Friday, December 29, 2006

Saddam Hussein’s Death Sentence; Risks of Mountain Climbing; The Trial of Saddam Hussein; New Year’s Resolutions; A Kennedy’s Journey Home

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Thursday, December 28, 2006

President Ford’s Comments on Iraq War; “Enrique’s Journey”; Congress’ Legislative Performance; Biggest Sports Stories of 2006; The Art of Whistling

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Wednesday, December 27, 2006

The Endangered Polar Bear; The Story of Five Chinese Classmates; The Presidency of Gerald Ford; New Year’s Eve Food and Music

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Tuesday, December 26, 2006

The Latest From Somalia; The Price is Wrong; Remembering Professor Lane Faison; Miss Dewey; Children of Men

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Monday, December 25, 2006

Iraqi Reporter on Iraq Today; Soldier on the Internet; How “Christmas” Became Merry; A Joyful Noise

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Friday, December 22, 2006

This is a Test; DVD Collections for the Holidays; Iraqi Oil; White Christmas in Denver; Kenya Runners

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Thursday, December 21, 2006

Marines Face Charges; “Where God Was Born”; The High Price of the Holidays; Sports Update; “Dreamgirls”

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Wednesday, December 20, 2006

Bush Press Conference; War in Afghanistan; Who Should Pay for Rescue Missions?; Faith Quilts; CD Boxed Sets for the Holidays

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Tuesday, December 19, 2006

Study: Safety Issues for Small Cars; Reverse Outsourcing; The Push to Drop Pot; Nutcracker Dancer from Jamaica Plain; “51 Birch Street”

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Monday, December 18, 2006

Nuke Deal; Building Bridges Through Music; From Iraq Contractor to Detainee; Holiday Cheer; United 93

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Friday, December 15, 2006

Study: Decreased Breast Cancer Rate; Journalist George Packer; Remembering the Dictator; Photographing “Back Home”; “Pussy Cats” Album

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Thursday, December 14, 2006

Senator Undergoes Brain Surgery; Evangelicals & Homosexuality; FTC Proposes a Ban on Robo-calls; Sports Update; The Man of Many Voices

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Wednesday, December 13, 2006

Saudis Warn Against U.S. Pullout; Palestinian Violence Worsens; Art Exhibit: Joseph Stalin’s Gulags; Christmas Dance; Chris Botti

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Tuesday, December 12, 2006

Briefing the President; The New Vietnamese?; “After the Fall”; Hip Broken, Not Spirit; From “CSI” to “Dublin”

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Monday, December 11, 2006

Iraqi PM in Danger of Revolt; Presidential Hopefuls; Bristol Bay; Salmon Swim Upriver; CD Box Sets Boost Sales

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Friday, December 8, 2006

Investigators Eye Bar in Litvinenko Case; Saving Baby Mariam; A New Arts Museum for Boston; Sports Update; “Talladega Nights: the Ballad of Ricky Bobby”

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Thursday, December 7, 2006

Iraq Study Group; Mindful of Moral Reasoning; “Wings of Desire” Takes Flight

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Wednesday, December 6, 2006

A Blunt Assessment; Blood Diamonds; Scholars at Risk; Around the World On A Mule; Cookbooks of the Year

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Tuesday, December 5, 2006

The Gates Hearings; A Look at the Iraq Study Group; Foal Fowl; New York Says No to Trans Fats; Mountain Man

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Monday, December 4, 2006

Bolton Resigns; Gates Nomination Hearings; Palimpsest; Siemens Winners; “A Night in November”

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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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