Wednesday, January 31, 2007

Alleged Terrror Plot Foiled; Backstabbing and the Bottom Line; Media Critic Sounds Off; Using MySpace to Get His Space; The Tony Awards for the College Set

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Tuesday, January 30, 2007

Global Warming Topic of Hearings; Unrest in Lebanon and the Middle East; Ailing Pfizer; Tiddlywinks, Anyone?; The Villa Air Bel

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Monday, January 29, 2007

“Soldiers of Heaven”; Civilians in Iraq; The Week Ahead; Kentucky Derby Winner Euthanized; Postcard from Teotihuacan; “Salumi”

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Friday, January 26, 2007

Iraq Update; A Look Back at Tet; Libby Trial Update; Pardon Sought in Border Shooting Case; Best Concerts Ever

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Thursday, January 25, 2007

Suspect Arraigned 43 Years After Crime; Alexandra Pelosi’s Road Trip; Charges Possible in Induced Abortion Case; Sports Update; Older Athletes

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Wednesday, January 24, 2007

Analysis: State of the Union; Carter at Brandeis; Survey: No Conflict between Islam and Democracy; Bernardo Monk

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Tuesday, January 23, 2007

Ahead Of The State Of The Union Address; The People’s State Of The Union; Lt. Gen. Petraeus’s Testimony; Passport Required For Air Travellers; Academy Award Nominations; Music Sharing Program For Musicians

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Monday, January 22, 2007

CEOs Urge Bush to Regulate Greenhouse Gases; Presidential Hopefuls; Saudi Arabia and Egypt; Super Bowl XLI; “Monique and the Mango Rains”

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Friday, January 19, 2007

Democracy Worker Killed in Iraq; Divide Iraq in Two?; Senate’s Candy Drawer; We Hear From You; Football Fever; Oscar Nomination Predictions

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Thursday, January 18, 2007

Committee Grills Gonzalez; Nursing Shortage; Hill Eyes Ending Breaks For Big Oil; Democratic Bachelor Pad; The Finnish Line; Art Buchwald

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Wednesday, January 17, 2007

Congress Debates Bush’s Increase of Troops; Why Didn’t Hornbeck Escape?; Unlikely Allies; Wal-Mart to Promote Fluorescent Light Bulbs; The Kirov Ballet

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Tuesday, January 16, 2007

Obama Closer to White House Bid; Iraqi Refugees; Libby Trial; Primitive Love; The Gift of Music

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Monday, January 15, 2007

Condoleezza Rice in the Mideast; U.S. Raids Against Iran; Washington State Prison Population Study; “Alive in Baghdad”; New Hampshire’s “View Tax”; “Project Step”

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Friday, January 12, 2007

Defense Secretary Supports Bush’s Plan; “Letters from Iwo Jima”; Prosecutors Press Charges in Hewlett-Packard Case; Beckham Signs with L.A. Galaxy; Bradley Walker

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Thursday, January 11, 2007

Reaction to Bush’s Iraq Speech; A Woman for Harvard; Sports Update; Viva Las Vegas!

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Wednesday, January 10, 2007

Congress and the “Surge”; Experts Paint Grim Picture of Iraq; Iraq Challenges; Drug Prices; Optical Illusions; Actress Kate Burton

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Tuesday, January 9, 2007

U.S. Strikes Somalia Targets; The Technology of the Future; Two Years Later; Funding & Findings; Carpenter Poets

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Monday, January 8, 2007

Stem Cells Found in Amniotic Fluid; Will Congress Side With Bush?; Mark McGwire; Inside the Ring; “Get Your War On”

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Friday, January 5, 2007

Bush Plans to Increase Troops; Bush to Name New Military Command; Study Links Post-Traumatic Stress and Heart Disease; Warm Weather Forces Ice Fishing Contest to Cancel; Tribute to the Writer Donald Murray; Violinist Joshua Bell

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Thursday, January 4, 2007

Congress Eyes Reforms; America’s Birth Certificate; Curing Burnout in the Medical Profession; Sports Update; The Musical Mark Morris

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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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