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Despite Cease-Fire, Syrians Are Still Dying

WSDL-FM: Steve Inskeep — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 09:39:00 +0000

The fledgling U.N. monitoring mission in Syria is under sharp criticism from activists who say the team is failing to enforce the terms of the agreement drafted by special envoy Kofi Annan. Violence is down in some areas but flaring up in others.

Politics In The News

WSDL-FM: Steve Inskeep — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 08:42:00 +0000

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Now Marco Rubio happens to be one of those regularly mentioned as a possible vice presidential choice for Mitt Romney. And that's where we pick up our discussion with Cokie Roberts, who joins us most Mondays. Cokie, good morning.

COKIE ROBERTS, BYLINE: Hi, Steve.

INSKEEP: So is the vice presidential choice an opportunity for Romney to appeal to Hispanics?

ROBERTS: Well, obviously he thinks so, which is why Rubio's name keeps coming up. Rubio first said that he was not going to do it, and now he says let's let the process play itself out.

Shuttle Discovery To Be Flown To Washington

WSDL-FM: Steve Inskeep — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 08:00:00 +0000

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(SOUNDBITE OF CHEERING)

IINSKEEP: That's the sound of people on Washington D.C.'s National Mall, this morning, looking up as the shuttle Discovery past low over head. It is on the back of a 747 airplane, making a final bow, on its way into its final retirement at a museum. And I have to confess, people across Washington D.C. have been watching it as it circles the nation's capital, this morning.

Politics In The News

WSDL-FM: Steve Inskeep — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 08:00:00 +0000

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And I'm Steve Inskeep. Good morning.

Income tax returns are due this week. And the Senate chose this week to take up a proposal that millionaires should pay a minimum tax. It's President Obama's so-called Buffett Rule. The rules of the Senate make it unlikely this measure will pass, but Democrats are eager to force a vote on it.

French Police Corner Suspect In School Shooting

WSDL-FM: Steve Inskeep — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 08:00:00 +0000

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In the southern French city of Toulouse, police are in a stand-off with a man suspected of carrying out a series of shootings. The suspect is described as a 24-year-old French citizen, of North African heritage.

Bounty Hunting In The NFL

WSDL-FM: Steve Inskeep — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 09:00:00 +0000

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The National Football League is facing another challenge in its effort to make an inherently violent sport safer. Sometime in the next few weeks it's expected that NFL commissioner Roger Goodell will punish those involved with what is being called a bounty program. It was carried out by the 2010 Super Bowl champion New Orleans Saints. Yesterday, the defensive coach who allegedly orchestrated a program of paying players to injure opponents met with league officials.

Residents Try To Recover From Midwest Storms

WSDL-FM: Steve Inskeep — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 09:00:00 +0000

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We're going next to the town of Harrisburg, Illinois, one of many Midwestern towns struck by tornados. Harrisburg suffered the most of those towns. The tornado killed six people, with winds of up to 170 miles per hour. NPR's Cheryl Corley is there.

CHERYL CORLEY, BYLINE: Sections of Harrisburg, where buildings are now piles of rubble, have been off limits after the city set a 6:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. curfew.

Why Twitter Ties Resemble Airline Hub Maps

WSDL-FM: Steve Inskeep — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 09:00:00 +0000

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Some new research throws into question things we say all the time about the Internet. The research focuses on Twitter, the service that lets many millions of people send short messages to each other from computers or cell phones. It's commonly said that social networking like this is revolutionary, that it's created new communities, even that it's obliterated geography. You can connect with people who share common interests, not just people who happen to live nearby. NPR's Shankar Vedantam is here to explode all that.

Yemeni Vote Expected To Install Next President

WSDL-FM: Steve Inskeep — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 09:00:00 +0000

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One more Arab nation is changing a longtime leader. Yemen's president for 33 years was Ali Abdullah Saleh. Today, millions of Yemenis vote. And they're being asked to ratify a plan under which Saleh's vice president will replace him. NPR's Kelly McEvers is in Yemen's capital Sana'a.

And, Kelly, where exactly are you in the capital city?

KELLY MCEVERS, BYLINE: I am in the neighborhood of Shmaleh(ph).

Politics In The News

WSDL-FM: Steve Inskeep — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 09:00:00 +0000

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The U.S. economy is improving, even though Americans keep having to look over their shoulders at Europe. The state of the economy affects everything in American politics right now, from the presidential election to the budget that the White House lays out today.

NPR's Cokie Roberts has some analysis, as she does the most Mondays.

States Agree To Bank Settlement

WSDL-FM: Steve Inskeep — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 09:00:00 +0000

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Let's learn a little more now about the deal between five major banks and the states' attorneys general. They, along with federal officials, all signed off on a $26 billion settlement over the banks' handling of foreclosures. The agreement means some relief for troubled homeowners.

Syrian Forces Storm Rebellious Areas Near Damascus

WSDL-FM: Steve Inskeep — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 09:00:00 +0000

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Fighting in Syria has intensified within a few miles of the capital city. Damascus has remained under firm government control, but in the suburbs, the army has sent in tanks to retake areas that had been under the affective control of rebels. Activists inside Syria say more than 60 people have been killed in the past day. NPR's Kelly McEvers is monitoring the situation from Beirut. She's on the line.

W.Va. Mine Settlement Expected

WSDL-FM: Steve Inskeep — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 09:00:00 +0000

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Let's talk, now, about the reported settlement in last year's deadly coal mine disaster in West Virginia.