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AP Case Adds To Obama Team's Tough Record On Leaks
May 17, 2013 | NPR · His administration has prosecuted six people for giving reporters information about secret national security operations — twice as many cases as all previous presidents combined. Amid criticism from First Amendment advocates, the White House insists it values both press freedoms and national security.
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Weighing Freedom Of The Press Against Public Safety
May 17, 2013 | NPR · The Justice Department has been scrutinized this week for secretly obtaining phone records of Associated Press reporters and editors while investigating the disclosure of a CIA operation to thwart a terrorist attack. Steve Inskeep talks to Floyd Abrams, a leading First Amendment lawyer, about how the Constitution and the law treat press freedom.
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Select Young Afghans Chosen As Commandoes In Training
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Alzheimer's Cases Rise, But Hope Remains
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Week In News: A Rough Week For The White House
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Summer Books 2007

Author Teacher Has Varied Reading Tastes
Aug 26, 2007 — Summer reader Laila Lalami is an observer of Islamic issues and current events on her blog, 'Moorishgirl-dot-com." She talks to Liane Hansen about her summer reading list.
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Blogger Picks Classic Novels, Modern Short Stories
Aug 19, 2007 — Max Magee, creator of the literary blog The Millions, talks about his summer reading picks. They include Ragtime by E.L. Doctorow and Pastoralia by George Saunders.
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Excerpt: John Updike's 'Terrorist'
Aug 14, 2007 — John Updike's best-selling thriller is an unsettling depiction of a pious Muslim teenager from New Jersey who is led step by step into a terrorist plot. Updike says the book is about "a long struggle with doubt and a boy trying to keep his faith."
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Further Under the Radar: More Books Not to Miss
Aug 13, 2007 — In May, Seattle librarian Nancy Pearl pored through her shelves and pulled down several books that she said are read by a few but deserve wider attention. Well, there are more where they came from. Pearl is back with another armload of what she calls "under-the-radar" books.
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Navajo Poet Turns to Fiction of Her Peers
Aug 12, 2007 — Luci Tapahonso is a poet and writer, known for her stories of growing up and living on the Navajo Nation in northwest New Mexico. Her summer reads include Yellowcake, by old high school friend Ann Cummins, and Elsie's Business by Lakota writer Frances Washburn .
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Excerpt: 'Down Town'
Aug 10, 2007 — Rooted in the oral traditions of Southern folklore, Down Town tells the tale of a small town south of Atlanta, spanning from the end of the Civil War to more than a century later. Recommended by St. John Flynn, host of GPB's Cover to Cover.
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Excerpt: 'Days of the Endless Corvette'
Aug 10, 2007 — Days of the Endless Corvette is a celebration of small-town life. Atlanta author Man Martin describes his debut novel as "a story of true love, the mystery of life, and car repair."
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In the Deep South, Tall Tales and Tidal Emotions
Aug 10, 2007 — Summer-books selections from St. John Flynn, host of Georgia Public Radio's Cover to Cover, a monthly author-interview and listener call-in show devoted to Georgia authors.
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Excerpt: 'The God of Animals'
Aug 10, 2007 — Aryn Kyle's debut novel describes one family's pursuit of prosperity through the eyes of a 12-year-old girl. HPPR's Stacy Clopton Yates calls it a "beautiful and heartbreaking story of isolation, family, class, love and death."
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Excerpt: 'Italian POWs and a Texas Church'
Aug 10, 2007 — Donald Mace Williams reveals the history behind the beautiful Renaissance-inspired artwork adorning a modest Catholic church in rural Texas. The pieces were created in 1945 by Italian prisoners of war, in an attempt to increase their food rations.
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