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Obama Tweaks U.S. Vision For Fight Against Terrorism
May 24, 2013 | NPR · President Obama discussed America's counter-terrorism strategy — including the use of drones and the prison at Guantanamo Bay — during an address at the National Defense University on Thursday. He rejected the idea that the country can fight an open-ended "global war on terror."
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Political Attacks Ramp Up In U.S. Senate Race In Mass.
May 24, 2013 | NPR · In Massachusetts, what's been a relatively lackluster campaign to fill the U.S. Senate seat vacated by Secretary of State John Kerry is heating up. Veteran Democratic Rep. Ed Markey is running against Republican Gabriel Gomez, a businessman and former Navy SEAL. Gomez is a political newcomer.
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Documentary Introduces The Man Behind WikiLeaks
May 24, 2013 | NPR · David Greene talks to filmmaker Alex Gibney about the new documentary We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks. In 2006, Julian Assange launched WikiLeaks and encouraged anyone in the world to pass on information that might expose government secrets.
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Obama: Sexual Assault Has No Place In The Military
May 24, 2013 | NPR · President Obama delivered the commencement address at Annapolis on Friday, challenging the U.S. Naval Academy graduates to help redefine national defense in the 21st century.
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Week In Politics: Obama And Drone Strikes
May 24, 2013 | NPR · Melissa Block speaks with political commentators E.J. Dionne of The Washington Post and Brookings Institution and David Brooks of The New York Times. They discuss highlights from the national security speech delivered by President Obama on Thursday.
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Battered Jersey Shore Pins Recovery Hopes On Summer Season
May 24, 2013 | NJN · Seven months after Hurricane Sandy slammed into the Jersey Shore, Asbury Park is still waiting for insurance and federal aid money. In the meantime, it borrowed $10 million to repair the waterfront in time for the critical Memorial Day weekend.
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Then The Curtain Opened: The Bracing Impact Of Stravinsky's 'Rite'
May 25, 2013 | NPR · The aggressively modern ballet premiered in Paris in 1913, and provoked a response just as striking as the music and dance.
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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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From The Library Of 'Life'

The Super Bowl No One Cared About
Feb 1, 2013 — The first Super Bowl was in 1967, though most people at the time didn't think it was a big deal. Photographer Neil Leifer was there that day and looks back at how things have changed.
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What Did A '40s Census-Taker Look Like?
Apr 5, 2012 — In the summer before the famous 1940 census, a group was dispatched for a test run. Photos from Life reveal even more about that time.
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Revisiting 'Country Doctor,' A 1948 Photo Essay
Jan 10, 2012 — For the first time, you can see the complete original photo essay from Life magazine online.
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Christmas Cute: Kids Calling Santa, 1947
Dec 25, 2011 — Imagine the delight of calling Santa directly! In 1947, the New York City mega toy store F.A.O. Schwartz set up a line to their store Santa. A few photos of the children calling ran in a December issue of Life, but many of them were never published.
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Rare 'Life' Photos, 70 Years After Pearl Harbor
Dec 7, 2011 — Previously unseen photos from Life show scenes just after the attack.
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The Photo That Changed The Face Of AIDS
Dec 1, 2011 — In the '90s, one photo came to symbolize the AIDS epidemic. Years later, Life editors revisit the story and discover that there's much more to it.
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Photos That Didn't Make The Cut For 'Life'
Nov 23, 2011 — On the 75th anniversary of Life, see some of the photos that didn't make it into the magazine.
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'Breakfast At Tiffany's' Turns 50
Oct 5, 2011 — Life celebrates the movie's 50th birthday with a look back at Audrey's style.
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Photos: Happy 100th, Lucille Ball
Aug 5, 2011 — Never-before-published photos celebrate the actress on what would be her 100th birthday.
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Unpublished Photos On John Glenn's 90th
Jul 18, 2011 — To celebrate the astronaut's birthday, Life has curated a gallery of unseen archival photos.
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