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Barack Obama

10/9/2009

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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4/13/2009

The Future of International Piracy, Obama’s First Hundred Days, Bank Stress Tests, Postville, Iowa- One Year Later, Raymond Chandler

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4/7/2009

President Obama in Iraq, Friendly Fire, Earthquake in Italy, OCD of the Brain, Vegan Soul Food

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3/20/2009

Obama Video Message to Iran, Paroled Child Killer Moves into Pastor’s Home, Russia’s Military, Dying to be Thin, Obama Communication Problems, White House Vegetable Garden

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3/19/2009

Geithner’s Fate, Obama TV, Detainees Speak about ‘Black Sites’, Questions about Prostate Cancer Screenings, Economic Stories From the Mississippi Delta, Mexican Gangs and Love in ‘Sin Nombre’

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3/9/2009

President Obama Reverses Stem Cell Ban, Sri Lanka Civil War, Airline Fare: How Low Can They Go?, Abandoned Freight Cars, Anne Heaton “Jumps” Right In

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2/27/2009

President Obama Announces Iraq Exit Plan, Baller in Chief, FDR SUITE

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2/26/2009

Obama Pushes for Universal Healthcare, Early Cancer Detection, Conflict Resolution, Snow Emergency Remix, Tapper Talk

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1/21/2009

Day One, The Oath, More On the Economy, Youth On Obama, Inaugural Prayers, Inaugural Fashion, Che

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RECENT SHOWS
3/18/2010
A humpback whale calf breaching in the Silver Banks Marine Sanctuary off the coast of the Dominican Republic. (Kike Calvo via AP Images)

Democrats Target Votes For Health Care Reform, Whale Tale Reveals How Pollution Disrupts Reproduction, Thousands Of Haitian Criminals Roam Free, Congress Aims To Reign In Credit Rating Agencies, “Silence of the Lambs” Director Films Real Lives

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3/17/2010
Jabbar Swaiyed, 72, and his wife look over a ballot before casting their vote in Basra, Iraq's second-largest city on March 7, 2010. (AP Photo/Nabil al-Jurani)

Pres. Obama Looks To Re-write No Child Left Behind, Political Fortunes May Shift In Iraqi Vote Count, Butte, Mt. Celebrates Luck Of The Irish, Northern Ireland Is Still A Land Divided, Psychologist Says Evolution Helps Make Us Fat

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RECENT STORIES
‘Breaking Bad’ Gets Badder In Season Three
A pen-sketched portrait of Bryan Cranston's character, Walt White, appears in an eerie temple on AMC's "Breaking Bad."

The third season of AMC’s “Breaking Bad” finds Bryan Cranston’s Walt White delving deeper into the drug underworld.

(Friday, March 19, 2010)
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States That Never Made The Cut
Map of Texlahoma (Michael Trinklein)

Author Michael Trinklein’s maps of states that have been proposed over the years, but which never made it onto the official map of the United States.

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(Tuesday, March 16, 2010)
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NOTES & UPDATES
Welcome New Stations

Welcome to our newest listeners in Orlando, FL, Chicago, IL, Morris, IL and Chesterton, IN! In the past few months we’ve been joined by new stations in Alaska, Arkansas, California, Florida, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Nevada, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, Washington and Wisconsin.

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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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Book Picks for Young Readers

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

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