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Iowa in the Civil War

NPR's Linda Wertheimer talks with actor Hal Holbrook. He's narrating a one-time only performance by the Des Moines Choral Society about Iowa's involvement in the Civil War. Iowans were the first Union soldiers to fight alongside African-American troops and had the greatest per capita number of soldiers -- sending a total of 76,000 to fight -- of all the states in the Union.

Iowa in the Civil War

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Time to Make the Doughnuts

Washington, D.C., pastry chef Ann Amernick is known for her doughnuts. Customers wait in line to buy them. Orders are rationed. But Ms. Amernick would prefer that people recognize her cakes and croissants -- in her mind, more worthy works. NPR's Linda Wertheimer visits Ann Amernick and asks what it's like to be on the wrong side of a fad.

Time to Make the Doughnuts

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Selling Stephen King's 'Early' Work

NPR's Linda Wertheimer talks with Prudence Grant, a retired teacher from Lisbon Falls, Maine, who discovered two stories written by student Steve King -- now author Stephen King -- in old copies of the local high school newspaper.

Selling Stephen King's 'Early' Work

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World

Rebuilding Iraq a Challenge

Few basic services have been restored to Iraq despite vigorous U.S. efforts to repair damage from the war and the years of economic sanctions that preceded the conflict. Normal life may be a year or more away. Hear NPR's Linda Wertheimer and Lt. Col. Sam Gardiner, retired.

Restoring Services to Iraq Remains a Challenge

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Science

Cancer Patient Copes by Writing Books on Disease

Author James S. Olson wrote Bathsheba's Breast: Women, Cancer and History while suffering from cancer himself. He's now at work on a book about a famous cancer hospital, and says that writing about cancer somehow provides a distraction from his own health issues. Olson speaks with NPR's Linda Wertheimer.

Cancer Patient Copes by Writing Books on Disease

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Business

Henson's Family Reclaims Rights to Muppets

The children of Muppets creator Jim Henson are buying back the Jim Henson Company from a German company that purchased it three years ago. They had hoped the Muppets could be developed into a larger franchise, but were disappointed in the results. Hear NPR's Linda Wertheimer and Brian Henson, son of Jim Henson.

Henson's Family Reclaims Rights to Muppets

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The Next Strategic Challenges

NPR's Linda Wertheimer talks with Ambassador Wendy Sherman and defense analyst Anthony Cordesman about the strategic challenges now facing the Bush administration in North Korea, South Asia and Iran. Ambassador Sherman was a special adviser to President Clinton. Mr. Cordesman holds the Arleigh A. Burke Chair in Strategy at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.

The Next Strategic Challenges

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Powell in Middle East

Secretary of State Colin Powell visits the Middle East to meet with Israeli and Palestinian leaders as the United States promotes a "road map" for peace in the region. Expectations for real progress are limited, but the trip has symbolic import. Hear NPR's Linda Wertheimer and NPR's Peter Kenyon.

Powell Begins Middle East Swing

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Dale Bumpers: A Memoir

For many Americans, retired Sen. Dale Bumpers is best known as the man who gave the impassioned closing speech defending President Bill Clinton before the Senate impeachment vote. That event bookends his autobiography, Best Lawyer in a One Lawyer Town: A Memoir. Hear excerpts from his extended interview with NPR's Linda Wertheimer.

Dale Bumpers: A Memoir

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