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Show archive for July, 2008

Soft Power; Wildfires; Vice Presidents; Looking for a Few Good Men; A Ludacris Situation; Ann Patchett’s Run

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Rip Currents; Alimony; Monica Goodling; When Global Becomes Local; The Shack

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The Anglicans and Bishop Robinson; Artificial Joints; Green Products; 1968: Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison

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Iraq; Social Scientists in War Zones; Medicare and Doctors’ Incomes; Younger Kids’ Summer Reads; Kids’ Summer Reads – for the young (and older)

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Help for Homeowners; Salman Rushdie; Middle Class in Crisis; Sports; Choreographer Sara Rudner

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Obama in Germany; Obama and McCain; Body Armor; Sizzle; “Mad Men”; Beer Versus Wine

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Brave New World of Alternative Energy; Marine Suicides; Srebrenica Survivor Responds to Karadzic’s Arrest; Cable Television Satire

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The Capture of Radovan Karadzic; The Fiddle Factor; Your Letters; “American Teen”

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Mukasey on Detainees; Microtargeting 2.0; The List of Hunted Iraqis; Guantanamo Bay; Jazz CDs for Summer

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US and Iran; Can Lightning Strike Twice?; Pakistan Update; Speeding through Airport Security; Mandela at 90

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Has the Oil Bubble Burst?; Mentally Ill Kids Stuck in the ER; McCain Facing Ageism; How Green is Fake Grass?; Music in Alfred Hitchcock’s Films

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Racial Attitudes and the Presidential Election; Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac; High Tech Olympic Gear Beyond the LZR Suit; Pavlovian Fish; Eli “Paperboy” Reed

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The Economy; Brain Scientist’s Stroke Leads to Enlightenment; Guantanamo Interrogation Tape; When Satire Isn’t Funny – The New Yorker Cover; Art Critics Out

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Mortgage Crisis; Afghanistan; Cook County Tax Hike; Parental Dating Rules; “The Closer”

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Fannie and Freddie Crisis; The Rome Olympics; Barbara Ehrenreich; This Week in Sports; 13th Annual Microcar and Minicar Classic; Street Lane Closures Make Way for Public Space

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Airline Industry; The Dirty Dozen; Bangladesh and Global Warming; Popcorn-Popping Cell Phone Video Marketing Campaign; Mothers and Daughters

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Terrorism Surveillance; Crime and Section 8 Vouchers; Detainee Legal Cases; Let Them Eat Worms; Everyday Observations and Science

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War Powers; Who Gets to Declare War?; Mexico’s Drug War – America’s Guns; Subconscious Racism; Guitarist Ry Cooder

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Kids and Cholesterol; Girls of Riyadh; John McCain’s War; The “Bicycle Whisperer”; The Story of Edgar Sawtelle

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Agreement in Iraq; America: The Untold Story; What’s an Authentic Vacation?; Jesse Helms Dies; Songs of Insects

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Colombia After Hostage Rescue; 2001: A Space Odyssey; Assisted Suicide in Germany; Where Are the Fireworks?; Olympic Hopeful Gabe Jennings

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Torture Chart; View From Iraq; CT Scans; The Other Woman; Kathy Gunst Grills A Greek Salad with Chicken

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Political Rumors; Andrew Bacevich; Slow Food; Elder Love; SAT Score Reporting Policy; Passing Strange

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