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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
May 17, 2013 | NPR · From the Afghan capital Kabul, Morning Edition's Renee Montagne talks to Gen, Joseph Dunford, the commander of all U.S. and international forces there. They discuss the challenges of the current situation on the ground, and look ahead to the withdrawal of NATO combat troops in 2014.
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Alzheimer's Cases Rise, But Hope Remains
May 18, 2013 | NPR · More than 5 million Americans currently have Alzheimer's disease, and the number is only going to increase — in part, due to aging baby boomers. But researchers say increased awareness and early detection is helping patients live with the disease.
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Week In News: A Rough Week For The White House
May 18, 2013 | NPR · With the White House embroiled in three concurrent scandals this week, Weekends on All Things Considered host Jacki Lyden speaks with James Fallows, national correspondent with The Atlantic, about the way forward for the president and for Congress, with recent history as their guide.
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Internships: Low-Paid, Unpaid Or Just Plain Illegal?
May 18, 2013 | NPR · Fed up with working for free, some interns are suing their employers. Last week, a judge ruled that interns could not sue the Hearst Corp. as a class action, which could be a legal setback for young workers tired of exploitative unpaid internships.
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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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C-Sections Deliver Cachet For Wealthy Brazilian Women
May 12, 2013 | NPR · Brazil's economic boom has driven the demand for births by caesarean section. Some 80 to 90 percent of women in private hospitals deliver this way. Proponents say it allows mothers and doctors to better organize their time. Critics say the procedure drives up costs and may cause complications.
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Road Map For Mitt Romney: Positive, And Negative, V.P. Picks Dating Back To 1964
Jul 23, 2012 — We may be three weeks away from learning Mitt Romney's choice of a running mate. Until then, here is a historical look at all the VP picks in the last half century, and which ones were considered a plus — or a minus.
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John Edwards Walks, But His Trial Is A Warning To Politicians
May 31, 2012 — At first blush, the trial looks like it might do little to deter politicians from getting money from supporters and, with some sleight of hand, spend it on practically anything. While the verdict was clearly a loss for prosecutors, analysts believe it wasn't a total loss for campaign finance law.
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Gov't Watchdog Asks Judge To Dismiss John Edwards Case
Sep 22, 2011 — Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, a good government group, asked the court to dismiss charges brought by Justice Department that Edwards violated campaign finance laws by allegedly conspiring to have money from wealthy friends of Edwards', Rachel "Bunny" Mellon and Fred Baron, used to pay the expense of his mistress and their child.
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John Edwards' Donor Bunny Mellon: 'He Would Have Been A Great President'
Jul 25, 2011 — In the interview, Bunny Mellon expresses her fondness for Edwards and her dislike of Elizabeth Edwards who was estranged from the 2004 vice presidential nominee at the time of her death from cancer last year.
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John Edwards, An American Tragedy
Jun 3, 2011 — Certain words and people seem made for each other. For John Edwards, the word must surely be tragedy. Now, there are more questions than answers. Who is the real John Edwards? Was the man who had the extramarital affair and child with Rielle Hunter the same one who emerged on the national political scene in 1998? Or did something change him?
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John Edwards Adds Former Obama Lawyer Craig To Defense Team
Mar 2, 2011 — Edwards hopes ex-Obama White House counsel Gregory Craig can persuade prosecutors against a trial. Recent reports have indicated that federal prosecutors are considering criminal charges against Edwards for allegedly funneling campaign money to a mistress.
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Elizabeth Edwards Deserved Better
Dec 7, 2010 — After battling breast cancer for years, Elizabeth Edwards succumbed to the disease on Tuesday.  Having lost a teenage son to an automobile accident, and having endured the public humiliation of her philandering husband, she never lost her dignity.
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Elizabeth Edwards' Health Deteriorates
Dec 6, 2010 — Doctors told the estranged wife of the former senator that further treatment was futile. Family and friends were with her at home.
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Casting John Edwards
Jul 19, 2010 — West Wing Creator Aaron Sorkin is adapting Andrew Young's John Edwards tell-all into a movie, and of course we're all wondering who's going to land the big role.
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The Hunter-Edwards Debunking Begins
Mar 15, 2010 — Everyone's talking about GQ's interview with John Edwards' mistress, Rielle Hunter. But how much of what she says is true?
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