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Will The U.S. Military Really Welcome Women On Battlefields?
June 19, 2013 | NPR · Now that the U.S. military has officially agreed to allow women into combat roles, let's examine how quickly the various branches are moving to make that happen. The overall process is expected to take years.
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Liberal Groups Say They Received IRS Scrutiny Too
June 19, 2013 | NPR · The conventional shorthand for the IRS scandal is that employees "targeted" conservative groups for extra scrutiny in the applications for tax-exempt status. Except, as an inspector general's report showed, it wasn't just conservative groups that got extra scrutiny. Plenty of liberal groups had to produce extensive documentation answer dozens of questions, too.
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Animal CSI: Inside The Smithsonian's Feather Forensics Lab
June 19, 2013 | NPR · A keen eye and extensive knowledge of feathers allows forensic ornithologist Carla Dove (yes, that's her name) figure out from feather and bone fragments which type of bird crashed into a plane or was eaten by a snake. But the expertise has an uncertain future.
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Obama Evokes Cold War In Speech At Berlin's Brandenburg Gate
June 19, 2013 | NPR · Against a backdrop that evoked the Cold War, President Obama renewed his push to reduce the world's nuclear stockpiles on Wednesday. Obama delivered an address outside the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin. He also meet with German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
 
Democratic Bill Would Limit Government's Digital Surveillance
June 19, 2013 | NPR · Robert Siegel talks to Sen. Mark Udall (D-Colo.) about the legislation he is co-sponsoring with Sen. Ron Wyden, to limit the federal government's ability to collect data on Americans without links to terrorism or espionage.
 
AMA Officially Recognizes Obesity As A Disease
June 19, 2013 | NPR · The American Medical Association has recognized obesity as a disease — a distinction that will help change the way medical issues related to obesity are handled — and paid for. The decision is a "catch-up" in many ways, since many doctors and the insurance community have recognized it for years.
 

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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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Best Music Of 2011 By Genre

The Top 10 Top 40 Of 2011
Dec 19, 2011 — Pop right now is a mash-up of cosmopolitan dance beats and All-American ethnic and racial diversity.
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Staff Picks: The Best Music Books Of 2011
Dec 28, 2011 — The NPR Music staff presents 12 titles that range from the art of album covers to disco to Def Jam to metal to MTV. This year, our favorite music reads were mostly revealing biographies and wide-spanning analyses.
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The Best Jazz Of 2011
Dec 9, 2011 — Here are 10 examples of radical imagination, and radical re-imagination, in a great year for jazz.
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New Adventures In Folk: The Best Of 2011
Dec 16, 2011 — The Head and the Heart is one of many new folk groups that bend tradition while keeping it alive.
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Lo Que Más Nos Gustó: Alt.Latino's Favorite Artists Of 2011
Dec 7, 2011 — As this retrospective roundup proves, it is nearly impossible to fit all the year's great music into one show.
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NPR Classical's 10 Favorite Albums Of 2011
Dec 8, 2011 — From American modernism to Mendelssohn and the massive sound of Mahler, a wide-ranging top 10 list.
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The Best Metal Of 2011
Nov 30, 2011 — Metallic meditations ruled Lars Gotrich's 2011, but so did knotty death-metal and "The Grain."
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The Best Outer Sound Albums Of 2011
Nov 30, 2011 — Synths got out of control in 2011, but Lars Gotrich picks the best, plus drone and abstract guitar.
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The Year In Hipstep (Or Dubhop?)
Dec 28, 2011 — This year the invasion of dubstep beats into mainstream hip-hop became impossible to deny. That infusion of bass is helping bring dubstep out of the darkness and into the light.
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