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Wednesday, November 10, 2010
A string of bombings targeted Christian houses in Baghdad killing and wounding several people, police said. (AP Photo)

Christians Face Stepped-up Attacks In Iraq, Film Says Professors Share Blame For Wall Street Crash, Map Points Can Create Safer Passwords, Medical Workers Say Haiti Needs Money Now To Recover, This Picture Book Is ‘The Cat’s Pajamas’

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Friday, August 13, 2010
Actress Janet Leigh in the shower scene in Alfred Hitchcock's 1960 classic thriller "Psycho." (AP)

Children Fly Without IDs and Buy Tickets With Cash, Professor Gets On A Plane And Into Conversations About Race, Flood Waters Continue To Rise In Pakistan, Some of the Nation’s Wealthy Say ‘Tax Me More’, Hitchcock’s Psycho Still Scares At 50

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Monday, July 5, 2010
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The Gulf Cleanup Continues, Sit Back, Relax, and Enjoy the Show, Thailand Seeks National Unity After Deadly Protests, Four Years In College, 2.5 Majors And No Job In Sight, An Author’s Astounding Accomplishment

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Friday, July 2, 2010
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From Jaws to Indiana Jones, what’s your favorite summer blockbuster? Tell us what you’ll be watching or re-watching this summer.

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Thursday, February 11, 2010
French movie producer, Jacques Tati shoots a scene,  jumping in the role as camera man on the set producing his latest and third film "Mon Uncle" (My Uncle) in France, April 1958. (AP Photo)

Providing Shelter in Haiti, Is the U.S. Exporting Mental Illness?, Anniversary In Iran, Blizzard Heats Up Global Warming Debate, The Films Of Jacques Tati

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Thursday, December 31, 2009

Intelligence Failures, The End of The Decade, Champagne under the Microscope, Films on Ty Burr’s Best Of List, Blue Moon Gazing

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Thursday, December 31, 2009

Boston Globe film critic Ty Burr gives his top film picks of the past decade, from “The Pianist”, “The Two Towers”, “Borat” and more.

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Thursday, March 19, 2009

Geithner’s Fate, Obama TV, Detainees Speak about ‘Black Sites’, Questions about Prostate Cancer Screenings, Economic Stories From the Mississippi Delta, Mexican Gangs and Love in ‘Sin Nombre’

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Monday, February 2, 2009

The Nudges, Iraqi Election Recap, Not Bowled Over By Super Bowl Ads, Recession Manners, Forgotten Ellis Island

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Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Iraq & Afghanistan, The Narcotic Farm, Bolivia’s New Constitution, Haggling in the U.S., The Pluto Kerfuffle

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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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