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House, Senate Consider Cuts In Food Stamp Program
May 22, 2013 | NPR · Both the House and Senate are considering farm bills that would cut spending on food stamps, one of the most expensive government programs. But people disagree on how much the changes would affect recipients.
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Parking Industry Tries To Make Your Life Easier
May 22, 2013 | WLRN · The future of parking has been showcased in Fort Lauderdale, Fla, this week at the International Parking Institute's annual conference. The conversation has been about helping drivers get in and out of spaces as conveniently as possible.
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Boy Scouts To Decide Whether To Admit Gay Youth
May 22, 2013 | NPR · The Boy Scouts of America votes in Texas this week on whether to change its century old membership policy. The proposal is to open up the scouts to allow gay youth to join and continue to ban on adults who are gay. About 1,400 voting members will decide.
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Moore, Okla., Tornado Was 'Storm Of Storms'
May 21, 2013 | NPR · Melissa Block and Robert Siegel give the latest in Oklahoma after a huge tornado tore through the state on Monday.
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Okla. Tornado Survivors Try To Collect Lives After Storm
May 21, 2013 | NPR · For some neighbors in Moore, Okla., the decision of taking cover away from home or sheltering in place made the difference between life and death.
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'Reinventing The Register' May Take Time For Square
May 21, 2013 | NPR · Square is the much buzzed-about digital payments company started by the founder of Twitter. With the launch of a new product last week, we check in on the company's promise to revolutionize how we buy things.
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Working Women On Television: A Mixed Bag At Best
May 18, 2013 | NPR · Research shows that prime-time television isn't a bad place to find portrayals of working women. Working moms and working women over 40 are another story.
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Political Takeaways: Headaches For The White House
May 19, 2013 | NPR · Controversies dominated this past week's political headlines, leaving the Obama White House on the defensive, trying to contain any lasting damage. Host Rachel Martin talks with NPR's Mara Liasson.
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Romney Gets No Relief On Outsourcing Story
Jun 27, 2012 — Mitt Romney's campaign got no satisfaction from The Washington Post. The newspaper refused to retract a piece that tied the Republican presidential candidate to the outsourcing of U.S. jobs overseas when he ran Bain Capital.
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Obama Laps GOP Field In Finance-Sector Cash But Shows Weakness Too
Oct 19, 2011 — President Obama is either raising money from the financial sector like a man with many friends and supporters in that field despite his attempts to regulate it. Or, he is losing the money race to Mitt Romney, that veteran of the private-equity world, because of his administration's efforts to clamp down on Wall Street with new regulations.
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Coming To The Table: Why The Candidates Are Easier To Take Sitting Down
Oct 11, 2011 — Unlike the previous half-dozen debates, this one took place around a table. And by sitting everyone down, the sponsors managed to elevate the discussion.
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Washington Post Graphic Shows Lawmaker Votes That Led To Deficits
Jul 26, 2011 — It would have been interesting to see who the 25 percent of lawmakers were who didn't vote for any of the policies the Post focused on. Even Rep. Ron Paul, the Texas Republican presidential candidate didn't make the cut; he voted for the Bush tax cuts.
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Grover Norquist Contradicts Grover Norquist
Jul 21, 2011 — Grover Norquist, Washington's most feared anti-tax advocate, backtracked from remarks he made to the Washington Post editorial board in which he suggested that a lawmaker who voted to allow the Bush-era tax cuts to expire wouldn't be guilty of violating the anti-tax pledge he has gotten so many to sign.
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Wash Post's Dan Balz: Obama's GOP Libya Critics Lack Good Answers, Too
Mar 24, 2011 — Washington Post political reporter notes that potential GOP White House candidates who criticize Obama on Libya don't seem to be offering better ideas on how to deal with the crisis.
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David Broder: A Reporter For The Ages
Mar 9, 2011 — Broder was doing legwork as a reporter long past the time when other people had retired. He also was one of the kindest and gentlest political reporters you'd ever want to meet, far from the stereotype of the crusty journalist on the politics beat.
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In the Abortion Debate, Words Matter
Mar 18, 2010 — Now that abortion is in the news regularly connected to health care overhaul, listeners are once again taking issue with the terminology NPR uses to describe people who support or oppose abortion. They don't like NPR's style of using pro-life and ...
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If Walter Cronkite Said It Was a Story; It Was
Jul 20, 2009 — As everyone knows former CBS newsman Walter Cronkite died on Friday. He really was a legend who could change the course of history through his news judgment. Here's yet one more example that I learned while reporting my book, Woodward and Bernstei...
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And There Will Be Nothing To Read During The Apocalypse
Jan 28, 2009 — The financial crisis steals my most beloved publications — and then takes my mail!?
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