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Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Musician Ben Folds had some fun with the Chatroulette site at a recent concert. But many parents worry about online predators at the web cam shuffling site.

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Wednesday, March 31, 2010
The offshore oil drilling platform "Gail," operated by Venoco, Inc., is seen off the coast of California near Santa Barbara. (AP)

Obama Allows for Oil Drilling, States Must Now Make Health Care Reform A Reality, Serbia Remains Divided Nearly Two Decades After Civil War, Take A Spin On Chatroulette, Rockers Remember An Escape From Bellevue

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Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Recently Here and Now’s Robin Young attended a convention held by The Federation of American Women’s Clubs Overseas. FAWCO is much more than an international coffee klatch. It deals with serious issues. Robin speaks with two FAWCO members: Paula Lucas, who founded the Americans Overseas Domestic Violence Crisis Center, and Dianne Reed, who was shot [...]

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Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Prosecutors say South Hadley High School freshman Phoebe Prince, 15, killed herself after being harassed by her classmates.

The Parent Of A Bullied Child Responds To Criminal Charges In A Bullying Suicide, American Women Work To Help Each Other While Living Overseas, A March Filled With Basketball Madness At Butler Unversity, To Screen Or Not To Screen Young Athletes For Heart Trouble, Hollywood Loves Remakes

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Monday, March 29, 2010
A subway train commuter injured by a blast which took place at the Park Kultury subway station seen outside the station shortly after the explosion, in Moscow. (AP)

FBI Raids Christian Militia Group In Michigan, Food Industry Is Encouraged To Cut Salt, Russian Leaders Condemn Moscow Subway Attack, Tempest At Tea Party Riles Some Members, Love Lures One Of The Last Remaining Shakers

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Friday, March 26, 2010
Pope Benedict XVI is seen during a general audience in St. Peter's square. (AP)

Documents Show Pope Knew About Sex Abuse Scandals, Senators Campaign To Save Their Jobs, American Doctors Head To Haiti, Internet Phenoms That Failed And Why, A Widower Is Haunted By More Than Memories

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Thursday, March 25, 2010
Robert Martin (in foreground) and his neighbors, Jenise Davis and Lewis Carson are fighting to get municipal water. (Courtesy Katti Gray)

71 year-old Robert Martin is leading the charge to bring city water to his small hamlet of ten homes outside of Ruleville, Miss.

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Thursday, March 25, 2010
Rep. Gabrielle Giffords' Tucson office was vandalized after the health care reform vote. (AP)

Wrapping Up Health Care, How Health Care Reform Will Affect You, March Madness Marches On, For Two Million Americans, Water Isn’t On Tap, Pope Declined To Defrock Abusive Priest, A Composer Writes From His Own Heartbreak

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Wednesday, March 24, 2010
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The public muralist in Boston, Massachusetts helps students at The English High School in Boston add a splash of color to school hallways

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Wednesday, March 24, 2010
A student paints the mural at The English High School in Boston, Massachusetts (WBUR)

States Battle It Out Over Health Care Reform, A Veteran Reporter Reflects On Iraq, A Haitian-American Marine Helps Out In Haiti, An Arizona Doctor Is Awarded For His Work In Haiti, A Mural Blooms In A Boston High School

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Tuesday, March 23, 2010
An undated photo of Margaret Moth (AP/CNN)

President Obama Signs Health Care Reform Into Law, Remembering Intrepid Camerawoman Margaret Moth, House Votes To Cut Middleman Out Of Student Loan Program, Insecurity Puts Women And Girls In Haiti At Risk, Violinist David Garrett Plays Everything from AC/DC to Vivaldi

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Monday, March 22, 2010
President Barack Obama, joined by Vice President Joe Biden, makes a statement to the nation Sunday night following the final vote on health care reform in the House of Representatives (AP)

More Challenges Ahead On Health Care Reform, Tales From The Dark Side Of Post-Soviet Russia, Purple People Movement Draws Crowds In Italy, Islamic Terrorism: One Expert Says It’s A Fad, Gilbert Grape Author Reaches The Heights

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Friday, March 19, 2010
A pen-sketched portrait of Bryan Cranston's character, Walt White, appears in an eerie temple on AMC's "Breaking Bad."

The third season of AMC’s “Breaking Bad” finds Bryan Cranston’s Walt White delving deeper into the drug underworld.

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Friday, March 19, 2010
President Barack Obama delivers remarks on health insurance reform during his event at George Mason University in Fairfax, Va., Friday,  March 19, 2010. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Pres. Obama Makes Final Pitch For Health Care, Ordinary Citizens Are Honored For Extraordinary Acts, London Finches Play Guitar, Post-partum Depression Story Draws Strong Listener Responses, “Breaking Bad” Falls Deeper Into Drug Underworld

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Thursday, March 18, 2010
A humpback whale calf breaching in the Silver Banks Marine Sanctuary off the coast of the Dominican Republic. (Kike Calvo via AP Images)

Democrats Target Votes For Health Care Reform, Whale Tale Reveals How Pollution Disrupts Reproduction, Thousands Of Haitian Criminals Roam Free, Congress Aims To Reign In Credit Rating Agencies, “Silence of the Lambs” Director Films Real Lives

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Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Jabbar Swaiyed, 72, and his wife look over a ballot before casting their vote in Basra, Iraq's second-largest city on March 7, 2010.  (AP Photo/Nabil al-Jurani)

Pres. Obama Looks To Re-write No Child Left Behind, Political Fortunes May Shift In Iraqi Vote Count, Butte, Mt. Celebrates Luck Of The Irish, Northern Ireland Is Still A Land Divided, Psychologist Says Evolution Helps Make Us Fat

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Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Map of Texlahoma (Michael Trinklein)

Author Michael Trinklein’s maps of states that have been proposed over the years, but which never made it onto the official map of the United States.

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Tuesday, March 16, 2010
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Health Care Reform Comes Down To The Wire, Health Care Benefits Squeeze Cities, Who Owns Kafka, A Scientologist Speaks Out On Church Abuse, The States That Didn’t Make The Cut

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Monday, March 15, 2010
A Kentucky fan watches the championship game between Kentucky and Mississippi State at the NCAA college basketball Southeastern Conference tournament  on Sunday, March 14, 2010, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Wade Payne)

Reform Of Health Care, Education And Finance Collide On Capitol Hill, Timothy Geithner Helped Save Economy, But Can He Fix It?, March Madness Fans Make Their Bracket Picks, Israel-US Tensions Escalate, PBS Film Examines How Make-up Mavens Empowered Women

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Friday, March 12, 2010
DIY: Bamboo Bikes

The DIY movement is moving mainstream. Check out projects ranging from swimming pools made from dumpsters and bicycles built from bamboo.

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Thursday, January 26, 2012
Rep. Scott Reske, D-Pendleton, stands outside of the House of Representatives during a debate on the right to work bill at the Statehouse Wednesday in Indianapolis. (AP)

Indiana, in the heart of the industrial Midwest and where about 10 percent of the work force is unionized, is now the country’s 23rd right to work state.

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Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Singer songwriter Kevin Gordon, at Here & Now's studios at WBUR in Boston. (Jesse Costa/ Here & Now)

Musician Kevin Gordon puts his masters degree in poetry to good use in his Southern rock music.

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Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Dalia Ziada in Tahrir Square, Cairo, Egypt. (Courtesy Dalia Ziada)

As Egypt marks the year anniversary of the revolution that brought down Hosni Mubarak, we speak with Dalia Ziada, an Egyptian human rights activist who has been working to spread Martin Luther King’s ideas of non-violence in the country.

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