Monday, December 31, 2007

Pakistan; Author’s Struggle With Memory Loss; Iowa Caucus Primer; Lady Bugs; Christopher Guest; Farewell

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Friday, December 28, 2007

Pakistan, The Day After; Pakistan’s Nukes; Social Networking Sites; Christmas Tree Disposal; New Year’s Food and Music

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Thursday, December 27, 2007

Benazir Bhutto’s Assassination

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Wednesday, December 26, 2007

Retail Sales Fall Short; Are We Rome?; Carbon Consumption; Baby It’s Cold Outside; Thelma Schoonmaker

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Tuesday, December 25, 2007

Choir Master Sir David Willcocks; INTERFAITH; Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas; The Great Debaters

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Monday, December 24, 2007

Sovereign Wealth Funds; Sovereign Wealth Funds; What’s next in Iraq; Christmas Truce; Bethlehem; Dickens London

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Friday, December 21, 2007

CIA VIDEOTAPES; POLITICAL DYNASTIES; THE WORLD IN 2008; SPORTS; A STORY FOR MARA

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Thursday, December 20, 2007

EPA’S NO TO CALIFORNIA; DO YOU BELIEVE?; RON PAUL REVOLUTION; AMAHL AND THE NIGHT VISITORS

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Wednesday, December 19, 2007

CIA TAPES; COLOMBIA HOSTAGES; PERSON OF THE YEAR; SUSAN COOPER; HOLIDAY JAZZ GIFTS

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Tuesday, December 18, 2007

THE TASTE OF CONQUEST; TOY SAFETY; ABUSE PREVENTION COLORING BOOKS; THIS WONDERFUL LIFE

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Monday, December 17, 2007

The Taste of Conquest; BLUE CHRISTMAS FOR RETAILERS?; FUTURE COMBAT SYSTEMS; POLITICS UPDATE; THE 5 BROWNS

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Friday, December 14, 2007

CONGRESS; SOCIAL SECURITY; GLACIAL MELTING; NEW ORLEANS AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEMOLITIONS; SPORTS; ONE CITY, TWO TALES

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Thursday, December 13, 2007

ENERGY BILL; PAYING FOR ORGANS; SCIENTOLOGY BAN IN GERMANY?; BABY NAMING CONSULTANTS; THE COMPLETE BOOK OF AUNTS

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Wednesday, December 12, 2007

REPUBLICANS IOWA; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; HOLLYWOOD WRITERS’ STRIKE; MYSPACE SUICIDE; FOOD GIFTS

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Tuesday, December 11, 2007

PLANETS, STARS AND GALAXIES; CIA VIDEOTAPES; GEORGE H.W. BUSH; ZOONOSIS

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Monday, December 10, 2007

PRESIDENTIAL RACE; FOSTER KIDS PAYING FOR THEIR OWN CARE; SUPREME COURT; WIESEL PLAY; MAIRA KALMAN

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Friday, December 7, 2007

CIA Interrogation Tapes; Ho Ho Hanukkah; U.S.-Iran Relations; Medal of Honor Essay and Letters; Carpenter Poets

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Thursday, December 6, 2007

Sub-Prime Relief; Obesity in Children; Romney’s Faith and Politics Speech; The Week in Sports; Babyface

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Wednesday, December 5, 2007

Pacific Northwest Flooded; Children of Jihad; The Golden Compass; Congressional Hub Bub; Baker’s Hotline

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Tuesday, December 4, 2007

Bush Press Conference; National Intelligence Estimate on Iran; Sewage to Drinking Water; Mail Carrier Stories; Nick Drake

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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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