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Rescuers Check Piles Of Debris For Survivors In Moore, Okla.
May 22, 2013 | NPR · Search and rescue teams continue digging through the rubble of demolished buildings in Moore, Okla., after Monday's devastating tornado that ripped through the Oklahoma City suburbs. Officials there say there are still some people unaccounted for — exactly how many isn't clear.
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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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Boomer Housemates Have More Fun
May 22, 2013 | NPR · Some single baby boomers are moving into group houses, a college-era solution to their modern needs. Housemates share costs, socialize, and cheer each other on through life's thick and thin.
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Identities Of 24 Victims In Okla. Tornado Emerge
May 22, 2013 | NPR · Oklahomans who were hit by a massive tornado on Monday are trying to recover and rebuild.
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Basements Not An Option For Many Homes In Oklahoma
May 22, 2013 | NPR · Melissa Block talks to NPR Two-Way blogger Scott Neuman about why basements in Oklahoma are so uncommon.
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Documentary Shows George Plimpton's Best Story Was His Own
May 22, 2013 | NPR · A new documentary about writer George Plimpton uses its subject's own voice to tell the story of his career as a path-breaking "participatory journalist" and longtime editor of the Paris Review. The film also uses the voices of Plimpton's friends and colleagues to defend him against the charge of dilettantism that dogged him throughout his career. NPR's Joel Rose reports.
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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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May 13-19: A Rumrunner, A Swashbuckler And A Team Of Spies
May 13, 2013 — In softcover nonfiction, Tom Reiss explores the inspiration for The Count of Monte Cristo, Ben MacIntyre depicts a World War II effort to fool the Nazis, and Justin Lee recounts his struggle for acceptance as a gay Christian. In fiction, Dennis Lehane imagines a Prohibition-era mobster.
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Discovering Sexuality Through Teen Lit
Feb 20, 2013 — In Benjamin Alire Saenz's Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe, the titular characters are Mexican-American loners trying to find their place in the world; they end up finding each other in the process.
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Beyond Visible: LGBT Characters In Graphic Novels
Feb 20, 2013 — There are an increasing number of LGBT characters in mainstream superhero comics — but visibility isn't everything. NPR's comic-book guy Glen Weldon has a roundup of manga and independent graphic novels that offer a deeper and more nuanced portrayal of LGBT life.
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'Torn': Living As An Openly Gay Christian
Dec 9, 2012 — Justin Lee grew up in a Southern Baptist family. At age 18, he came out to his family and church, who had trouble accepting him as a gay man. Lee later started the Gay Christian Network to encourage a dialogue between gay Christians, their families and their churches. His new book is Torn.
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Your Favorites: 100 Best-Ever Teen Novels
Aug 7, 2012 — More than 75,000 of you voted for your favorite young-adult fiction. Now, after all the nominating, sorting and counting, the final results are in. Here are the 100 best teen novels, chosen by the NPR audience.
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Teen Reads: Summer Books For You And Your BFF
Jun 7, 2012 — If there's one thing that teenagers of all stripes spend their energy on, it's friendship. These outstanding new novels for young adults explore friendship wherever it blossoms, whether in the extremes of a dystopian future or the more mundane emotional extremes of high school.
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Excerpt: 'Hero'
Jul 3, 2008 — Notable screenwriter Perry Moore switches format for Hero, a novel about a gay adolescent who happens to be endowed with superpowers.
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From 'The Eye of the Storm,' a Bishop's Calm Voice
Apr 16, 2008 — It's been four years since Gene Robinson was consecrated bishop of a rural Episcopal diocese in New Hampshire. He's faced challenges and controversies as that denomination's first openly gay bishop — and he's written about them in a new memoir, In the Eye of the Storm.
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Teacher, School Sued over Gay Fairy Tale
Apr 27, 2006 — Massachusetts parents infuriated that their second graders were read King & King, a fairy tale about two gay princes, are suing the school and the teacher in federal court. The parents say schools are violating their religious freedom. But in Massachusetts, where gay marriage is legal, public school officials say they not only can talk about gay couples, they are required to.
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