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April 30, 2008

Economy

Food and gas prices are soaring, foreclosures continue, and the Bush Administration says it is bringing back the one-year treasury bill.

McCain

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Republican presidential hopeful John McCain is campaigning on health care reform this week… but he’s being overshadowed by the Democratic nomination battle between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. We speak with Jonathan Martin, Senior Political Reporter for Politico.com

The Candidate and the Reverend

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Senator Barack Obama broke forcefully with his former pastor yesterday. The questions today: Can the Obama campaign go back to its early message of unity? How will that play to voters, and to the super delegates? We’ll speak with Rick Klein, senior political reporter for ABC News and author of ABC News, The Note.

Baseball’s Greatest Hit

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The seventh-inning-stretch musical icon “Take Me Out To The Ball Game” turns 100 this year. We talk with Tim Wiles, director of research at the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York, and co-author of the new book, Baseball’s Greatest Hit: The Story of Take me out to the Ball Game.

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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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