February 14, 2013

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Business

Merger Of American Airlines and US Airways Will Create World's Largest Carrier

2:59
 

Business

Airline Mega-Mergers: 'Good, Bad And Ugly'

4:36

by Wendy Kaufman

 

U.S.

Taxpayers Steaming Over Florida Nuclear Plant's Shuttering

4:50
 

Tidal Imogen Heap 0:14

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In Her Music Box Atmosphere 1:32

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Sports

'Blade Runner' Athlete Charged With Murder Of Girlfriend

3:51
 

Shots - Health News

Traces Of Anxiety Drugs May Make Fish Act Funny

3:54
 

Cult of Color/Act 2, Scene 4. Sesom and His Disciples Graham Reynolds 0:05

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Turn It Up Shitake Monkey 0:29

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Around the Nation

State Of The Union Boosts Youngstown's Story Of Economic Turnaround

3:49
 

Politics

Rand Paul: 'Big Government's Not A Friend To Those Who Are Trying To Get Ahead'

6:50
 

Strange News

'Florida Man' On Twitter Collects Real Headlines About World's Worst Superhero

2:16
 

Orange Blossom Special Johnny Cash 0:20

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Safari Strut Whitefield Brothers 1:28

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Animals

With Brawls And Calls, Love Is In The Air For Elephant Seals

4:12

by Lauren Sommer

 

Found Recipes

Couple Ties The Knot With Their Own Afro-Asian Rice Treat

4:04

by NPR Staff

 

Nankind Road The Shanghai Restoration Project 0:20

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Home LCD Soundsystem 0:55

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It's All Politics

As Spending Cuts Loom, Alarm Bells Begin To Sound

4:14
 

The Sequester: Cuts And Consequences

Senate Democrats Hope To Forestall Coming Sequester

5:08
 

Sports

Disabled Athletes Bring Bravado To The Ice In Sled Hockey

3:03

by Patrick Skahill

 

Diamond Klint 0:10

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Elizabeth Reed John Pizzarelli 0:10

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Business

Berkshire Hathaway And Private Equity Firm To Buy Heinz For $23 Billion

2:20
 

The Legacy And Future Of Mass Incarceration

Decades On, Stiff Drug Sentence Leaves A Life 'Dismantled'

5:29

by Brian Mann

 

We Learn Rob Cross 0:04

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Clocks Coldplay 0:31

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Politics

Senate Republicans Stall Hagel's Secretary Of Defense Nomination

3:34
 

Education

Study: Pre-K Investment Pays Off With Higher Incomes, Reduced Crime

5:22
 

Arabesque Nicola Conte 0:05

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Movies

Hooray For Nollywood: Nigerian Distributor Casts Wide Net Online

3:55

by Wills Glasspiegel

 

Nobody Beg You Femi Kuti 0:05

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Jackson Slavic Soul Party! 1:28

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Book Reviews

Book Review: 'We Live In Water'

2:08
 

Deceptive Cadence

Measures Of Affection: Five Musical Love Letters

6:08
 

Amor mío, si muero y tú no mueres (My love, if I die and you don't-) [L Lorraine Hunt Lieberson 0:17

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Space Mosquito Los Straitjackets 0:17

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