November 20, 2009

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Hard Lessons From Two Mass Killings In Texas

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The Senate is conducting hearings into the recent shootings at Fort Hood — a tragedy that took place just miles from the site of a deadly 1991 attack. That episode, in which a gunman killed 23 people at Luby's Cafeteria in Killeen, Texas, reshaped how police, medical and psychological personnel respond to such tragedies.

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Politics

Week In Politics Examined

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Around the Nation

Hard Lessons From Two Mass Killings In Texas

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Lewis & Clarke; 'Dead and Gone'

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Shawn Lee; 'Two Steps Back'

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Health Care

Insurance Mandate Could Spur Walk-In Clinic Boom

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by Karen Brown

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Television

James Franco Checks In To 'General Hospital'

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by Jesse Baker

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Aron Apping; 'General Hospital'

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The Six Parts Seven; 'Seems Like Most Everything Used to Be Something Else'

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Health

Evidence-Based Medicine: Hard For Some To Swallow

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Environment

Scientist: 'Don't Give Up' On Stopping Asian Carp

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Middle East

Obscured By War, Water Crisis Looms In Yemen

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Dirty Three; 'Sister Let Them Try and Follow'

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Mark Ronson; 'Outversion'

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Media

Lawsuit Adds To Tumult At 'Washington Times'

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Movie Reviews

'Broken Embraces': The Very Picture Of Romance

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David Byrne; 'Great Desolations'

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Kleenex Girl Wonder; 'Intellectual Fallacy'

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Follow The Legislation

Health Care Concessions A Bow To Moderates

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Health Care

Costs Of Prescription Drugs Spike

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Business

Boeing Hopes Long-Delayed Plane Takes Off In S.C.

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Matt Flinner; 'Ice Queen'

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Floratone; 'Floratone'

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'America's Battalion' In Afghanistan

Marines Reflect On Duty, Death In Afghanistan

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Bill Frisell; 'I Am Not A Farmer'

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Daniel Lanois; 'Agave'

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Friday Night Lives

In Massillon, High School Football Is 'Who We Are'

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From Our Listeners

Letters: Hayden, Housewares, Santas

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Shawn Lee Ping Pong Orchestra; 'Jingle Bells'

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Around the Nation

Chicago School Board Chief's Death Raises Questions

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The Six Parts Seven; 'Everything Wrong Is Right Again'

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Please Check Back In a Few Days; 'We try to list tracks whenever possible'

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Opinion

Bon Jovi Doesn't Need A Prayer To Make It On NBC

[2 min 55 sec]

by Andrew Wallenstein

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Television

Assessing Oprah's Farewell In 2011

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Mick Weaver; 'Mercy, Mercy, Mercy'

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Cex; 'Get in Yr Squads'

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