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Wednesday      
July 11, 2007
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Chertoff’s “Gut Feeling”

Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff says he has a “gut feeling” about a possible summer attack against the U.S. by Al Qaeda. For more we turn to Brian Ross, chief investigative correspondent for ABC News.

Saudi Novelist

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Listen to a conversation with first-time Saudi novelist Rajaa Alsaneh, whose novel “Girls of Riyadh” has shocked the Arab world because of its matter-of-fact treatment of the love lives of four young upper class Saudi women.

Post-Potter

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We speak to David Mehegan of The Boston Globe and Paula Brehm-Heeger, president elect of the Young Adult Library Service Association about how to get kids engaged in reading beyond Harry Potter.

Traveling Bees

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Kevin Donovan reports that eastern beekeepers are risking a mysterious bee disease for big profits as they take their hives out west where almond growers are paying big bucks to pollinate their groves.

Blobfest 2007

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We check in on Phoenixville, PA where preparations are underway for the annual “Blobfest,” a celebration of the 1958 horror movie starring Steve McQueen.

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