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2010 mid-term elections

Thursday, November 4, 2010
Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin speaks during the Republican Party of Iowa's Ronald Reagan Dinner in September in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP)

Fed Makes Bold Bet To Rev-up The Economy, Listeners Letters: Tea Party Midterm Victories, Will A Belly Dancer Shake Berlusconi From Office?, Teenage Voices Make Poems ‘Louder Than A Bomb’

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Wednesday, November 3, 2010
In this image released by the White House, President Barack Obama makes an election night phone call to Rep. John Boehner, R-Ohio, who will most likely be the next House Speaker, from the Treaty Room in the White House residence, Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2010, in Washington. (AP)

President Obama Faces New Political Reality, Alaska Senate Race Is Too Close To Call, From Legalizing Pot To Tax Measures, How Did Ballot Questions Fare?, What Will The History Books Say About The 2010 Midterms?

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Wednesday, November 3, 2010
US Elections

What do Republican gains mean for the next two years of Barack Obama’s presidency?

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Tuesday, November 2, 2010
Giants fans celebrate outside the Giants stadium Monday, Nov. 1, 2010, in San Francisco after the Giants clinched the World Series. (AP)

A Voter’s Guide To Election Returns, When Casting A Ballot In The U.S. Was Dangerous, Giants Fans Pinch Themselves After Team’s First Series In 56 Years, Wikileaks Report Brings Vindication For War Correspondents, Mark Bittman Touts Part-Time Veganism

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Monday, November 1, 2010
Republican Senate candidate Sharron Angle, left, speaks as moderator Mitch Fox, center, and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid listen during a televised Nevada Senate debateThursday, Oct. 14, 2010, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)

Remember when Republican Sharron Angle told Democrat Harry Reid to “man up” and take responsibility for Nevada’s problems? Tell us your favorite political catch phrase.

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Wednesday, October 27, 2010
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We spoke with the Boston Globe film critic about his favorite election season films.

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Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Diego Velazquez, The Education of the Virgin, ca. 1617-18. Oil on canvas. (Yale University Art Gallery)

West Coast Races Could Decide Control Of The Senate, Money Pours Into Fight Over Key Ballot Measures, ‘Mad Men’ Inspires A Retro Halloween, Yale Discovers Spanish Masterpiece In The Basement, Political Films For The Political Season

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Tuesday, October 26, 2010
San Francisco Giants relief pitcher Brian Wilson celebrates with catcher Buster Posey after leading his team to a defeat of the Philadelphia Phillies, and a World Series berth. (AP)

Bullying May Violate Federal Law, How Prepared Are We For Disaster?, World Series Teams Vie To End Championship Drought, The Next Battle For Congress Starts In Races For The State House, What’s Cooking In The Kitchens Of America’s Newcomers?

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Monday, October 25, 2010
Candidates for Florida governor Alex Sink, left, and Rick Scott meet for their first face-to-face debate Friday, Oct. 8, 2010 in Miami. (AP)

In The Homestretch, Florida Gov. Candidates Make Final Impressions, The Foreclosure Crisis Could Lead To Title Insurance Mayhem, The Fishy Cases Of Some Japanese Centenarians, Power Of The Tweeter: Companies Cave To Anti-Social Media Campaigns, Mark Twain Still Sells 100 Years After His Death

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Friday, October 22, 2010
Boys leap into a public swimming pool in Baghdad in June. (AP)

Following The Fall Out From Juan Williams’ Firing, Back To Baghdad: A Former Soldier And A Journalist Return To Iraq, French Pension Protests Continue, Scientists Say The Ocean Is The True Source Of Oil, Candidates Bait Each Other To ‘Man Up’ In Era Of ‘Truthiness’

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Friday, May 17, 2013
Paul Monti next to the truck of his son, Jared Monti. Jared Monti died while serving in Afghanistan in 2006. (Anna Miller/Here & Now)

A conversation Here & Now’s Alex Ashlock had with Paul Monti about his son Jared Monti, who was killed in Afghanistan, sparked a song that hit No. 1 on the country charts last month.

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Friday, May 17, 2013
Evelyn Shelton has been missing since May 2011. (Courtesy Shelton family)

The Black and Missing Foundation says African Americans make up about one-third of all missing people in the U.S. but they’re not represented in the media as much as pretty white females.

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Friday, May 17, 2013
Labels of garments bought at a Wal-Mart store in Atlanta. (David GoldmanAP)

After last month’s devastating garment factory collapse in Bangladesh, are you taking a second look at the labels in your clothing? Dara O’Rourke explains what we know about how our clothing is made.

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