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Intelligence Community Mines Phone Records, Internet Data

Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit RENEE MONTAGNE, HOST: It's MORNING EDITION, from NPR News. I'm Renee Montagne. LINDA WERTHEIMER, HOST: And I'm Linda Wertheimer. Just one day after we learned the...

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Feds Buckle On Emergency Contraception Age Restrictions

Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit RENEE MONTAGNE, HOST: This is MORNING EDITION from NPR News. I'm Renee Montagne. LINDA WERTHEIMER, HOST: And I'm Linda Wertheimer. The morning after pill is...

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Rotenberg's Toronto Thrillers Mix Canadian Courtesy With Murder

Robert Rotenberg has written four legal thrillers set in Toronto, that old industrial city on the shores of Lake Ontario. He's a criminal lawyer — all his books are centered on trials — and he loves...

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Ex-Rep. Lindy Boggs: Advocate For Women, Dedicated To Family

Lindy Boggs died Saturday morning. She was 97 years old, had served in Congress for close to 20 years and also as the U.S. ambassador to the Vatican, appointed by President Bill Clinton. But those...

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Intercepted Al-Qaida Communication Prompts Warnings

Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit RENEE MONTAGNE, HOST: This is MORNING EDITION from NPR News. I'm Renee Montagne. LINDA WERTHEIMER, HOST: And I'm Linda Wertheimer. Today the State Department...

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U.N. Report: All Sides Committing Atrocities In Syria

Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit LINDA WERTHEIMER, HOST: U.N. investigators have gathered a list of suspected war criminals in Syria. After two and a half years of fact finding, they now believe...

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A Cronut By Any Other Name Is Still A Cronut

Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit LINDA WERTHEIMER, HOST: Good morning. I'm Linda Wertheimer. Little Big's Bakery in South Portland, Maine worked up its version of the cronut, the croissant-donut...

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'Wheel Of Fortune' Player Cashes In With N And E

Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit DAVID GREENE, HOST: And our last word in business today: N-E. LINDA WERTHEIMER, HOST: Any? GREENE: And not any, the word, but the letters N-E. Those are actually...

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Game Developers Conference: Not Your Typical Tech Convention

Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit LINDA WERTHEIMER, HOST: This week, the big players in the video game industry have gathered in San Francisco for the annual Game Developers Conference. The...

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Filmmaker Searches For 'White Widow' Of London Bombing

Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit LINDA WERTHEIMER, HOST: On July 7, 2005 - nine years ago tomorrow - a series of explosions in central London killed 52 people and injured over 700 others. One of...

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W.Va. Pottery Company Keeps Popular Fiesta Line Thriving

You may not know the name Homer Laughlin, a china factory in Newell, W.Va., but you'll likely recognize — or have eaten off of — its most famous product: brightly colored, informal pottery called...

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Advice For Beleaguered Battleground State Residents: Leave Town

We are moving into the election season — feels like we're moving faster and faster, candidates are already in the early states — notably the newly announced Hillary Clinton. She headed right to Iowa...

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From The Gridiron To The Pool: Women Are Making Waves In Sports

Americans love competitors — in business, in politics, and in sports. And for some of us from the bad old days when only the guys got to play team sports, it's a very special thing to see women blowing...

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The Basted Egg: A Foolproof Play On The Poach

This summer, NPR is getting crafty in the kitchen. As part of Weekend Edition's Do Try This at Home series, chefs are sharing their cleverest hacks and tips — taking expensive, exhausting or...

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U.S. Commander In Afghanistan Admits Mistakes In Kunduz Airstrike

Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit LINDA WERTHEIMER, HOST: The top U.S. commander in Afghanistan said today a series of mistakes led to an American airstrike that killed at least 31 people in a...

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It's An Election Year, So Get Excited! At Least I Will

Now that we've all had a wonderful time over the holidays, we can begin thinking about the election. Let me begin by saying that there are few things more exciting to me than an election year. Back in...

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A Moment Of Civility

Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit LINDA WERTHEIMER, HOST: The week of mourning that followed the death of Justice Antonin Scalia has been a reminder of a different kind of time in Washington....

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At Scalia's Funeral Mass, Son Leads The Ceremony

Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit LINDA WERTHEIMER, HOST: Sounds from the funeral rites for Justice Antonin Scalia today. The mass for Antonin Scalia continues at this hour at the Basilica of the...

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In 'The Nothing,' A Dirty Old Man Lusts For Life

Hanif Kureishi has written plays and movies — notably the screenplay for My Beautiful Laundrette , which was nominated for an Oscar. But he's also won awards for his short stories and novels. The...

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Revisiting George H.W. Bush's Legacy

Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit SCOTT SIMON, HOST: We're remembering George Herbert Walker Bush today. He died last night at the age of 94. Many of the people thinking about him today are...

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