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Wednesday, March 06, 2013

Working Late: Older Americans On The Job

For Midwife, 71, Delivering Babies Never Gets Old

Colorado midwife Dian Sparling, 71, meets with Lisa Eldridge and her baby, Colton James.

March 6, 2013 Sometimes you can't retire even if you want to. For Dian Sparling, a nurse midwife, there's no one to take over her practice. But at 71, delivering babies on call is harder than it used to be. "It would be horrible if I had to do this and stay up all night and I didn't love what I do," she says.

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Author Interviews

In Sly Self-Help Novel, Selling Clean Water Gets You 'Filthy Rich'

bottled water

March 6, 2013 In Mohsin Hamid's fictional how-to, a nameless protagonist makes a fortune selling knockoff bottled water in a thirsty Asian metropolis. Hamid joins NPR's Steve Inkeep to discuss the book's conceit and the side effects of rampant development.

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Sweetness And Light

Catholic Universities See True Path To Salvation: Basketball

DePaul, Georgetown, Marquette, Providence, St. John's, Seton Hall and Villanova universities have decided to leave the Big East Conference and pursue a new basketball framework.

March 6, 2013 A powerful leadership group — the Catholic Seven — is stepping forward and heading in a bold new direction: basketball. These schools want out of the Big (football) East Conference.

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Music Interviews

Cloud Cult's 'Love' Channels A Life Tested By Loss

Cloud Cult's new album is titled Love.

March 6, 2013 Frontman Craig Minowa talks about tragedy in his past and how the group's new album, Love, reflects his own healing process.

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Tuesday, March 05, 2013

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