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Down Goes Kansas! Upsets Aplenty In Wild NCAA
Sun, 21 Mar 2010 09:10:00 -0400
Kansas is shocked in NCAA mens' basketball tournament, losing to Northern Iowa.
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Immigration: The Next Mountain To Climb?
Sun, 21 Mar 2010 08:00:00 -0400
Supporters of immigration overhaul are rallying on the National Mall in hopes their cause will be the next Congressional battle. They want a comprehensive rewrite of the immigration laws that would provide a path to citizenship for the roughly 11 million illegal immigrants currently in the country. But the politics of the immigration issue are complicated for both parties.
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Iowa Upsets Kansas In NCAA Shocker
Sun, 21 Mar 2010 08:00:00 -0400
No. 1-seeded Kansas was knocked out of the NCAA men's basketball tournament by 9th-seed Northern Iowa Saturday, and 11th-seed Washington ousted No. 3 New Mexico State. Host Liane Hansen talks to NPR's Tom Goldman about what has become a tournament filled with upsets.
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Nerves Raw, U.S., Israel Open Conference
Sun, 21 Mar 2010 08:00:00 -0400
When Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to warn him that an Israeli housing project in East Jerusalem is harming U.S. interests, a pro-Israel lobby in Washington was quick to accuse Clinton of blowing things out of proportion. AIPAC, or the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, called on the Obama administration to tone down the rhetoric. The Obama administration did get support, though, from a new pro-Israel lobby, J Street, which says Israel has to take steps to improve relations. It is against this backdrop that AIPAC opens its annual policy conference, a meeting where both Clinton and Netanyahu are expected to speak.
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Rubik's Cube Still Confounds At 30
Sun, 21 Mar 2010 08:00:00 -0400
It has been 30 years since one of the world's great puzzles came to this country. The multicolored device was called the Magic Cube when it first went on sale in a Budapest toyshop. But by 1980, the puzzle carried the name of its inventor, Hungarian architecture professor Erno Rubik. Host Liane Hansen takes a moment to note the toy's anniversary.
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APM's Marketplace

Critics challenge Greenspan's defense
Fri, 19 Mar 2010 13:26:07 -0500
Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan presented a 48-page review of the financial crisis at the Brookings Institution. He acknowledged some lapses, but denied the Fed encouraged the real estate bubble by leaving interest rates too low. Bob Moon reports.
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Weekly Wrap: SEC and Greenspan
Fri, 19 Mar 2010 13:26:14 -0500
Reuters blogger Felix Salmon and Fortune Magazine's Leigh Gallagher talk with Kai Ryssdal about whether the SEC is on the road to redemption, and whether low interest rates contributed to the housing boom and bust.
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Perils with Prius? Oh yeah, baby!
Fri, 19 Mar 2010 13:26:24 -0500
Toyota's Prius has been going through some troubles lately. But commentator Marc Jaffe thinks having a whole new image for the brand may not be as bad as it seems.
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Labor dispute hurts BA's brand image
Fri, 19 Mar 2010 13:26:31 -0500
A major industrial battle is brewing between Britain's biggest union and British Airways. Cabin crews are planning to strike, which means several flights are likely to be canceled. Stephen Beard reports.
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Sam's life as an American still a dream
Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:01:23 -0500
Thousands of undocumented students graduate from high school each year in the U.S. When they do, many face an uncertain future. Independent producers Dan Collison and Elizabeth Meister bring us the story of Sam, an 18-year-old among this group.
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World News from PRI

Blair to Iraq inquiry: No regrets
Mon, 01 Feb 2010 06:23:00 -0600
Former British PM Tony Blair denies striking "covert" deal to invade Iraq and says he has no regrets about decisions.
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Local radio a lifeline in Haiti
Fri, 22 Jan 2010 11:52:00 -0600
Many Haitians turned to local radio as a way to get and share information as communications are still disrupted in Haiti.
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Haiti relief efforts one week after quake
Tue, 19 Jan 2010 11:41:00 -0600
As aid and government agencies mobilize relief efforts in Haiti, what's at the top of their list a week after the quake.
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Progress and obstacles in Haiti relief efforts
Mon, 18 Jan 2010 07:35:00 -0600
Aid workers face a number of obstacles in helping victims in Haiti, including a severely damaged infrastructure.
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Haiti devastation emerges
Wed, 13 Jan 2010 14:23:00 -0600
The extent of the devastation from the earthquake in Haiti is slowly emerging, with thousands of people feared dead.
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Airline security list backlash
Tue, 05 Jan 2010 13:27:00 -0600
Many of the 14 countries named on the airline security list are accusing the US of racial and ethnic profiling.
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The missing stories of 2009
Mon, 28 Dec 2009 06:09:00 -0600
From new global alliances to simmering conflicts, these were the important events not covered by mainstream media in 2009.
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