December 22, 2011

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Education

Texas Schools Grapple With Big Budget Cuts

7:56
 

Education

Hawaii Could Lose Federal Education Dollars

1:00
 

Riders On the Storm Yonderboi 0:11

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Yellow Is the Colour Bugge Wesseltoft 1:30

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Afghanistan

USAID Helps To Improve Medical Care In Afghanistan

5:15
 

Movies

Tintin's 'Adventures' Take Him To Hollywood

2:32
 

Adventures of Tintin John Williams 0:06

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Snowy's Theme John Williams 0:31

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Iraq

Wave Of Deadly Explosions Hit Iraqi Capital

3:56

and Sean Carberry

 

Nacimiento Sultans of String 0:14

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Anesigu Hamza el Din 0:30

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Newt Gingrich

Gingrich's Catholic Journey Began With Third Wife

5:28
 

Election 2012

Super Pac Has Internet Fun At Gingrich's Expense

2:34
 

Election 2012

GOP Candidates Enlist Wives For Iowa Campaign Ads

0:54
 

We Wish You a Merry Christmas [Instrumental] Various Artists 0:10

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It Came Upon a Midnight Clear [Instrumental] Various Artists 1:30

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Business

Yahoo May Sell Some Of Its Assets

0:48
 

Business

Bank Of America Settles Suit Against Countrywide

1:46

by Julie Rose

 

Business

Home Depot Shines A Light On Bulb Choices

3:43
 

Business

Ratings Drop For 'All-American Muslim'

0:51
 

Identifyin' (Blues for G) Dave Morgan 0:10

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Danzón Turtle Island String Quartet & Paquito D'Rivera 0:54

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North Korea In Transition

North Korea Awaits Kim Jong Un's Opening Moves

3:52
 

Asia

U.S. And Pakistan Relations: From Bad To Worse

4:50
 

Prelude to a Bite Jeff Gauthier Goatette 0:22

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From a Rainy Night Jeff Gauthier Goatette 1:31

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Around the Nation

Marine Thankful To Be Home At Christmas

4:07
 

Music News

A Church, An Oratorio And An Enduring Tradition

3:40
 

Unknown St. Marienkirche Church Choir 0:06

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Weihnachtsoratorium (Christmas Oratorio), in six parts, BWV 248 (BC D7) [Cantata No. 2. No. 10. Sinfonia] Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, King's College Choir, Cambridge, Philip Ledger (conductor) 0:06

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Election 2012

Romney Puts His Eggs In New Hampshire Basket

3:56
 

Quattro (World Drifts In) Calexico 0:10

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Dance with Delilah Harry Manx & Kevin Breit 0:31

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Middle East

Hundreds Killed In Bloody Month For Syrian Uprising

4:20
 

Around the Nation

Heifer International Banks On Holiday Giving

4:32
 

Hippy Trippy Harry Manx & Kevin Breit 0:06

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Just Among Friends New Guitar Summit 1:40

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Author Interviews

'The Dead Witness': Classic Victorian Crime Fiction

7:19

by NPR Staff

 

Le Cat Andrew Lawrence-King & The Harp Consort 0:25

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Jingle Bells Brazil Duofel 0:25

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World

U.S. Admits To Some Mistakes In Deadly Pakistan Raid

2:51
 

Around the Nation

Ga. Lottery Winner Must Come Forward Soon

0:28
 

Around the Nation

Elves Pass Out $100 Bills In Detroit

0:28
 

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