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Show archive for October, 2009

9/11-Linked Passport Discovered in Pakistan, Rosanne Cash and ‘The List’, Afghanistan, Biotech Companies and Health Care Reform, Letters, The Death of Edgar Allen Poe

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Swine Flu Update, There’s No Place Like Home, Pakistan, A Female Writer’s Perspective on Letterman, John Cazale

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Afghanistan, A Medicare Primer, World Series, Civil Commitment, The Tree That Time Built

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Wellness Programs and Health Care Reform, Credit Cards, Palo Alto Teen Suicides, Civil Commitment, The Salem-India Story

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Healthcare and Too Big To Fail, Plain English Campaign, Back to Srebrenica, Governor’s Races in New Jersey and Virginia, Patrick Watson and the Wooden Arms

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Pilots Asleep?, Alex the Parrot, To The Moon – Not, Tracking Food, To The Moon – Not, Tracking Food, Who Will Take on the Phillies in the World Series?, Amelia Earhart’s Impact on Women

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Texas Death Penalty Debate, Sweat Lodge Inquiry, Protecting Consumers and Capping Executive Pay, Nick Griffin, Halloween Science

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Where Has All The TARP Money Gone?, Slow Money, Iran’s Nuclear Program, Bank of America under Investigation

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Afghanistan Run-off Election, Making It In the USA, Who is the U.S. Chamber of Commerce?, Stalemate Continues in Honduras, ‘Calling My Children’

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Though Portugal was once a major global power, today its cuisine isn’t as well known as Italian or Spanish fare. In his new cookbook, food writer David Leite tries to change that by showing how classic Portuguese recipes have been updated and changed by flavors from around the world.

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Afghan Elections, Farmer Soldiers, High School Breathalyzer, Group Health, The New Portuguese Cuisine

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Anxiety Turns to Skepticism Over ‘Balloon Boy’, Where The Wild Things Are, The Cost of War, Five Farms, Part Five, Nashville Artist Will Hoge’s ‘The Wreckage’

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More Attacks in Pakistan, The Crisis in American Dental Health Care, Understanding the Markets, Five Farms, Part Four

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Financial Industry Bonuses, A Who’s Who of Insurgents in Pakistan, Rush Limbaugh and the St. Louis Rams, Five Farms, Part Three, Diary of a Wimpy Kid

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Senate Committee Votes on Healthcare, Republican Gomorrah, Children and Swine Flu, Five Farms, Part Two, On Broadway

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Jack Kerouac’s 1957 novel, “On The Road” made him a literary rock star, but the fame led to his unraveling. So three years later he headed to a friend’s cabin in California to battle his demons and his alcoholism. The result was a second novel, “Big Sur.” We take a look at the real life events behind the book, documented in a new film and CD, both called “One Fast Move or I’m Gone: Kerouac’s Big Sur.”

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Health Insurers Say Reform Will Cost More, What does Starbucks Say about America?, Five Farms Preview, Five Farms, Part One, Jack Kerouac’s ‘Big Sur’

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From Martin Luther King and Abraham Lincoln to the creators of Superman- best-selling author Bruce Feiler traces those who Moses inspired in his new book, “America’s Prophet: Moses and the American Story.”

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Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize, Did Moses Inspire the Underground Railroad and Superman’s Creators?, Obama Addresses Gay Rights, Insurgents in Pakistan’s Punjab, Mother Seeks to be Buried with Son, Anna Deavere Smith

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Af-Pak Strategy Reconsidered, Online Gambling, New Japanese Cemetery, Neko Case

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New Hampshire Murder, ‘Fearless: the Margaret Moth Story’, Bringing Power to West Bank “Cave Dwellers”, Workplace Relationships, Finding Frida Kahlo

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The story of Margaret Moth, the CNN camerawoman who was hit by sniper fire in Sarajevo and later continued reporting from war zones. We speak with Moth along with her former colleague, Stefano Kotsonis, who was in the car during the shootout.

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Father Seeks Answers after Son Killed in Battle of Wanat, Wall Street Considers Bundling Life Insurance Policies, Court Decision on Italy’s Berlusconi, American Girl Doll, What’s Next for David Letterman?, The Gabe Dixon Band

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Afghanistan Strategy, Rational Irrationality, African Drought, Asia Rising in Higher Ed, Hurry Down Sunshine

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Bad News for Job Seekers, Remembering Rod Serling, Afghan Public Protection Force, The Secret Life of Eran Egozy

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Iran Talks, Assignment Detroit, Making a Better Light Bulb, Doing Your Own Genetic Testing, Letters and A Harpist Retires

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