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Grab A Notebook. We're Taking You Back To School
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 17:48:00 -0400
NPR Tell Me More Producer Lee Hill unveils the program's back-to-school education series and rallies the audience to get involved.
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Obama Lashes GOP, Holds Firm On Tax Hike For Rich
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 17:48:00 -0400
The president called on Congress to permanently extend certain tax credits for companies, allow businesses to write off all spending on expansions and improvements and cut taxes for those who earn up to $250,000 a year.
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Mexico Arrests 7 In Killing Of 72 Migrants
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 16:44:00 -0400
Four of the suspects were arrested after a Sept. 3 gunbattle with marines, and the other three were captured days later. Marines found the bodies of the migrants Aug. 24 at a ranch in the northern state of Tamaulipas.
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Suspected U.S. Missile Attacks Rock Pakistan
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 16:33:00 -0400
The strikes were in North Waziristan, a lawless region home to insurgents battling foreign troops just across the border in Afghanistan, al-Qaida leaders plotting attacks in the West and extremists behind bombings in Pakistan. At least 14 suspected militants were killed.
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Conservative Group Strategizes Health Law Repeal
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 16:30:00 -0400
Despite the long odds against scraping the new health law anytime soon, the head of a branch of the conservative think tank says the prospects of success are good, even if it takes another four years and a new Congress.
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Military Bans Video Game That 'Kills' U.S. Troops
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 16:26:00 -0400
Medal of Honor by Electronic Arts, a major game developer based in Redwood City, Calif., hits stores Oct. 12. Gamers are scoffing at the decision, saying that advanced technology has made it commonplace in the gaming world to let players switch sides and play the bad guy.
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Think Music Heals? Trombone Player Begs To Differ
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 16:00:00 -0400
For years, trombone player Scott Bean had a cough that wouldn't quit. A doctor later figured out that mold and bacteria living in his trombone caused him to develop a condition that's being called "trombone players' lung."
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Tax Code Works To Some Companies' Advantage
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:00:00 -0400
The federal tax rate for U.S. corporations is nearly 40 percent, the second-highest among industrialized nations. Critics say the best way to create jobs would be to lower it. But others say various tax breaks, exemptions and deductions have has some paying far lower taxes.
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Religious Laws Long Recognized By U.S. Courts
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:00:00 -0400
Oklahoma State Rep. Rex Duncan has proposed a state constitutional amendment to bar U.S. judges from considering any foreign law, including Islamic law, in their decisions. But U.S. laws already allow for some consideration, and experts say U.S. law will always have the final word.
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Clinton: Situation In Sudan A 'Ticking Time Bomb'
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:00:00 -0400
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton described tensions in Sudan between the North and the South as a "ticking time bomb of enormous consequence." Her comments come ahead of a referendum in which southern Sudanese are widely expected to approve independence for their oil-rich but deeply impoverished and infrastructure-poor region.
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Obama Attacks Boehner In Economic Speech
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:00:00 -0400
You've probably heard a lot about the car Democrats say Republicans drove into a ditch. That's the president's metaphor for the GOP's economic policies. In Cleveland on Wednesday, President Obama laid out the Democrats' economic message for the fall.
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Businesses Wonder How Much Tax Breaks Will Help
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:00:00 -0400
In his latest attempt to help the economy, President Obama is proposing a new round of tax breaks for businesses. But it's unclear whether companies would rush out to take advantage of them. And even if they did, would the incentives really create jobs?
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Looted Iraqi Relics Return Home
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:00:00 -0400
Melissa Block talks to Boston Globe reporter Farah Stockman about the return of hundreds of antiquities looted from Iraq that wound up in the U.S. after the U.S. invaded Baghdad in 2003. The ancient Mesopotamian relics include a statue of one King Entemena who ruled in 2400 BC.
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Practicality May Outlast Debate On Islamic Center
Wed, 08 Sep 2010 10:37:00 -0400
If the Jewish Community Center in Manhattan is an example, the planners behind the proposed Islamic center near ground zero have more than politics to consider. While the JCC took 11 years and $95 million to finish, the Islamic center fundraising has just begun.
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Century Farms: A Slice Of History, Threatened
Tue, 07 Sep 2010 14:50:00 -0400
American Century Farms have been owned and farmed by the same family for more than 100 years. In East Tennessee, farm heirs reflect on the land's history, keeping the farms going despite development and a tough economy -- and dreading the day they may have to sell.
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