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High Court Strikes Down Voting Law In Arizona
June 18, 2013 | NPR · The Supreme Court ruled Monday that Arizona has no right to demand documents proving citizenship when people register to vote. In a 7-2 decision, the court said the National Voter Registration Act trumps state law. At the same time, the court told Arizona officials how to get what they want, anyway.
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Why The FISA Court Is Not What It Used To Be
June 18, 2013 | NPR · President Obama says federal judges have been "overseeing" the recently exposed government surveillance programs. But few, if any, experts in the Bush or Obama administrations believe that the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court has the enforcement teeth it once had.
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Study: Teacher Prep Programs Get Failing Marks
June 18, 2013 | NPR · The first-ever study of more than 1,100 schools of education released Tuesday by the National Council on Teacher Quality shows that teacher preparation is in disarray. The study warns that 163 programs provide only "minimal, substandard training."
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NSA Chief: Surveillance Programs Disrupted Terror Plots
June 18, 2013 | NPR · National Security Agency director Keith Alexander returned to the Hill on Tuesday, this time to testify before a House intelligence committee about the NSA spying revelations. Alexander said the programs in question foiled 50 terrorist plots, including one against the New York Stock Exchange.
 
Congressman On NSA: Checks And Balances Prevent Abuse
June 18, 2013 | NPR · Melissa Block talks to Republican Congressman Mac Thornberry, who serves on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. He talks about the testimony by leaders of the National Security Agency, the Department of Justice and the FBI on Tuesday morning. He's been supportive of the NSA surveillance program, saying it's not only legal, but vital to security.
 
Letters: Mozart's Violin And The Price Of Potatoes
June 18, 2013 | NPR · Robert Siegel and Melissa Block read emails from listeners about Mozart's violin and the price of potatoes.
 

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How U.S. Arms Will Reach Syrian Rebels
June 15, 2013 | NPR · This week the Obama administration announced it would send weapons to the Syrian rebels, because of credible evidence Syrian government forces had indeed used chemical weapons. Weekend Edition Saturday Host Scott Simon talks with NPR's Deborah Amos about how Syrians are reacting to the news.
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Economy Was Key In Iranian Election
June 16, 2013 | NPR · Weekend Edition Sunday Host Rachel Martin speaks with Karim Sadjadpour, a senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, to learn more about new Iran's president-elect, cleric Hassan Rouhani.
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Disaster Strikes! Three Books Where Things Go Awry
Oct 8, 2012 — A book without suffering or struggle can only be described as one thing: boring. For Three Books, author Will Wiles writes about his favorite literary misadventures. Do you have a favorite book about everything going wrong? Tell us in the comments.
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70 Years Later, A New Chance To Read 'Marriage'
Feb 17, 2011 — Back in print after 70 years, Sandor Marai's gorgeous Hungarian novel about infidelity and shattered love still resonates with surprises.
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Excerpt: 'Esther's Inheritance'
Dec 4, 2008 — I don't know what else God has in store for me. But before I die I want to write down what happened the day Lajos visited me for the last time and robbed me.
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Karinthy's Kafkaesque Classic In Translation At Last
Oct 15, 2008 — Budai boards the wrong plane and finds himself trapped in an unknown country. The comparison to Kafka is apt, but Metropole's Hungarian author Ferenc Karinthy reaches more for comedy than torment.
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Metropole
Jul 15, 2011 — NPR coverage of Metropole by Ferenc Karinthy. News, author interviews, critics' picks and more.
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Portraits of a Marriage
Jul 14, 2011 — NPR coverage of Portraits of a Marriage by Sandor Marai and George Szirtes. News, author interviews, critics' picks and more.
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