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Military Families Track Troops Through the Media

The Pentagon's practice of embedding reporters with U.S.-led troops in Iraq has an unexpected consequence. Many military families can keep better track of their loved ones through the news media than through infrequent e-mails and phone calls. NPR's Linda Wertheimer reports.

Military Families Track Troops Through the Media

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St. Charles Profile - Part II

NPR's Linda Wertheimer visited St. Charles, Missouri, where residents overwhelmingly support the United States going to war with Iraq. The story is part of a series of profiles of the small Midwestern town.

St. Charles Profile - Part II

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War Talk in St. Charles

St. Charles Mo. stands at the confluence of two grand rivers, the Missouri and the Mississippi, and it represents in many ways the mainstream of middle American life. But one finds anything but unanimity here on the subject of war with Iraq. NPR's Linda Wertheimer talks to local people about their feelings.

War Talk in St. Charles

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Artie Traum

NPR's Linda Wertheimer speaks with singer/songwriter and acoustic guitarist extraordinaire Artie Traum. Artie and his brother Happy Traum were fixtures of the folk scene of the late 60s and 1970s. Artie then concentrated on guitar instrumental albums in the 80s, but now has released his first vocal CD in 15 years, called South of Lafayette (Roaring Stream Records RS202).

Artie Traum

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'The Dante Club'

NPR's Linda Wertheimer talks to Matthew Pearl, author of the new novel The Dante Club (Random House; ISBN: 0375505296). In this debut work, Pearl, a graduate of two Ivy League schools, puts the intellegentsia to work: poets Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Oliver Wendell Holmes and James Russell Lowell become sleuths to solve murders in 19th-century Boston.

'The Dante Club'

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World

Alleged 9/11 Planner Arrested

Pakistani officials announce the arrest of Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, the man U.S. officials say masterminded the Sept. 11 attacks as a top al Qaeda lieutenant. The arrest of one of the FBI's most wanted criminal suspects came after a raid near Islamabad. Hear NPR's Linda Wertheimer and Josh Meyer of the Los Angeles Times.

Accused Sept. 11 Planner Mohammed Arrested

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Sen. Pete Domenici: A Profile

NPR's Linda Wertheimer profiles Sen. Pete Domenici (R-NM). For more than two decades, Sen. Domenici was considered one of the nation's foremost experts on the federal budget. Now, at the age of 70, Domenici has won his sixth term in the Senate and is taking over as chairman of the Senate Energy Committee.

Sen. Pete Domenici: A Profile

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'Tender Murderers'

Guest host Linda Wertheimer speaks with Trina Robbins, author of Tender Murderers: Women Who Kill (Conari Press ISBN: 1573248215). The book profiles some 20 female killers, as well as a few attempted murderers who couldn't quite get the job done.

'Tender Murderers'

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Arts & Life

'Mr. Lincoln's Wars'

On the eve of President's Day, a new work of historical fiction looks at former President Abraham Lincoln from a variety of perspectives, ranging from his wife, Mary Todd Lincoln, to his assassin, John Wilkes Booth. NPR's Linda Wertheimer speaks with Adam Braver, author of Mr. Lincoln's Wars.

'Mr. Lincoln's Wars'

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