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March 31, 2006

Caught on Tape?

American journalist Jill Carroll was released on Thursday, and a videotape made shortly before her release is now in question.

Ignoring the White House

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The Senate holds a hearing today on whether President Bush should be censured for authorizing his warrant-less domestic wiretap program.

Definitions and the Death Penalty

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Jury deliberations continue in the penalty phase of the trial of Zacarias Moussaoui.

As College Tuition Increases…

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Congress and the U.S. education department are turning their attention to improving standards at colleges and universities.

A New Kind of Sporting Event

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Last weekend, Boston hosted competition where high school students battled it out – with robots.

Rumors Make a Movie

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Filmmaker Mark Levin explores anti-Semitism with a new film, “The Protocols of Zion”

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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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