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Linda Wertheimer As NPR's senior national correspondent, Linda Wertheimer travels the country and the globe for NPR News, bringing her unique insights and wealth of experience to bear on the day's top news stories.
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Planet Money

Turf Wars And Details Bog Down A Banking Overhaul

Lawmakers are months behind the original goal of making sweeping changes to the nation's financial regulations. Leaders agree that changes are needed, but they just don't see eye to eye on what those changes might be.

Turf Wars And Details Bog Down A Banking Overhaul

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Crime In The City

Beachcombing For Bodies In Loomis' Provincetown

Author Jon Loomis says Provincetown, Mass., is the perfect setting for his series of crime novels; the funky beach town is so crazy in the summer that it's impossible to create a character who is over the top.

Beachcombing For Bodies In Loomis' Provincetown

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Tracking The Overhaul

Obama To Add Va., N.C. To Health Care Tour

President Obama travels to Virginia and North Carolina this week pushing his plans to overhaul health care. Though the president has conceded he will not have legislation by the time the Congress leaves for vacation, he says he's determined to have legislation on his desk by the end of this year.

Obama To Add Va., N.C. To Health Care Tour

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World

Opposition Claims Gains In Self-Ruled Kurdish Region

Preliminary results from the elections held in the semi-autonomous Kurdistan region of Iraq over the weekend defied conventional wisdom. A movement calling itself "Change," which also borrowed the "yes we can" slogan from the Obama campaign, made a surprisingly strong showing. The reshuffling of Kurdish politics may have a ripple effect in Baghdad and beyond.

Opposition Claims Gains In Self-Ruled Kurdish Region

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Opinion

Analysis

Obama Aims To Retake Reins Of Health Care Debate

President Obama gives his fourth prime-time news conference Wednesday night to push for health care overhaul. His appearance comes against growing opposition from Republicans in Congress and waning support in the polls.

Obama Aims To Retake Reins Of Health Care Debate

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Law

Panel Seeks More Time For Detainee Policy Review

The Obama administration missed two self-imposed deadlines Monday that deal with Guantanamo prison. Two task forces were supposed to turn in reports recommending new policies for the detention and interrogation of terrorism suspects. Both said they need more time, which points to the complexity of the issue.

Panel Seeks More Time For Detainee Policy Review

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National

Governors Bemoan Steep Slide In State Revenues

At the annual meeting of the National Governors Association, one hot topic was how badly states have been hit by the economic downturn; this year, they've seen the steepest decline in tax revenues on record.

Governors Bemoan Steep Slide In State Revenues

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National

Columbine Wounds Heal But Leave Scars

Drew Lagerborg was a junior at Columbine High School when Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold went on a shooting spree that killed 12 classmates and a teacher. Ten years later, Lagerborg and his parents can share words of hope.

Columbine Wounds Heal But Leave Scars

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Business

Auction Business Still Bidding High

Not only do people hope to buy something at a bargain price at auction — in this recession, people are also using those sales to turn some of their possessions into cash. To check out how that's working — we visited an auction house in Washington, D.C., just down the street from NPR.

Auction Business Still Bidding High

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Pop Culture

Spring 'Mini-Season' Means More TV Options

Springtime means renewal — and these days, new TV shows sprout when the daffodils do. Monkey See blogger Linda Holmes joins host Linda Wertheimer for a chat about the good, the bad and the ugly among the season's new shows.

Spring 'Mini-Season' Means More TV Options

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Financial Turmoil Grips World Markets

Economy Dominates White House Focus

President Obama will make his first official trip to California this week to empathize with some of those hit hardest by the recession. Meantime, anxious eyes are on financial markets, and there's fresh anger about executives' bonuses.

Economy Dominates White House Focus

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Financial Turmoil Grips World Markets

AIG's Employee Bonuses Rile Washington

Reports over the weekend revealed that big bonuses are being paid to employees in the very unit that brought down crippled insurance giant AIG. And late Sunday, AIG revealed the names of some of the big banks it is paying off with the $175 billion in taxpayer dollars that it has gotten so far.

AIG's Employee Bonuses Rile Washington

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Economy

Larry Summers Is Administration's Economic Voice

Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner has been the administration's point man on the economy. Some feel that he has not been an effective messenger. When Geithner first presented a bank bailout plan, the stock market took a dive. Former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers, who is the White House economic advisor, appears to be taking on a larger role, and may eclipse anything that Geithner says in the coming weeks.

Larry Summers Is Administration's Economic Voice

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World

Protests Direct Challenge To Pakistan's President

Protesters in Pakistan are trying to reach the capital Islamabad, but are being stopped by police. They are demonstrating against recent moves by President Asif Ali Zardari intended to neutralize his chief political opponents. As the protest gains momentum, it is now seen as a direct challenge to Zardari's government.

Protests Direct Challenge To Pakistan's President

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The Madoff Investment Scandal

After Guilty Plea, Madoff Sentencing Set For June 16

Bernard Madoff has pleaded guilty to all 11 charges in the largest fraud case in Wall Street history. The former New York money manager is accused of stealing billions of dollars from thousands of investors in what he himself has described as a Ponzi scheme.

After Guilty Plea, Madoff Sentencing Set For June 16

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