November 7, 2009

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Rough Road For Military Families With Special Needs TPR

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Deployments are usually hard on families. Spouses must become single parents for months on end, managing households with little outside help. These challenges become even more daunting for families with special needs children.

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Health Care

The Health Care Debate Opens On The House Floor

[4 min 56 sec]
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Economy

Wary Employers Keep Jobless Numbers High

[3 min 28 sec]

by Tamara Keith

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Simon Says

The Bombastic Fog Engulfs Fort Hood

[3 min 6 sec]
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Shawn Lee & Clutchy Hopkins; '70 MPH Isn't Fast Enough to Get Out of Nebraska'

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Shawn Lee & Clutchy Hopkins; 'What More Can I Say (Top Chillin')'

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U.S.

Fort Hood Community Gathers To Mourn

[3 min 19 sec]
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The Impact of War

Series Introduction: Impact Of War

[1 min 33 sec]
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Weekend Edition Explores The Impact Of War

Rough Road For Military Families With Special Needs

[4 min 34 sec]

by Terry Gildea

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Health

Congress Considers Help For Families Of Injured Service Members

[4 min 54 sec]
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From Our Listeners

Your Letters: Moldova; Italy; Football Brain Injuries

[2 min 59 sec]
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Bj Liederman; 'Letters'

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Dexter Gordon; 'You Can Depend on Me'

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Author Interviews

Refusing Flu Shots? Maybe You're A 'Denialist'

[7 min 50 sec]
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Television

Good, Bad And Ugly Meet In 'Life On Mars'

[10 min 0 sec]
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David Bowie; 'Life on Mars?'

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Duke Robillard & Herb Ellis; 'Robin's Nest'

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Analysis

Week In Review With Daniel Schorr

[6 min 7 sec]
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World

Fort Hood Shooting Stuns Hasan's West Bank Family

[3 min 10 sec]
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U.S.

Faces Of Fort Hood Victims Begin To Emerge

[2 min 11 sec]
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London Philharmonic Orchestra, Howard Shore (conductor); 'Eastern Promises, film score'

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Politics

Could Big Donors Break Obama's Fundraising Record?

[3 min 58 sec]
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U.S.

Neo-Nazi Rallies Provoke 'Anger, Fear'

[5 min 24 sec]

by Steven Cuevas

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Author Interviews

To See The Future, Use The Logic Of Self-Interest

[4 min 57 sec]
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The Clonious; 'Emora'

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Strange News

Takes A Pretty Big Key Ring For The Keys To 100 Cities

[3 min 0 sec]
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Dan Deacon; 'Paddling Ghost'

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Lucero; 'Smoke'

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Food

A Pie A Day Isn't Enough; Chef Wants Your Pie, Too

[4 min 1 sec]
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Sports

NFL Fashions A Plan To Dress Up Female Fans

[3 min 51 sec]

by Gillian Ferris Kohl

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Music Interviews

Music For Sting's Favorite Season

[9 min 49 sec]
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Sting; 'Christmas at Sea'

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Guy Davis; 'Set a Place for Me'

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