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Supreme Court Has A Term To Remember
July 6, 2012 In the last 10 days alone, the high court created a storm of historic headlines. For the first time in recent memory, liberals prevailed in most of the high-profile cases, from the Affordable Care Act to the Arizona immigration law. But nobody expects that to continue.
Mitt Romney
Romney: Obama's Health Care Mandate Is A Tax
July 5, 2012 NHPRRepublican presidential candidate Mitt Romney spent his July Fourth holiday marching in a New Hampshire parade. He also backtracked on a top adviser's statement calling the individual mandate in the Obama health care law a fee or a fine. Romney says the Supreme Court ruled that it's a tax.
Southword
Meet Al Black: Florida's Prison Painter
July 5, 2012 When the officials at a Florida prison realized who Al Black was, they gave him a paintbrush and the walls as a canvas.
Revolutionary Road Trip
In Libya's Shifting Sands, Kids Try To Find Their Way
July 5, 2012 Most Libyans are under 25, and for these young people the revolution has created a new set of possibilities and challenges.
Dead Stop
Beyond The Music In St. Louis Cemetery No. 2
July 5, 2012 A New Orleans socialite donated space in her family's mausoleum in the city's famous St. Louis Cemetery No. 2. Now, the final resting place of a white, aristocratic family is also the eternal home of black musical royalty: Ernie "Emperor of the Universe" K-Doe and Earl King.
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New Orleans Struggles With Murder Rate, And Trust
July 5, 2012 New Orleans now has the highest per capita murder rate in the country. The killings are concentrated in the city's poorest neighborhoods — places like Central City, just a few blocks north of the stately mansions that line St. Charles Avenue.