Monday, February 28, 2005

Retail Mega-Merger; Drunken Girlhood; Mideast Changes and Challenges; BTK Suspect; Quabbin Secrets

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Friday, February 25, 2005

Privacy and Medical Records; Right to Die; I Can Kick the Denial, Not the Disease; Conference Title at Issue; Alabama Legislation; Difficult Decisions about Dogs; Oscar Preview

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Thursday, February 24, 2005

Bush to Meet Putin; John James Audubon; Spring Training; Love Contracts; Iraq Film: Gunner’s Palace

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Wednesday, February 23, 2005

Britain Penalizes Sinn Fein; Bangladesh Riven by Political Violence; Soggy California; The State of the Governors; Milton Academy Scandal; “I’m Not Going”; Good Eats

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Tuesday, February 22, 2005

ID Theft Scam; Problems at PBS; GOP Strategy; Telecom Merger Mania; “Hotel Rwanda”

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Monday, February 21, 2005

Bush Pushes Unity on Europe Trip; Tempest in Academia; Presidential Secrets; Dinner Dates; “Dude, Where’s My Ghetto Pass?”

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Friday, February 18, 2005

Study: Antidepressants Increase Risk of Suicidal Behavior; Order in the Court; Harvard President’s Stormy Tenure; A Look at Fire Saftey Two Years After; First Contact

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Thursday, February 17, 2005

Bush Picks Intelligence Czar; Potent AIDS Strain Has Health Officials Concerned; American POWs Seek Compensation for Torture; NHL Season on Ice; Listener Letters; Body Image

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Wednesday, February 16, 2005

FDA Weighs Safety of Painkillers; Arthritis Sufferer Speaks Out; Reports: Pain Medication Tied to Heart Problems; Kyoto Takes Effect; Casual Carpooling; Who is Kanye West?

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Tuesday, February 15, 2005

What will Greenspan Tell Congress?; A Conversation with Malcolm Gladwell; Iran Looks East; Hariri Killing Raises Fears of Instability in Lebanon; Flu News; Sledding Safety

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Monday, February 14, 2005

Blast Kills Former Lebanese Prime Minister; Who is Jeff Gannon?; Homeless Gadfly Mulls Another Lawsuit; The Poetry Game Show; Love Among Rockers

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Friday, February 11, 2005

Nuke Material Missing for Over a Month; Indispensable Nation?; Journey to Darfur; Playwright Arthur Miller Dead at 89; Teacher Fights Deportation; Queen Camilla?

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Thursday, February 10, 2005

FAA Warned About Hijacking Pre-9/11; Medicaid and the Elderly; Money Management and 20-Somethings; Watergate Reporters’ Notes Go on Display; Rising from the Rails

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Wednesday, February 9, 2005

Tempest in the Vatican?; The State of the Unions; Anesthesia Awareness; Your Turn; Fired Smoker; Blood and Honor; Remembering Minnie Mae

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Tuesday, February 8, 2005

Whistleblower Speaks Out Against Homeland Security Nominee; Mideast Leaders Announce Cease-Fire; Mistreatment of Iraqi Women Prisoners Alleged; Seeking Spiritual Solice in a Rowdy City; Parade of Champions; Mardi Gras Jazz

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Monday, February 7, 2005

Abbas, Sharon Accept White House Invitation; Belichick’s Other Champions; The White House Budget; Documentary Chronicles Chisholm’s Presidential Bid; Gauging the Numbers; “Juvies”

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Friday, February 4, 2005

Rice Rules out Attack on Iran; The Ibogaine Underground; Pay for Play; Those Were the Days; Jamaica Kincaid

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Thursday, February 3, 2005

State of the Union Wrap-Up; One View: President’s Spending Initiatives; President’s Call for Mideast Democracy; Trouble in Nepal; Superbowl Preview; Good Medicine; Success Stories

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Wednesday, February 2, 2005

Report: N. Korea Sold Uranium to Libya; A Progressive View of the State of the Union; Medical Bills and Bankruptcy; Is White House Journalist a GOP Plant?; It’s About Time

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Tuesday, February 1, 2005

The Race is On; Right Looks to State of the Union; Gay Marriage Battle Brewing in Virginia; The Shanely Trial; Death Penalty Cases Raise Issue of Jury Composition; The Economics of Mergers; Not Your Grandmother’s Ballet Troupe

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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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