Thursday, January 31, 2008

ELECTION UPDATE; ENVIRONMENTAL KIDS; POLITICS AT WORK; NO MORE DISCS; JON SCIESZKA

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Wednesday, January 30, 2008

MUKASEY; FAT BURGERS; THE RACE FOR PRESIDENT; MESSIAEN

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Tuesday, January 29, 2008

FLORIDA PRIMARY; VOTING MACHINES; FUTURE TELEVISION; NEWBERY WINNER

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Monday, January 28, 2008

ELECTION 2008; STATE OF THE UNION; THE LEGACY OF HANGING CHADS; FAUX BEARS; THE ASSIST

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Friday, January 25, 2008

PRIMARY PREVIEW; MIDDLE CLASS ECONOMICS; HIGH SCHOOL STEROID TESTING; WEEK IN SPORTS; FAMILY SECRET

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Thursday, January 24, 2008

ECONOMY; THE DEMOCRATS; BIG DIG SETTLEMENT; CARS OF THE FUTURE; WOMEN IN AFGHANISTAN

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Wednesday, January 23, 2008

RATE CUT AND THE CONSUMER; NEW REPUBLICAN PARTY?; PRIEST M.B.A; LETTERS; TOM BROKAW

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Tuesday, January 22, 2008

ECONOMY; REPORTERS NOTEBOOK FROM IRAQ; KLAMATH RIVER DAMS; OSCAR NOMINATIONS; HOLLY COLE

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Monday, January 21, 2008

MLK Day and the Democratic Primaries; Locavores; Superbowl Look Ahead; Delegate Count; “666″ Phone Exchange; M.T. Anderson

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Friday, January 18, 2008

ECONOMIC STIMULUS; BITING THE WAX TADPOLE; NEVADA CAUCUSES; THE WEEK IN SPORTS; AND THE TRAINS KEPT COMING

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Thursday, January 17, 2008

MARJANE SATRAPI; RECESSION FEARS; SOUTH CAROLINA DIRTY POLITICS; CRISIS IN KENYA

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Wednesday, January 16, 2008

ELECTION LANDSCAPE; HEALTHCARE REFORM; DR. JUDAH FOLKMAN; FREECYCLE; AMY WINEHOUSE

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Tuesday, January 15, 2008

MICHIGAN VOTES; THE ABORTION DOCTOR; CLONED FOOD; THE TYPEWRITER; ALL IN THE FEIFFER FAMILY

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Monday, January 14, 2008

CONGRESS RETURNING TO WORK; RACE AND PRESIDENTIAL POLITICS; THE DELEGATE COUNT; PANHANDLER SIGNS; FILM SCORES

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Friday, January 11, 2008

IRAQ; MICHIGAN ECONOMY AND THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE; WEAKENING ECONOMY; EDMUND HILLARY; PETER FONDA

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Thursday, January 10, 2008

RECESSION?; CORPORATE ESPIONAGE; MINUTE CLINICS; IMMIGRATION; SARA TAVARES FINDS BALANCE

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Wednesday, January 9, 2008

AFTER NEW HAMPSHIRE; NOW, TEARS OF JOY; AUTO X-PRIZE COMPETITION; HEAT OR EAT; BROADWAY PLAYS

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Tuesday, January 8, 2008

THE NEW HAMPSHIRE PRIMARY; BUSH’S MIDDLE EAST TRIP; THE YOUTH VOTE

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Monday, January 7, 2008

CAMPAIGN TRAIL; PRIMARY EVE; VOTER ID CASE; THE FIRST PRESIDENT; OVER THE RHINE

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Friday, January 4, 2008

THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE; PAKISTAN; FREE STATE PROJECT; PRINCESS BRIDES

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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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