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Brand-Name Recipes for the Holidays

Looking for a fast and simple way to prepare a tasty meal amid the holiday rush? NPR's Linda Wertheimer talks to a Taste of Home magazine editor about "brand-name recipes" -- dishes suggested on a can of Campbell's soup or a box of Jell-O. Read recipes for barbecue ribs and lemon meringue pie.

Brand-Name Recipes for the Holidays

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Black Voters Could Decide S. Carolina Primary

The Democratic primary in South Carolina this February will likely be decided by the state's black voters. NPR's Linda Wertheimer visited South Carolina and talked with black voters about what they think of the Democratic presidential contenders.

Black Voters Could Decide S. Carolina Primary

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Low-Wage Women Workers a Question Mark in Coming Vote

Working women who struggle from day to day to meet basic financial needs -- especially in the South -- could provide important swing votes in the 2004 elections. Many say they aren't seeing the benefits of the Bush tax cuts, and they question U.S. involvement in Iraq. NPR's Linda Wertheimer reports.

Low-Wage Women Workers a Question Mark in Coming Vote

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New Book Takes Fictional Look at Pompeii

NPR's Linda Wertheimer speaks with novelist Robert Harris about his new novel Pompeii, a fictional account of the people of that famous town just before the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. The main character is an engineer working on a major aqueduct in the region.

New Book Takes Fictional Look at Pompeii

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World

Serbia Fails to Elect New President

For the third time in a row, Serbia's presidential election is declared invalid as fewer than 50 percent of voters turn out. The Balkan republic has been without an elected head of state since late last year, when the previous president surrendered to the war crimes tribunal in the Hague. NPR's Linda Wertheimer speaks with journalist Misha Glenny about the state of democracy in Serbia.

Serbia Fails to Elect New President

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States Canceling Presidential Primaries

NPR's Linda Wertheimer reports that many states across the nation are canceling presidential primaries. She speaks with Washington state Gov. Gary Locke about his state's decision not to hold a primary election this year. Wertheimer also talks with Donald Dunn, the Democratic party chairman in Utah, a state where the party decided to finance its primary after the Republican-dominated state legislature canceled the vote.

States Canceling Presidential Primaries

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The Red Rose Girls

NPR's Linda Wertheimer speaks with Alice Carter, curator of a new exhibit at The Norman Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, about an unconventional trio of female artists who worked and lived together at the turn of the 20th century. Carter is also author of a book on the women. View a photo gallery.

The Red Rose Girls

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Arts & Life

French Opera 'La Juive' Finds New Currency

The Metropolitan Opera has revived La Juive, a 19th century French opera about religious persecution. Enrico Caruso once filled the lead tenor's role in the work by Jacques Fromenthal-Halevy. The new tenor star is Neil Shicoff, who speaks with NPR's Linda Wertheimer.

French Opera 'La Juive' Finds New Currency

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First Dance at Wheaton College

Student Bethany Jones helped organize the first dance in Wheaton College's 143-year history. The small non-denominational college changed its rules earlier this year to allow dancing. Jones talks to NPR's Linda Wertheimer.

First Dance at Wheaton College

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National

Sept. 11 Panel Strikes Deal with White House

The bipartisan commission investigating the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks reaches a deal to gain access to classified White House briefings. But limits on the access have prompted protests from some Democrats on the commission. Hear NPR's Linda Wertheimer and former New Jersey governor Thomas Kean, chairman of the panel.

Sept. 11 Panel Strikes Deal with White House

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GOP Drafts Energy Bill

Republicans in Congress reach agreement on a major energy bill. If adopted, it would be the most sweeping change in the nation's energy policy in a decade. Hear NPR's Linda Wertheimer and NPR's Christopher Joyce.

Details of GOP Energy Bill Emerge

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Iraq and the Polls

Are U.S. domestic politics, and the prospect of the 2004 presidential vote, driving the Bush administration's Iraq policy? NPR's Linda Wertheimer examines the question with pollster Andrew Kohut of the Pew Center for People and Policy and with Steve Weisman, chief diplomatic correspondent for The New York Times.

Iraq and the Polls

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