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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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Daniel Ellsberg, 78, at a movie event in Sept. 2009 (AP)

Hurdles For Health Care, A New Push To Regulate Wall Street, High-Stakes Iraqi Elections, An Update From Earthquake-Stricken Chile, Daniel Ellsberg Documentary “The Most Dangerous Man 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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U.S. Predator Drones Vulnerable to Hackers, The Music Room, Russia and Ukraine and Natural Gas, The Sales Tax Quandry, The Christmas Chronicles

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Obama vs. Wall Street, Negotiating Peace in Iraq, Watching ‘Invictus’ from South Africa, Supreme Court to Hear Case on Privacy and Texting at Work, A Cappella Raises its Voice

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Peter Gomes and the Pilgrims, Stewed Pompion, Anyone?, Syria and Iraqi Relations, Turkey Day Classic, Robin’s Trip to Vermont

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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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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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AIDS Research Latest, Medicaid and Healthcare Reform, Camp Bucca, Soldier’s Suicide Leaves Father Looking for Answers

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The Heat is On–In the White House, Planning the Withdrawal from Iraq, German World War II Resistance

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Mortgage Modifications, Chinese Immigrants in the U.S., Tagging Trash, Gates in Iraq, Brad Washburn

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Pensacola Murders, Lightning Strikes Again, Iraqis To Sue the UK, Kidnapping and Foreclosure Crises Collide in Phoenix “Drop Houses,” Listener Letters, What’s with the Wolf T-Shirt?

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The Dangers of Acetaminophen, Ayn Rand & Economic Collapse, Iraq, Does Language Shape the Way We Think?, Grilling with Kathy Gunst

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Supreme Court Discrimination Ruling, Are Iraq’s Cities Ready for American Pullout?, Advice for the Prison Bound CEO, Can you Teach Satisfaction?, The Low Anthem

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Montana Public Health Emergency, Food Inc., American Forces Leave Iraqi Cities, Iranian Protests Confound Ruling Clerics, Letters and Bartering

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The Future of Journalism, How Serious is the Swine Flu?, Doctors Without Borders, The Edwards Affair, Chuck Palahniuk’s “Pygmy”

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

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Wall Street Bonuses, Economy and Security, Sheriff Halts Foreclosure Evictions, Life in Baghdad, The Future of Newspapers, The Return of Mystery Science Theatre 3000, Sort of

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Madoff Victim, Public Pension Plans, Teaching Kids Financial Literacy, Security in Iraq, Return of the Troubles?, Pepping up Winter Cooking

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Saving Afghanistan, Iraq, Who Will Get Mortgage Help?, Arts in Crisis, Homeowner Help Protest, Watchmen Worth Watching?

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

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The Nudges, Iraqi Election Recap, Not Bowled Over By Super Bowl Ads, Recession Manners, Forgotten Ellis Island

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Iraq & Afghanistan, The Narcotic Farm, Bolivia’s New Constitution, Haggling in the U.S., The Pluto Kerfuffle

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We speak with Dana Canedy, who shares her late fiancee’s journal of his time in Iraq in the new book “A Journal for Jordan: A Story of Love and Honor.”

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The Middle East and Obama, A Journal for Jordan, Faculty Hiring, Tiny Channel Island Fights Modernization, Bipolar Disorder

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We talk with Travis Strong, his wife Misty and with John Gonsalves, founder and director of “Homes for Our Troops.”

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Labor in America, Bush in Iraq, Senator Grassley on College Affordability, Palestinian Charity, The Great Books

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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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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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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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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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