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2/25/2009

World Markets React to President Obama’s Address, Unemployment Funds Dry Up, A New Private School for Low-Income Girls, Does Alcohol increase the Risk of Cancer in Women, Animals Using Tools

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2/5/2009

Stimulus Package- What’s In? What’s Out?, The Bioethics of Fertility Treatment, Return to Afghanistan, Street Artist Shepard Fairey

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Adopting Children with Down Syndrome

Robin Steele has adopted four children with Down Syndrome and she has 8 others with special needs — 13 in total.

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1/29/2009

Stimulus Plan, Peanut Butter and Salmonella, How are Rights Changing Under Obama?,Super Bowl 43, RPM Challenge

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1/15/2009

FDR, Apple Inc., Rural Health in Alabama, Farewell Speeches, The Week in Sports, Robin Muses on Celebrity

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A Night in the ER

Curt Nickisch spent an evening following Dr Jennifer Millen in the ER at Massachusetts General Hospital.

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12/29/2008

Israeli Strikes at Gaza, Homelessness on the Rise, Charitable Giving, A Night in the ER, The Shack

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12/26/2008

Tennessee Coal Sludge Spill, Living to 100, Smart Grids, Women Don’t Ask Why, Elvin Bishop

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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
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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Slideshow: Do-It-Yourself Projects

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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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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