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January 10, 2006

Alito Hearings

Questions for Samuel Alito begin today at his Senate hearings. Gail Chaddock of The Christian Science Monitor comments.

Reporter Abducted in Iraq

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Jill Carroll, a freelance reporter for The Christian Science Monitor, was abducted in Iraq while out on a story.

Voluntary Drug Testing in Schools

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New Bedford, Massachusetts will start a voluntary drug testing program for high school students.

The Dows Hits 11,000

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What does this say for the economy?

Albert Brooks

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The filmmaker turns his eye on a provocative topic.

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Friday, May 18, 2012
The Appian Road, in the Monti Aurunci area of Italy. (Robert Kaster/University of Chicago Press)

For many people, this time of year is an occasion for road trips — up and down the coasts, across the U.S., through Europe. For Robert Kaster, it was a time to venture along the most ancient roads of all time: the Appian Way in Italy.

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Friday, May 18, 2012
(Michael M. Phillips/Wall Street Journal)

It was supposed to be a calm ride for marines travelling in Zaranj, along Afghanistan’s border with Iran, but a suicide bomb changed that. Photographer Michael Phillips witnessed the scene unfold and joins us.

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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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