New Browser Plug-in Would Literally Annihilate This Headline
Transcript AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: This next story is literally about the word...UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN: Literally.CORNISH: ...literally. As in a literal sense or manner.MELISSA BLOCK, HOST: That's also the...
View ArticleIn Answer To Palestinian Unity, Israelis Step Away From Peace Talks
Transcript AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: Elsewhere in the Middle East, Israel has broken off peace talks with the Palestinian Authority. Israeli leaders say they're doing that because the Palestinian Authority...
View ArticleStanford Dumps Its Holdings In Coal, With Climate In Mind
Stanford says it will its divest holdings in coal companies over climate change concerns. It's the most prominent of the roughly one dozen colleges that have decided to sell off fossil fuel holdings.
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'The New York Times' Announces Surprise Change Of Management
The New York Times has announced that Dean Baquet, the newspaper's managing editor, will replace Jill Abramson as the executive editor. Both Abramson and Baquet were named to their current jobs in...
View ArticleTo Pay For Hepatitis C Drugs, Medicare Might Face A Steep Bill
The federal Medicare program for the elderly and disabled will cover two new drugs that can cure hepatitis C, a liver disease that can cause cancer and lead to death. The drugs are very expensive, but...
View ArticleSinging Star Of All-Black Cowboy Movies, Herb Jeffries, Dies
Herb Jeffries was the first singing star of all-black cowboy movies in the late 1930s, garnering him the nickname the "Bronze Buckeroo." The jazz baritone had a seven-decade career, including singing...
View ArticleWhat We Know About The Man Behind The Isla Vista Killings
Scott Gold, senior writer for The Los Angeles Times discusses Elliot Rodger, the man who police say went on a stabbing and shooting rampage in Isla Vista, Calif., last week before killing himself.
View ArticleOn Memorial Day, Revisiting Stories Of The Fallen In Afghanistan
Transcript MELISSA BLOCK, HOST: At Arlington National Cemetery on this memorial day President Obama paid tribute to the country's war dead. The President had just returned from a weekend visit to...
View ArticleWho's Using The Data Mined From Students?
Information tracked by educational software can be of great help to teachers. But as Politico's Stephanie Simon explains, private companies can also monetize the data by selling it to marketers.
View ArticleTV Offerings Are Hotter Than Usual This Summer
Transcript ROBERT SIEGEL, BYLINE: This is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED from NPR News. I'm Robert Siegel.MELISSA BLOCK, BYLINE: And I'm Melissa Block. Instead of taking their usual summer vacation, the TV...
View ArticleSpelling Co-Champs Beat The Bee, Leaving Judges Without Words
Transcript ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: Melissa, can I have a word for a moment?MELISSA BLOCK, HOST: Absolutely. How about, thymelici?SIEGEL: Oh, the dancing chorus in ancient Greek plays?BLOCK: Yeah.SIEGEL:...
View ArticleThe Shape Of Extremist Ambitions In Iraq And Beyond
NPR's Deborah Amos, author of Eclipse of the Sunnis, talks to Melissa Block about the extremist vision for establishing a new Sunni caliphate, as well as what it might look like if a group like ISIS...
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Obama's Request For Immigration Funds Meets Pushback On The Hill
President Obama has asked Congress for $3.7 billion in emergency funds to address the influx of immigrant children at the U.S.-Mexico border. The Senate Appropriations Committee is holding a hearing...
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What's The Big Screen Recipe For A Good Guy-Cry? You Tell Us
Copyright 2014 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.Transcript AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: OK, grab the tissues, get a firm shoulder to lean on.
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Player In Baseball's Steroid Scandal Surrenders To DEA
Copyright 2014 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.Transcript MELISSA BLOCK, HOST: The man accused at being at the heart of Major League Baseball's biggest doping scandal surrendered to federal...
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Ebola Casts A Shadow Over Obama's Africa Press Conference
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U.S. Considers Taking To Air To Aid Iraqis Marooned On Mountaintop
Copyright 2014 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.Transcript MELISSA BLOCK, HOST: We're going to talk now about what the United States might do about this latest crisis in Iraq.
View ArticleFederal Judge Rules Some College Players Are Entitled To Payment
College athletes scored a major victory in court Friday. A federal judge issued a ruling that the NCAA violated antitrust law by prohibiting athletes from payment for the use of their names, images and...
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With New Parenting Apps, More Dads Are Phoning It In
Copyright 2014 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.Transcript MELISSA BLOCK, HOST: Support for new dads comes in many forms - family, friends, books and oh, yes, there's an app for that -...
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Mapping Out The End Days Of The Midterm Campaign
Copyright 2014 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.Transcript MELISSA BLOCK, HOST: From NPR News, this is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. I'm Melissa Block.ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: And I'm Robert Siegel....
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