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September 8, 2006

ABC Re-edits 9/11 Docudrama

A mini-series that purports to be based on the 9/11 gets some re-cutting as a result of criticism that it is inaccurate.

Teaching Kids 9/11

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What are children learning about 9/11? To find out, we speak to a curriculum developer from Brown University and a high school history teacher from Massachusetts.

Khatami’s U.S. Tour

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Former Iranian President Khatami is on a speaking tour of the U.S.

First Responders Health Concerns

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Here & Now’s Rachel Gotbaum reports on the lingering health effects on the people who responding to the disaster at the World Trade Center.

Vegetative State Study

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A groundbreaking study claims that a brain damaged woman is a vegetative state has brain activity.

Claire Messud

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We speak with the author of “The Emperor’s Children.”

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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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