Around the Nation http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1091&ft=1&f=1091 Stories of Local interest en Copyright 2013 NPR - For Personal Use Only NPR API RSS Generator 0.94 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:23:00 -0400 http://media.npr.org/images/npr_news_123x20.gif Around the Nation http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1091&ft=1&f=1091 Tick Tock: Make The Serve, Pitch, Putt Or Shot In baseball, golf and tennis in particular, we are being slowly lulled to sleep before every pitch, every shot. Hurry up already, says commentator Frank Deford. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:23:00 -0400 http://www.npr.org/2013/06/19/193086412/tick-tock-make-the-serve-pitch-putt-or-shot?ft=1&f=1091 http://www.npr.org/2013/06/19/193086412/tick-tock-make-the-serve-pitch-putt-or-shot?ft=1&f=1091 In baseball, golf and tennis in particular, we are being slowly lulled to sleep before every pitch, every shot. Hurry up already, says commentator Frank Deford.

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]]> U.S. Automakers Are On A Roll, But Hiring Is Slow And Steady Profits for the nation's carmakers are on the rise, but after years of doing more with less, higher profits are unlikely to translate into significant numbers of new jobs. There are eight fewer plants and hundreds of thousands fewer workers in the industry than before the Great Recession. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:21:00 -0400 http://www.npr.org/2013/06/19/191386225/u-s-automakers-are-on-a-roll-but-hiring-is-slow-and-steady?ft=1&f=1091 http://www.npr.org/2013/06/19/191386225/u-s-automakers-are-on-a-roll-but-hiring-is-slow-and-steady?ft=1&f=1091 Profits for the nation's carmakers are on the rise, but after years of doing more with less, higher profits are unlikely to translate into significant numbers of new jobs. There are eight fewer plants and hundreds of thousands fewer workers in the industry than before the Great Recession.

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]]> How A Merger Could Affect Congress' Favorite Airport Members of Congress are pushing the Justice Department to preserve flights to small- and medium-sized cities from Reagan National Airport amid a review of the proposed merger of US Airways and American Airlines. Changes there could affect flights for lawmakers themselves. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:19:00 -0400 http://www.npr.org/2013/06/12/191106900/how-a-merger-could-affect-congress-favorite-airport?ft=1&f=1091 http://www.npr.org/2013/06/12/191106900/how-a-merger-could-affect-congress-favorite-airport?ft=1&f=1091 Members of Congress are pushing the Justice Department to preserve flights to small- and medium-sized cities from Reagan National Airport amid a review of the proposed merger of US Airways and American Airlines. Changes there could affect flights for lawmakers themselves.

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]]> James Helps Heat Avoid Elimination In Game 6 LeBron James shrugged off a poor start to get 32 points, 11 assists and 10 rebounds, Ray Allen hit a 3-pointer with 5.2 seconds to play to force overtime and the Miami Heat staved off elimination with a 103-100 victory over the San Antonio Spurs in Game 6 of the NBA Finals on Tuesday night. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:21:00 -0400 http://www.npr.org/2013/06/19/193301739/heat-stave-off-elimination-with-103-100-ot-win-over-spurs?ft=1&f=1091 http://www.npr.org/2013/06/19/193301739/heat-stave-off-elimination-with-103-100-ot-win-over-spurs?ft=1&f=1091 LeBron James shrugged off a poor start to get 32 points, 11 assists and 10 rebounds, Ray Allen hit a 3-pointer with 5.2 seconds to play to force overtime and the Miami Heat staved off elimination with a 103-100 victory over the San Antonio Spurs in Game 6 of the NBA Finals on Tuesday night.

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]]> A Field Guide To Jimmy Hoffa Searches The whereabouts of the ex-Teamsters boss is the stuff of urban legend. Here are the highlights and lowlights of the various searches for Jimmy Hoffa's body. Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:10:00 -0400 http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2013/06/18/193207310/a-field-guide-to-jimmy-hoffa-searches?ft=1&f=1091 http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2013/06/18/193207310/a-field-guide-to-jimmy-hoffa-searches?ft=1&f=1091 The whereabouts of the ex-Teamsters boss is the stuff of urban legend. Here are the highlights and lowlights of the various searches for Jimmy Hoffa's body.

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]]> 'Days Of Rambo Are Over': Pentagon Details Women's Move To Combat The U.S. military said in January that it will end its front-line combat exclusion for women; the shift means that women could join elite forces such as the Army Rangers and Navy SEALs in the next three years. Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:22:00 -0400 http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2013/06/18/193170940/days-of-rambo-are-over-pentagon-details-womens-move-to-combat?ft=1&f=1091 http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2013/06/18/193170940/days-of-rambo-are-over-pentagon-details-womens-move-to-combat?ft=1&f=1091 The U.S. military said in January that it will end its front-line combat exclusion for women; the shift means that women could join elite forces such as the Army Rangers and Navy SEALs in the next three years.

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]]> The Mystery Of the Ridiculously Pricey Bag Of Potatoes Did a 10-pound bag of potatoes really cost $15 back in 2008? We get to the bottom of some puzzling numbers in the lawsuit alleging America's potato growers have become a spud cartel. Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:06:00 -0400 http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2013/06/18/193164781/the-mystery-of-the-ridiculously-pricey-bag-of-potatoes?ft=1&f=1091 http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2013/06/18/193164781/the-mystery-of-the-ridiculously-pricey-bag-of-potatoes?ft=1&f=1091 Did a 10-pound bag of potatoes really cost $15 back in 2008? We get to the bottom of some puzzling numbers in the lawsuit alleging America's potato growers have become a spud cartel.

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]]> FDA Backs Off On Regulation Of Fecal Transplants Fecal transplants are being used more often to treat life-threatening bacterial infections. But the Food and Drug Administration worried that the still-experimental procedure put patients at risk. Now it is dropping plans to restrict transplants after doctors and patients complained. Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:08:00 -0400 http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2013/06/18/193069110/fda-backs-off-on-regulation-of-fecal-transplants?ft=1&f=1091 http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2013/06/18/193069110/fda-backs-off-on-regulation-of-fecal-transplants?ft=1&f=1091 Fecal transplants are being used more often to treat life-threatening bacterial infections. But the Food and Drug Administration worried that the still-experimental procedure put patients at risk. Now it is dropping plans to restrict transplants after doctors and patients complained.

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]]> Home-Schooled Students Fight To Play On Public School Teams Roughly half of U.S. states have passed laws making home-schooled students eligible to play for their local school teams. But in Indiana, an attempt to find a middle ground hasn't calmed the debate. Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:45:00 -0400 http://www.npr.org/2013/06/18/188409473/home-schooled-students-fight-to-play-on-public-school-teams?ft=1&f=1091 http://www.npr.org/2013/06/18/188409473/home-schooled-students-fight-to-play-on-public-school-teams?ft=1&f=1091 Roughly half of U.S. states have passed laws making home-schooled students eligible to play for their local school teams. But in Indiana, an attempt to find a middle ground hasn't calmed the debate.

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]]> A Look Back At How Newspapers Covered The Civil Rights Movement This week Audie Cornish travels to Birmingham, Ala., to revisit some of the stories that shaped that city and the nation in the summer of 1963. Today she talks with Hank Klibanoff, co-author of <em>The Race Beat</em> about how the newspapers covered the civil rights struggle fifty years ago. Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:33:00 -0400 http://www.npr.org/2013/06/18/193209038/a-look-back-at-how-newspapers-covered-the-civil-rights-movement?ft=1&f=1091 http://www.npr.org/2013/06/18/193209038/a-look-back-at-how-newspapers-covered-the-civil-rights-movement?ft=1&f=1091 This week Audie Cornish travels to Birmingham, Ala., to revisit some of the stories that shaped that city and the nation in the summer of 1963. Today she talks with Hank Klibanoff, co-author of The Race Beat about how the newspapers covered the civil rights struggle fifty years ago.

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]]> Patients Lead The Way As Medicine Grapples With Apps Smartphone apps can help count calories or detect a heart attack. People are embracing them to manage many aspects of their health. But medical apps are largely unregulated now, so there's no easy way to be sure which ones are trustworthy and which ones aren't. Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:49:00 -0400 http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2013/06/18/192777704/patients-lead-the-way-as-medicine-grapples-with-apps?ft=1&f=1091 http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2013/06/18/192777704/patients-lead-the-way-as-medicine-grapples-with-apps?ft=1&f=1091 Smartphone apps can help count calories or detect a heart attack. People are embracing them to manage many aspects of their health. But medical apps are largely unregulated now, so there's no easy way to be sure which ones are trustworthy and which ones aren't.

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]]> Where's Jimmy Hoffa? Everywhere And Nowhere FBI agents believe they have a credible lead on the whereabouts of Jimmy Hoffa's body. If they're right, it will solve a longstanding mystery, which will also deflate Hoffa's resonance in popular culture. Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:17:00 -0400 http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2013/06/18/193137445/wheres-jimmy-hoffa-everywhere-and-nowhere?ft=1&f=1091 http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2013/06/18/193137445/wheres-jimmy-hoffa-everywhere-and-nowhere?ft=1&f=1091 FBI agents believe they have a credible lead on the whereabouts of Jimmy Hoffa's body. If they're right, it will solve a longstanding mystery, which will also deflate Hoffa's resonance in popular culture.

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]]> A Photography Phone Call: On Life, Faith And Trains "You have to see the moment and get it fast. You don't get two chances," says Christopher Chadbourne. Listen to a phone conversation and hear what else he has to say about life, death and photography. Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:22:00 -0400 http://www.npr.org/blogs/pictureshow/2013/06/18/193056695/a-photography-phone-call-on-life-faith-and-trains?ft=1&f=1091 http://www.npr.org/blogs/pictureshow/2013/06/18/193056695/a-photography-phone-call-on-life-faith-and-trains?ft=1&f=1091 "You have to see the moment and get it fast. You don't get two chances," says Christopher Chadbourne. Listen to a phone conversation and hear what else he has to say about life, death and photography.

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]]> When A Language Dies, What Happens To Culture? Nearly half of the 7,000 languages spoken in the world are expected to vanish in the next 100 years. One of them is Athabaskan, a language of the Siletz tribe in the Pacific Northwest. Bud Lane, vice chairman of Siletz tribal council, explains the importance of language diversity. Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:00:00 -0400 http://www.npr.org/2013/06/18/193135997/when-a-language-dies-what-happens-to-culture?ft=1&f=1091 http://www.npr.org/2013/06/18/193135997/when-a-language-dies-what-happens-to-culture?ft=1&f=1091 Nearly half of the 7,000 languages spoken in the world are expected to vanish in the next 100 years. One of them is Athabaskan, a language of the Siletz tribe in the Pacific Northwest. Bud Lane, vice chairman of Siletz tribal council, explains the importance of language diversity.

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]]> President Obama, 'Honest And Trustworthy?' Host Michel Martin checks in on the latest political news, including new poll numbers on how Americans view President Obama. Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:00:00 -0400 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=193104695&ft=1&f=1091 http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=193104695&ft=1&f=1091 Host Michel Martin checks in on the latest political news, including new poll numbers on how Americans view President Obama.

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