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3/8/2010
Kathryn Bigelow with the Oscars for Best Director and Best Picture (AP)

Mandating Health Care Hitch, Regulating The Financial Industry, Paul Farmer On Haiti, Iraq Elections, Saving Energy, Kathryn Bigelow

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10/14/2009

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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9/23/2009

Obama at the U.N., Bankers’ Pay and Bank Regulation, G-20 Haiku, The Wizard of Oz Turns 70, ‘The MIT of the Middle East’ Opens, Shooting Beauty

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6/17/2009

Regulation of Financial Markets, Prescription Drug Prices, Magnets on the Brain, California Budget Woes, Country Music TV Awards & ‘The Shape of Jazz to Come’

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1/13/2009

Hillary Clinton Confirmation Hearing, Annals of Gullibility, 2009 Outdoor Stories, The Guy Who Announces the Inaugural Parade, Digital Music and the Record Industry

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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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Robin’s Recommendations

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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What’s on our Plate

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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