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NPR: Story Corps
StoryCorps is an independent nonprofit organization whose mission is to provide Americans of all backgrounds and beliefs with the opportunity to record, share, and preserve the stories of our...
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Obama: No More Mr. Nice Guy
President Obama struck notes of bipartisanship in his first term; as his second begins, he openly embraces confrontation. (Jim Watson, AFP/Getty Images / December 23, 2012)Obama comes out swinging for...
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Gun Appreciation Day: Five injured at three gun shows
Austin Ehlinger helps hold a banner during a Guns Across America rally in Austin, Texas. Also Saturday, five people in three states were wounded in gun accidents. (Eric Gay /Associated Press /January...
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NPR Commentary: Raising the Social Security Retirement Age Makes No Sense in...
Photo of an artisan blacksmith by John Burke via Getty Images.Paul Solman: We write a lot about Social Security on this page. Recently, our resident expert "Ask Larry" Kotlikoff and I got into a tiff...
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Dutch Historian, Johan Huizinga
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Inauguration Day, January 20, 2013
Video: President Obama was sworn in for his second term by Chief Justice John Roberts.Obama officially begins his second term with oathBy Robert Barnes and Frederick Kunkle, Updated: Sunday, January...
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Mormonism and Polygamy. Revelation, Counter-Revelation and “sustaining the...
Joseph Smith died after firing all six bullets in his "pepperbox" revolver with intention to kill other human beings.***"Mormonism Is Not A Christian Religion and Founding Prophet Joseph Smith Was A...
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Recent UFO Sightings /// Buzz Aldrin Recounts Apollo 11's Encounter With UFO
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How the NRA and pro-gun Americans abuse Australian crime stats
An American protesting the easy availability of military style weapons in the wake of the Sandy Hook massacre. EPA/Michael ReynoldsFaking waves: how the NRA and pro-gun Americans abuse Australian crime...
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NPR Story Corps: Soldier's Battle Lost After Returning Home
U.S. Army soldier suicides at highest level since data first gathered 30 years ago.***by NPR STAFFJanuary 12, 2013 Audio File:...
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Hillary Rodham Clinton: Becoming a Democrat
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Which Supreme Court Justice Was Turned Down By 14 Law Firms?
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Why We Pray, C.S. Lewis
"I pray because I can't help myself. I pray because I'm helpless. I pray because the need flows out of me all the time, waking and sleeping. It doesn't change God, it changes me." C.S. Lewis,...
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World's happiest countries. (In the view of Tea Bags, the "top ten" are all...
Norway tops the list of happiest countries in the world.***Alan: American conservatives impress me as among the most unhappy people in the world; angry, bitter, resentful, vengeful and living on the...
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NPR Interview: Sonia Sotomayor On Love, Health And Family
Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor spoke with NPR in December at the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C. Kainaz Amaria/NPRAudio File at...
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"Les Miserables." A Great Movie!
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View Article"One Today," Obama Inauguration Poem, by Richard Blanco - January 20, 2013
44 year old Richard Blanco is the youngest poet to deliver an inauguralpoem. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mDrk8AC4G4
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"Open Letter to Mike Duke, CEO of Walmart," by Ralph Nader
Without Uncle Sam in their pocket, the Waltons would never have leveled "Mom and Pop."***Open Letter to Mike Duke, CEO of WalmartPosted January 17, 2013Mike Duke, CEOWalmart CorporationBentonville,...
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President Obama Inauguration 2013 Ceremony | Medgar Evers Widowhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cx57wo47BoE
View ArticleRev. Luis Leon Gives Benediction At President Obama's Second Inauguration
Inauguration Day 2013: Rev. Luis Leon Delivers the Benedictionhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rA--zItnOVk
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