Chemical Weapons Use In Syria Crosses U.S. 'Red Line'
Transcript AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: From NPR News, this is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. I'm Audie Cornish.MELISSA BLOCK, HOST: And I'm Melissa Block.The Obama administration has now joined France and Britain in...
View ArticleGuy Clark, Music's Master Craftsman, On Making Songs Last
If you want to learn how to write a song — one that's built to last, with vivid characters and images that plant you squarely inside a scene — listen to Guy Clark.
View ArticleWeiner Says He Won't Drop Campaign For NYC Mayor
Transcript MELISSA BLOCK, HOST: From NPR News, this is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. I'm Melissa Block.Disgraced former congressman and current New York City mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner is apologizing...
View ArticleAmazon CEO To Buy 'Washington Post' And Sister Papers
The Washington Post Company announced Monday that it has sold its newspaper business including the Post and its sister papers to Jeffrey Bezos, founder and CEO of Amazon. Bezos is buying the Washington...
View ArticleAttorneys Assigned To Fort Hood Shooter Want To Back Out
There was an unexpected hold-up on day two of the court martial of Army Maj. Nidal Hasan, accused of gunning down fellow soldiers at Fort Hood. His "standby" attorneys have told the judge that don't...
View Article'Treme' Cookbook Captures The Flavor Of A Show And A City
If you find yourself craving New Orleans food, you could go there and melt in the sweltering heat for a dose of gumbo or praline bacon. Or you could settle in on your couch, as I've been doing, and...
View ArticleBrazil's New Middle Class: A Better Life, Not An Easy One
Tens of millions of Brazilians have risen out of poverty over the past decade in one of the world's great economic success stories. The reasons are many: strong overall economic growth, fueled by...
View ArticleJPMorgan Chase Agrees To Pay $5.1 Billion To Feds
JPMorgan Chase agreed pay $5.1 billion to settle litigation over mortgage assets sold during the housing bubble. The deal, announced late Friday afternoon, is to resolve claims the company misled...
View ArticleThe Enigmatic Pecan: Why So Pricey, And How To Pronounce It?
The price of pecans is going up, up, up, which may mean that if you're planning a pecan pie for Thanksgiving, the time to buy them is now. The reasons behind that escalating price all come down to...
View ArticleSidelined By Brain Injury, Ex-NFL Player Copes With 'Desperation'
The home of Sean Morey bears the impressive signposts of his 10-year career in the NFL: a Vince Lombardi trophy for his Super Bowl championship with the Pittsburgh Steelers in 2006. A hefty Super Bowl...
View ArticleMore Findings, More Questions About Value Of Mammograms
Transcript MELISSA BLOCK, HOST: There's new evidence out today that's raising questions about whether women in their 40's and 50's should routinely undergo mammography to detect breast cancer. A new...
View ArticleLetters: Genetic Experiments And Hopes For Saving Voices
Transcript AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: Finally this hour: Your letters. We heard from Aaron Berger, a high school biology teacher in Minneapolis. He listened closely to our conversation this week about...
View ArticleFake Chef, Real Recipes — And The Food's Disgusting
Nick Preuher is no chef; he only plays one on TV. More accurately, he has pretended to be one, appearing on various local morning television shows as a prank.
View ArticleTell Your Bestie: The OED Has New Words
The Oxford English Dictionary is adding some 900 new words and phrases to its pages, with wackadoodle, bestie and DIYer among them. Melissa and Robert review some of the new entries.
View ArticleOrthotic Brace Takes Soldiers From Limping To Leaping
A deceptively simple leg brace is changing the lives of hundreds of wounded service members. Soldiers with badly injured legs who thought they'd have to live with terrible pain can walk and run again,...
View ArticleAs Texas Gets More Diverse, Educators Grab The Bull By The Horns
Texas is in the midst of a population boom and demographic sea change.
View ArticleOn Base And In Town, Shooting Summons A Dread All Too Familiar
From Killeen, Texas, where Fort Hood is based, Melissa Block talks to soldiers who were on base during the shooting, as well as with Killeen's mayor. The mayor explains how the town is trying to cope.
View ArticleAnother Tragedy For A City All Too Familiar With Extreme Gun Violence
Flags are fluttering at half-staff across Killeen, Texas, after yesterday's shooting at Fort Hood. This is a city that's all too familiar with spasms of extreme gun violence: a shooting rampage at...
View ArticleIn NCAA Finals, Two Recent Champions On Unlikely Rides
The Kentucky Wildcats and the Connecticut Huskies take the court in Monday's NCAA men's college basketball final. NPR's Tom Goldman talks to Melissa Block about what to watch for in the game.
View ArticleDrilling Frenzy Fuels Sudden Growth In Small Texas Town
South Texas is in the midst of a massive oil boom. In just a few years, it has totally transformed once-sleepy communities along a crescent swoosh known as the Eagle Ford Shale formation and has...
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