom crash, and you've decided to launch a new business now, in an economy that could be called shaky, at best. Are you bold? Are you crazy? Are you feeling like you're immune to the ups and downs in the economy?  (Soundbite of laughter)  NORRIS: Explain why you're doing this now.  Mr. MCCUE: I'm sure it's a mixture of all those things. I've told folks that starting a company is probably one of the most unreasonable things you could ever do. It takes tremendous amount of energy and life force from you. 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The “people’s poet” isn’t one for sitting on the sidelines and staying silent. British singer-songwriter and activist Billy Bragg has been at music and politics for more than 35 years. While some might view the two subjects as separate, he’s dedicated much of his music to social change and grassroot causes. His political writing isn’t restricted to the studio. Bragg is an author and outspoken critic of fascism, Brexit and current British Prime Minister Boris Johnson. His new book, “The Three Dimensions of Freedom,” explores the tools democracy has at its disposal to combat the rise of authoritarianism. We sit down with Bragg to discuss his distinctive blend of folk and rock, his new book and what the future holds for his home country. GUESTS Billy Bragg, Musician, activist; author, “The Three Dimensions of Freedom.” @billybragg For more, visit https://the1a.org. © 2019 WAMU 88.5 – American University Radio.

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Ella Yelich-O'Connor, known to the world as Lorde, is embracing a sunnier and more analog sound, full of plucked acoustic guitars and brushed snares. Since releasing her breakout single, "Royals," in 2013, she's made the most of hook-heavy pop songs constructed from a palette of overcast electronic sounds. "In the past," she says, "I'd hear an acoustic guitar and I'd say 'Oh, here we go. It's about to get painfully authentic!' " The title of her new album, Solar Power, belies the stylistic sea change; after years spent as a famous and famously melancholic artist, she's now singing of sun salutations and meditations. In a new video, above, she and friends frolic on a beach in her home of New Zealand – far from the late-night troublemaking of 2017's "Green Light." "I was feeling good, you know?" she says. "It felt like there was something in the air down there, and I really wanted to capture that. But I've sort of since been told that taken as a whole, the record has a lot more depth to it. It's sadder than people thought. There's always shades to my work." To catch up, Morning Edition's A Martinez asked Lorde what the past four (relatively quiet) years have entailed, and how she arrived at this very breezy new crossroads. This interview has been edited and condensed for clarity. To listen to the broadcast version, use the player above.  A Martinez, Morning Edition: You've said that Solar Power is a "celebration of the natural world." How can we hear that? Lorde: I think there's a looseness and an organic quality that maybe hasn't made it into my previous albums. I was born in '96 – I feel like that mid-2000s kind of roots-y, acoustic music really struck an evil chord in me. Something about [the perception that it] was innately more authentic than electronic music, for example. I really railed against that for a long time. Having that acoustic feel that you mentioned, is that what sold you on guitars? Because when I first started playing Solar Power, that kind of struck me. Like, 'Oh, my gosh, this is different, especially for her.' It's something that you really haven't used that much of in the past. Lorde: In the past, I could never write a song on acoustic guitar ever, ever. Because I had this weirdness about the sort of built-in connotations of something like an acoustic guitar. I was worried it would send the writing in a direction. And this time, I leaned hard into those. When I played it, I was going about my day. I was doing my chores at home. And all of a sudden, I had to stop and rewind and play it again to make sure that what I heard is what I heard. Lorde: And I love that! I think I take so long between albums – they take me a really long time to make, and each time there's this slight surprise, that I could be in a different place sonically or emotionally. I get it, for people that haven't heard anything for me since 2017. But for me, it's been four years of living a life. So I like that shock, and I remember feeling that shock with artists that I really loved. You know, I would press play on a record and almost feel sick with fear or dread that I wouldn't like it or understand the aesthetic would not be what I would want. And of course, those are the records that you kind of grow to love – and that challenge you and move with you. I think it's a good thing. A friend of mine said, "Ask Lorde what color she sees when she performs 'Solar Power.' " For those who may not know, you have synesthesia – a neurological condition where you see sounds as color. So what hues were you seeing for "Solar Power?" Lorde: Well, it's not so much a color as... you know when you look at the sun through closed eyelids? You see that kind of warm, fleshy tone? That's the color. But it's such an embarrassing thing to talk about. I feel like it could skew pretentious, no? I don't think so... I'm fascinated by it. I'm just wondering how much does that shape all the parts of the entire album? From, say, the music to the album cover? Lorde: Completely, yes. I really use it as a tool when I'm making an album. For me, my albums are very conceptual, for want of a better word. I know when I'm writing the right type of part. It's doing the thing I need it to do when I start seeing the color that I need to be seeing. It really does help me. It leads me in the right direction. And it's very much something that I apply to production. Drums get very sunshiny, very yellow, very gold, in a way that I needed them to get for this album. There's always a moment when the color or the picture doesn't quite match up - that can be a panic. And then it all comes up gold. And you'll scrap things, right? If they don't sync up, you'll just stop and start over. Lorde: Yeah, well – I'm funny because I never really have more than two or three half-finished demos for an album. I don't really work on anything that doesn't end up making it. I really think hard about the spots I have to fill and the things that they're saying. So yeah, I'll scrap things

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A federal appeals court in the District of Columbia expands the rights of gun owners in the nation's capital, seeking to clarify the meaning of the Second Amendment. The court has overturned a Washington, D.C., law that severely restricted ownership of handguns. Americans have been arguing about the following sentence in the Bill of Rights for decades: "A well-regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed." The appeals court ruling is likely to bring the debate over the Second Amendment front and center once again. And the case could be headed for the Supreme Court. Washington, D.C., has always had some of the nation's toughest gun laws. Most residents can't own a handgun unless it was registered with the city before 1976. And even those fitting that stipulation must keep the weapon locked up and unloaded.  But two of three judges on the appellate court said those restrictions were unconstitutional. And then they went further. It's not just a matter of local laws, they wrote, it's the Second Amendment: individuals, they said, have the right to own guns. Now the District of Columbia's government must decide whether it will ask that a full panel of judges on the appellate court reconsider the case. Or they can appeal directly to the Supreme Court. If the high court takes the divisive case, oral arguments could come as early as next year — just in time for the presidential election. MICHELE NORRIS, Host:  "A well-regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed." Americans have been arguing about that sentence in the Bill of Rights for decades. And a court ruling today is likely to bring the debate over the Second Amendment front and center once again. A federal appeals court overturned Washington, D.C.'s restriction on handgun ownership in a case that could be headed for the Supreme Court. NPR's Laura Sullivan reports. LAURA SULLIVAN: Washington, D.C., has always had some of the nation's toughest gun laws. Most residents can't own a handgun unless it was registered with the city before 1976. And even people who do own a gun like that have to keep it locked up and unloaded. Not anymore if the appellate court ruling stands. Two of three judges said those restrictions are unconstitutional, and then they went further. It's not just a matter of local laws, they wrote, it's the Second Amendment. People have a right to own guns. The National Rifle Association is ecstatic. JOHN FRAZER: This is a very significant decision, I would say hugely important decision. SULLIVAN: John Frazer is the deputy director of research for the NRA. FRAZER: This is a strong decision that restores the historical understanding of what the Second Amendment means and that also should have a big effect in terms of the right of district residents who currently are unable to protect themselves due to their local gun laws. SULLIVAN: Not everyone sees it that way. Paul Helmke, president of the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence, took a page from the conservative handbook and called the ruling judicial activism. PAUL HELMKE: In effect, it's judges stepping in and substituting their policy decisions for the decisions of the people of the District of Columbia. SULLIVAN: The question the court tackled was this: Did the founding fathers mean that every person has the right to keep a gun, or were they just talking about militias? The U.S. Supreme Court has never taken a clear stand on the issue and hasn't really looked at it since 1939. That ruling left it to elected officials in states and localities to decide who could own guns and how, but the appellate ruling today says you can't regulate guns so much that people can't own one. Helmke of the Brady Center says it's the first time gun-control laws have been successfully challenged on the grounds of the Second Amendment. HELMKE: It really is a very surprising and shocking decision because it ignores 70 years of precedent. SULLIVAN: Advocates on both sides of the issue say this case is likely to find its way to the Supreme Court. Given the addition of two conservative justices to the bench, Helmke says he and other gun-control lobbyists are more than a little nervous. HELMKE: If the Supreme Court steps in and all of a sudden switches its view on what the Second Amendment says, that could really call into jeopardy a lot of pieces of legislation that states and communities across the country have adopted for years. SULLIVAN: Right now, it's up to the District of Columbia to decide whether to ask for a full panel of judges on the appellate court to reconsider, or they can appeal directly to the Supreme Court. If the high court takes the divisive case, oral arguments could come as early as next year, just in time for the presidential election. Laura Sullivan, NPR News, Washington.

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Apple has long touted the power and design of its devices, but recently the world's most valuable company has been emphasizing another feature: privacy. That's no small matter when many users store important private data on those devices: account numbers, personal messages, photos. Apple CEO Tim Cook talks to NPR's Robert Siegel about how the company protects its customers' data, and how it uses — or doesn't use — that information.  Interview Highlights On government requests for customer text messages The government comes to us from time to time, and if they ask in a way that is correct, and has been through the courts as is required, then to the degree that we have information, we give that information. However, we design our products in such a way that privacy is designed into the product. And security is designed in. And so if you think about it ... some of our most personal data is on the phone: our financial data, our health information, our conversations with our friends and family and co-workers. And so instead of us taking that data into Apple, we've kept data on the phone and it's encrypted by you. You control it. On national security, encryption and calls for a "back door" National security always matters, obviously. But the reality is that if you have an open door in your software for the good guys, the bad guys get in there, too. Think about what happened in [Washington, D.C.] with ... literally tens of millions of employees of the government getting their data stolen. And so we think that our customers want us to help them keep their data safe. ... I don't think you will hear the [National Security Agency] asking for a back door. ... There have been different conversations with the FBI, I think, over time. ... But my own view is everyone's coming around to some core tenets. And those core tenets are that encryption is a must in today's world. And I think everybody's coming around also to recognizing that any back door means a back door for bad guys as well as good guys. And so a back door is a nonstarter. It means we are all not safe. ... I don't support a back door for any government, ever. On Apple's recent emphasis on customer privacy We do think that people want us to help them keep their lives private. We see that privacy is a fundamental human right that people have. We are going to do everything that we can to help maintain that trust. ... Our view on this comes from a values point of view, not from a commercial interest point of view. Our values are that we do think that people have a right to privacy. And that our customers are not our products. We don't collect a lot of your data and understand every detail about your life. That's just not the business that we are in. On how customer purchasing history is used Let me be clear. If you buy something from the App Store, we do know what you bought from the App Store, obviously. We think customers are fine with that. Many customers want us to recommend an app. But what they don't want to do, they don't want your email to be read, and then to pick up on keywords in your email and then to use that information to then market you things on a different application that you're using. ... If you're in our News app, and you're reading something, we don't think that in the News app that we should know what you did with us on the Music app — not to trade information from app to app to app to app.

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At more than 90 minutes, with long instrumental sections that abandoned the dance beats of previous albums (like the 19-minute icy windscape of "Old Dreams Waiting To Be Realized") and lyrics that constantly question dominant power dynamics, Shaking The Habitual came off like a concept album about making the musicians\' personal priorities an explicit part of The Knife\'s music. If you wanted to engage with them in 2013, you had to do it on their terms. This wasn\'t a surprise for followers of the band, who rarely give interviews, didn\'t perform live until 2005 and only appear in publicity photos behind masks, wigs or makeup. Shaking The Habitual itself was accompanied by a manifesto, a satirical comic titled "END EXTREME WEALTH" (Bill DeBlasio would be proud) and videos that made the band\'s commitment to challenging norms — particularly around gender and power — impossible to miss. 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An event at the Hollywood Bowl will showcase the world of video game music.  And it's serious business -- the Los Angeles Philharmonic will be playing compositions from Super Mario Brothers to Halo.

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Tens of thousands of people turned out for a mass rally in the Gaza Strip on Friday to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Hamas, which governs Gaza. The guest of honor was the leader of Hamas, Khaled Meshaal. This is Meshaal's first-ever trip to Gaza, and it's been seen as a political milestone in Hamas' attempt to gain wider acceptance in the region. Gaza is a small, very crowded strip of land that is full of young people. Roughly 1.7 million people live here, and about half are under the age of 18. Young People, Politically Minded In many countries, the very young have zero interest in politics. After decades of conflict, however, Gaza is an intensely political place and its young people were out in force to give Meshaal a hero's welcome. Watching Meshaal's convoy sweep past, 18-year-old Ghadeer Elewah came with her 13-year-old cousin to catch a glimpse. "We love Khaled Meshaal so much," Elewah said. "We always see him on the TV; we see what he does because he is always supporting us, he is representing our issues, he's representing us." Meshaal is officially in Gaza to join celebrations marking the 25th anniversary of Hamas, but he's also here to congratulate Gazans on what Hamas is calling a victory. That's how Hamas views the latest bout of hostilities with Israel. Gazans are still clearing up after an eight-day missile offensive that Israel says it launched to stop Gazans firing rockets at its towns and cities. Children Afraid Living under missiles and rocket fire was terrifying for children on both sides. In Gaza, at least 40 Palestinian children were killed and many more were injured. A lot of the young people celebrating Meshaal's arrival are still suffering the aftereffects of the conflict. "Ninety percent of children under the age of 18 are still afraid of hearing big explosions in Gaza," says Mioh Nemoto, a children protection specialist with the United Nation's children's organization, UNICEF. UNICEF is researching the effect of the missiles on Gaza's children, and some preliminary findings show that two-thirds of children are having bad dreams and half of the children under 12 have been experiencing bed-wetting at night, Nemoto says. In a Gaza cafe, Ruba, a mother of three who is afraid to give her real name, chats with friends. She is no fan of Hamas and has little time for all this victory talk. "My kids, they got scared," Ruba says. "They're frightened to sleep alone in their bedrooms. I feel the bombardment really affected them so much. If the door slams in the neighbor's house, they get really scared."

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


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The November election is just over three weeks away, and Californians are starting to focus on politics. Writers for three newspapers talk about the key issues in their parts of the state.

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The justices of the U.S. Supreme Court seemed closely divided Tuesday over the question of gay marriage, with Justice Anthony Kennedy likely holding the deciding vote. Kennedy, who over the past two decades has written the court's three decisions recognizing and expanding gay rights, seemed conflicted on the question of marriage. He was tough on gay-marriage advocates, declaring that the definition of marriage as between as man and a woman "has been with us for millennia, and it's very difficult for the court to say, oh well, we know better." But when the lawyers defending state bans on gay marriage argued that there is no "dignitary" value in marriage, Kennedy bristled. "I thought that was the whole purpose of marriage," he said. "It bestows dignity on both man and woman in a traditional marriage ... and these parties say they want to have that same ennoblement." 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Bonauto wasn't giving up, noting that in many parts of the country gay and lesbian couples have no protections in parenting. She added that in most states with bans, gay couples must choose which of them is the adoptive parent, as the state will not approve unmarried couples for adoption. Justice Scalia then turned to another question: whether recognizing marriage as a constitutional right for gays and lesbians would mean that ministers opposed to such unions would have to conduct gay-marriage ceremonies. Bonauto replied that it's "clear" under the First Amendment guarantee of religious freedom that a cleric cannot be forced to perform a marriage that he or she disagrees with. Justice Elena Kagan added a pointed example. "There are many rabbis that will not conduct marriages between Jews and non-Jews, notwithstanding that we have a constitutional prohibition against religious discrimination," Kagan noted. Justice Alito turned to a different question, asking repeatedly whether groups of more than two people would also have a constitutional right to marry. Bonauto replied that there is a big difference between a marriage of multiple partners and a traditional marriage of two. A marriage of multiple partners, she said, would raise questions of coercion and consent and also would implicate state laws involving everything from inheritance to divorce. Bonauto had completed her argument when the calm of the courtroom was shattered with the shouts of a protester, yelling that those supporting gay marriage would "burn in hell." The unidentified protester was quickly dragged from the chamber, though his shouts could still be heard outside in the court's hallways for several minutes. With the yelling still audible, everyone inside the courtroom was ready to resume, as Justice Scalia observed puckishly. "It was rather refreshing, actually," provoking a wave of laughter in the chamber. 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