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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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Boom Or Bust? Saving Rhode Island's 'Superman' Building
May 19, 2013 | NPR · The iconic Industrial Trust Tower in downtown Providence is empty for the first time in 85 years. Developers want to turn it into luxury apartments — and want the state and city to pay for it. But Providence — like the rest of Rhode Island — faces its own economic problems, as well as a recent failed investment.
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Remembering The Long Lost Germans Of Texas
May 19, 2013 | NPR · More than a century ago, German settlers found a pocket of Texas to call home between Austin and San Antonio. And once the local lingo merged with their own language, it proved to be an interesting dialect. Weekends on All Things Considered host Jacki Lyden speaks with University of Texas professor Hans Boas, who has been archiving the last remaining speakers of this unique blend.
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The Unsuccessful Quest For A Universal Language
May 19, 2013 | NPR · Within science circles, trying to come up with a new universal language was a trendy past-time in the 17th Century. Even the man who discovered gravity, Sir Isaac Newton, took a stab at it. Arika Okrent, editor-at-large at TheWeek.com, talks about its failure to catch on with Weekends on All Things Considered host Jacki Lyden.
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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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NPR Bestsellers: Paperback Fiction, Week Of February 28, 2013
Mar 1, 2013 — Yann Martel's Life of Pi remains at No. 10 the week after its movie adaptation won four Oscars.
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NPR Bestsellers: Paperback Fiction, Week Of November 8, 2012
Nov 9, 2012 — Yann Martel imagines an outlandish and fantastical odyssey in Life Of Pi. It appears at No. 8.
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Three Cheers (And Three Books) For Mummy Dearest
May 7, 2012 — Mother's Day may arrive earlier in England than in the U.S., but British writer Rosamund Lupton is always happy to celebrate. She recommends three books that distill motherhood to its essential elements. Do you have a favorite book about moms? Tell us in the comments.
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A West Bank Zoo Struggles to Survive
Apr 28, 2008 — In The Zoo on the Road to Nablus, Amelia Thomas tells the story of the small, underfunded Qalqilya zoo, where a determined veterinarian tends to a group of ragtag animals in facilities that have fallen into disrepair after decades of Israeli-Palestinian fighting.
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Author Describes Rescue of Baghdad's Zoo Animals
Mar 7, 2007 — Lawrence Anthony, co-author of the book, Babylon's Ark: The Incredible Wartime Rescue of the Baghdad Zoo, explains how he helped rescue the animals of the Baghdad Zoo following the invasion of Iraq.
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Book Excerpt: 'Zarafa: A Giraffe's True Story'
Mar 31, 2006 — Read an excerpt from Zarafa: A Giraffe's True Story by Michael Allin.
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Librarian's Picks: Saving the Best for First
Mar 31, 2006 — Sometimes authors' best works are their first. The tale of an imaginary universe where elevators are really important and the story of the first giraffe in Europe are among librarian Nancy Pearl's selections of must-read literary debuts.
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