Monday, May 31, 2004

Saudi Officials Investigate Shooting; Corruption and the Russian Police; Memorial Day Activities; Prisoner of War Speaks; Ad Watch; My Uncle; Grilling; Music and War

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Friday, May 28, 2004

Kennedy on the Fall Classic of Politics; Jeb Bush Seeks Felon Vote Ban; Cheaper by the Fifteen; War Monument Opens in Washington; Bullet Shortage; Lang Lang; Melvin Van Peebles

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Thursday, May 27, 2004

British Police Capture Terrorist Suspect; Haiti and Dominican Republic Flood Disaster; Prostate Cancer and Tumors; Settlers Story; Handover in Iraq; New York Times Apologizes for WMD Coverage; Letters 05/27/04; Gore Speaks; OCD Art

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Wednesday, May 26, 2004

Terrorist Threats to the U.S.; Security Report Says Al Qaeda Recruiting; Mahdi Army Negotiations; Kissinger Transcripts Released; Chicago Cardinal Refuses Communion to Gay Members; The Bride’s Stunt Woman; Prions in Sheep; Mimi Sheraton

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Tuesday, May 25, 2004

Prison Will Come Down, Forces Will Stay; Kerry’s Iraq Plan; Iran and Chalabi; DNA Damage in Mice; NY Attorney General Sues Richard Grasso; Male Breast Cancer; Vermont Endangered; Quest for a film Distributor

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Monday, May 24, 2004

Blast Near Iraq Coalition HQ; Homeland Security Proposes Virtual Border; Atomic Bomb from Scratch; Farm School; Bush to Outline Iraq Plans; Sea Island; Donna Leon

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Friday, May 21, 2004

New Abu Ghraib Photos Released, Chalabi Raid Facts Surface; Hong Kong Radio Hosts Anger Beijing; Sending Money Home; Driving Habits and Gas Prices; Attorneys General Seek Gas Price Investigation; Indiana Pacers’ Rick Carlisle; Singer Eszter Balint

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Thursday, May 20, 2004

Forces Raid Chalabi’s Home; U.N. Condemns Rafah Attacks; Arab Team Wins Israeli Soccer League; Procurement; Anthony Cordesman on Iraq; Letters 5/20/04; OCD Art; Gay Marriage and Lesbians; Spring Storm

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Wednesday, May 19, 2004

Giuliani Testifies before 9/11 Commission; U.S. Central Command Faces Senate Hearing; Sivits Sentenced in Abu Ghraib Scandal; National Identity; Kerry Meets Nader; Rafah Refugee Camp Attacked; Randy Johnson Throws a Perfect Game; Shrek II; Godzilla

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Tuesday, May 18, 2004

9/11 Commission Looks at Terrorism Response; State Department Terrorism Report Challenged; India’s Presidential Problem; Spyware; Gay Marriage in Connecticut and Rhode Island; Saugus Gay Couple; Atkins Study; Fahrenheit 9/11 at Cannes; Iron Curtain Classical

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Monday, May 17, 2004

Gay Couples Free to Wed; Reconsidering Brown v. Board; Bomb Kills Iraq Council Chief; Israel Expected to Launch Gaza Offensive; Marriage Quest Denied; Tying the Knot

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Friday, May 14, 2004

U.S. Releases 300 Abu Ghraib Detainees; The Rise of Zarqawi; Brown v. Board of Education; Judge Robert Carter; Presidential Campaign in the Back Seat; Mexican UFOs; Kevin Kline; Coffee and Cigarettes

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Thursday, May 13, 2004

Abu Ghraib Image Debate; Gandhi-Led Opposition Wins India Election; Sudanese Government Accused of Ethnic Cleansing; Nicholas Berg; Cicadas; Pentagon’s New Map; Letters 5/13/2004; Fountains of Wayne

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Wednesday, May 12, 2004

Al Sadr Urges Resistance; Soldiers to Torturers; Abu Ghraib Scandal Backlash; 9,000 Prisoners; Oil Prices; Olympic Security; How to Be President; Robert Brustein

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Tuesday, May 11, 2004

Senate Hears Testimony on Abu Ghraib; The Colossus of American Empire; A Conversation with Nick Berg’s Father; Union Will Deny Gays Benefits; Reopening the Murder Trial of Emmett Till; How to Be President; Pop’s Punk Influence

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Monday, May 10, 2004

Bush Visits Pentagon, Backing Rumsfeld; Abu Ghraib Outrage Continues as New Photos Released; Chechen President Buried; Prisons and Guards: the Psychology of Control; Families Await Return, and a Soldier’s Story; Un-Memorializing King; Sun Never Sets on Tupperware

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Friday, May 7, 2004

Rumsfeld Faces Congress, Apologizes to Iraqi Prisoners

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Thursday, May 6, 2004

White House Seeks Additional $25 Billion for Wars; Rumsfeld Faces Trouble Over Prison Abuses; Arabs React to Bush Appearance; Greenspan Warns on Deficit; King Abdullah Visits Washington; Diplomatic Statement to President Bush; Letters 05/06/2004; Prince George County to Evict Bonnie Bick; Vienna Tang

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Wednesday, May 5, 2004

Bush Meets Arab Media Over Prison Scandal; Inside Abu Ghraib; Torture; Kerry Book; Neoconservative Stance on Iraq; Medicaid and States; Disney Blocks Michael Moore Film; Storefront Artists Project

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Tuesday, May 4, 2004

Prison Abuse, Private Contractors; Sasser Worm; Ovarian Cancer; Al Sabah Newspaper; Presidential Election Small Donors; Western Drought; Super Size Me

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Thursday, May 17, 2012
Musician John Fullbright at Here & Now studios at WBUR in Boston. (Jesse Costa/Here & Now)

Okemah, Okla., is the birthplace of folk legend Woody Guthrie. It’s also the hometown of singer-songwriter John Fullbright, who at just 24, is already being compared with folk great Townes Van Zandt.

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Thursday, May 17, 2012
Florida's linebacker Michael Taylor (15) gets a hand full of jersey as he tries to bring down Quinton Dunbar (1) during the first half of the Orange & Blue football game  in Gainesville, Fla. (AP)

Division one universities spend a lot on their sports programs, but only a handful make enough money from sports to stay in the black.

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Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Singer-songwriter Tom Rush. (Muffett/Flickr)

Ever since folk singer Tom Rush recorded his version of Murray McLauchlan’s “Child’s Song” about a young man leaving home, it’s become not only a concert staple for Rush but also a part of many graduation ceremonies.

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