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Olympic Champion Shaun White of the USA, center, runner up Peetu Piiroinen of Finland, left and third placed Scott Lago of the USA celebrate at the flower ceremony after the men's snowboard halfpipe competition at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2010. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)

President Appoints Deficit Panel, Terror Trials Trouble, Olympics Update, Operation Mostarak, Listeners Weigh In, There Are No Small Roles

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Number Two Taliban Commander Arrested, N.I.H. Chief On Science, Health And Faith, Living In Boston With No Central Heat- By Choice, Alabama Shooting Raises Questions In Massachusetts, Violin Prodigy Sam Weiser

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The Casa Dos Durasip House (Durasip.com)

U.S. Troops Facing Resistance in Marja, To Help Haiti, Expert Says Let Haitians Leave, Is The Solution To Haiti’s Housing Woes Fiberglass?, Winter Olympics Update, John McCain Is Feeling The Heat, Smelt Fishing In America

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Matenwa 1st and 2nd graders with 'Mother Tongue Books' from Fayerweather.

Tony Blair Testifies about Run-up to Iraq War, What Could Work in Afghanistan?, Schools Move Recess — Before Lunch, Massachusetts School Connects with Haiti through Book Exchange, John Singer Sargent and the Painting that Made His Reputation

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Bankers Scrutinized Over Financial Meltdown, Aid Organizations and Haitian-Americans Mobilize Resources for Earthquake Recovery, New Poll Finds Afghans More Optimistic about Country, Personal Scandals Rock Politics in Northern Ireland

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The Battle for Tora Bora, Operation Marriage, iTV?, Food Stamps, Christmas Jollies

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Fort Hood Soldiers Deploy, Legendary British Newspaperman Harold Evans, More NATO Troops to Afghanistan, Author Greg Mortenson, Foodie Ted Allen

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Afghanistan, Saving Wetlands in Louisiana, The DARPA Challenge, Google Zeitgeist, Food History

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War Surtax, What’s the Right To Do?, Biodiversity in the Deep Sea, The Card Game, Thanksgiving Sides

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Hearings on Khalid Sheikh Mohammed’s Trial, Climate Debt, Karzai’s Inauguration, Concerns about Reverse Mortgages, ‘The Lacuna’

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Guantanamo Detainees to Illinois?, China in Afghanistan, ‘Twilight’ Mania, ‘Don’t Be Creepy,’ ‘Lark and Termite’

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9/11 Mastermind to be Tried in New York, ‘Million-Dollar Throw’, Iranian Dissidents in Iraq, The Porous Border between Afghanistan and Pakistan, Letters, Pirate Radio

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Afghan President, Internet Stimulus Money, Election in New York’s 23rd Congressional District, Quick Note on Ground Beef Recall, The Fall of the Wall, Poncho Sanchez

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

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

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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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Health Care Debate in Congress, Accused Terrorist Zazi Pleads Not Guilty, Chicago School Violence, President Considers Path Forward in Afghanistan

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Taliban Learning New Tactics, Cantaloupe Capital Suffering from Drought, Multi-Taskers Don’t Make Good Jugglers, Hugo Chavez on Tour, Sin Nombre

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Afghanistan Elections, Do Doctors Make Good Authors?, Choosing Silence, Seniors and Health Care Reform, From Mao to the Met

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A Young Marine, Visit to Afghanistan, Distracted Drivers, Beauty and Evolution, The Leaf, Krazy Love

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After his fourth trip to Afghanistan, writer and former Assistant Defense Secretary Bing West shares his thoughts on U.S. strategy there.

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Cash for Clunkers, Afghan Star TV show, Curbing CEO Pay, Bike Polo, Steroid Scandal Snares Ortiz & Ramirez, “Escape from Bellevue” memoir

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Marines Storm into Southern Afghanistan, America: The Untold Story, Sports with Bill Littlefield, Energy Secretary Profile, Singer-Songwriter Freedy Johnston

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Securing Pakistan’s Nukes, The Road Ahead in Afghanistan and Pakistan, All Female Ant Species, Underwater Robot Undertakes Atlantic Mission, Allegra Huston

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G-20 Protests, What Does Pakistan Want in Afghanistan?, Man v. Tiger, An Island for Abusive Priests?, Learning about Frogs

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Afghanistan, Jeffrey Fleishman, Kyrgyzstan, North Dakota, Letters, Video Game Music Beyond the Beeps

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In this Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2009 photo, shopper Ann Murphy of Brooklawn N.J. gathers produce at a WalMart, in Deptford N.J. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

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"Diary of a Wimpy Kid" star Zachary Gordon attends a special screening earlier this month (AP/StarPix)

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RECENT STORIES

The DIY movement is moving mainstream. Check out projects ranging from swimming pools made from dumpsters and bicycles built from bamboo.

(Friday, March 12, 2010)
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The mother of one of our colleagues Stef Kotsonis died late last year at age 77. In eulogizing his mom, Helen Panopalis Kotsonis, Stef remarked on one thread of her life that involved a woman named Masha Leon, and led us to a remarkable story that begins with the Holocaust and ends with a gift [...]

(Friday, March 5, 2010)
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NOTES & UPDATES

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Some recent stories we thought you’d enjoy- from our conversation with oncologist Jerome Groopman about the status of the war on cancer, to accordion champion Cory Pesaturo.

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Here & Now producers share their favorite music, books and websites.

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Looking for a book for the young person in your life? We share our favorites.

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