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January 28, 2005

Big Merger

Gillette and Procter and Gamble are set to merge, creating the largest consumer goods company in the world.

Getting out the Vote in Iraq

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Our preview of the Iraqi elections includes a conversation with an election official from the Kurdish region of Iraq.

Union Label

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One of the biggest critics of the union system heads up a major union.

Education Secretary Blasts PBS Cartoon

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A children’s television show is pitting the new U.S. secretary of education against a cartoon rabbit called Buster.

The House on Ash Street

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Legend has it that a house in Cambridge, MA enclosed by a nine foot fence is the building architect Phillip Johnson built for his thesis while at Harvard.

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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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