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December 18, 2008
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Obama and Economic Regulation

Announcing his picks for key financial industry regulatory agencies this morning, President Elect Barack Obama criticized the Bush administration’s view on regulation.

“The Year We Disappeared”

When Cylin Busby was nine years old, her father John, a Cape Cod policeman, was ambushed while driving to work.

Madoff Fallout

The head of the Securities and Exchange Commission Christopher Cox has admitted that the S.E.C. knew for at least a decade about allegations of wrongdoing by Bernard Madoff. So why did the S.E.C. fail to act?

Colonoscopies

A new study says colonoscopies actually miss many cancers in the right side of the colon.

The Schlepometer

When live in a big city, almost every decision you make, including who you date, depends on one thing: how long will it take to drive there?

James Isaacs Holiday Gift Picks

From Spyro Gyra to James Brown, Here & Now’s Jazz aficionado James Isaacs gifts us his picks for great DVDs and CDs to give this holiday season.

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Friday, May 18, 2012
A Road Trip Along Italy’s Ancient Appian Way
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
A Firsthand View Of A Suicide Bomb In Afghanistan
(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
John Fullbright May Be Okemah, Okla.’s Next Musical Son
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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