From Our Listeners Letters: Debate Teams, Frangela July 20, 2007 • Listener e-mails this week include comments on the rapid-fire speaking style of modern high school debate teams and differing views of a comedy duo we featured called Frangela. Letters: Debate Teams, Frangela Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/12122853/12122854" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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World Pakistan's High Court Reverses Judge's Suspension July 20, 2007 • Pakistan's Supreme Court has reinstated Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammed Chaudhry, who was charged with misconduct and suspended four months ago by Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf. The ruling is seen as a political rebuke to Pakistan's leader. Pakistan's High Court Reverses Judge's Suspension Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/12122828/12122829" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Media Fraud Revealed in BBC Phone Voting July 19, 2007 • BBC television and radio has suspended phone-in contests from its programming after editors admitted they put fake winners on the air during charity fundraising shows. Fraud Revealed in BBC Phone Voting Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/12096744/12096745" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
Fraud Revealed in BBC Phone Voting Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/12096744/12096745" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
World Power-Plant Damage in Japan May Be Severe July 18, 2007 • New information is coming out about the quake that hit Japan earlier this week. Water leakage into the Sea of Japan from a nuclear power plant is 50 percent more than originally announced, and some 400 barrels of nuclear waste were knocked over. The International Atomic Energy Agency is pressing for a thorough investigation. Hear Noah Adams and Madeleine Brand Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/12060559/12060560" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Analysis Week in Politics July 16, 2007 • This week the Senate continues its debate over military withdrawal from Iraq. We discuss what to expect to hear from the Senate floor. Week in Politics Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/12004982/12004983" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Iraq Deadly Bombings Rock Iraq City of Kirkuk July 16, 2007 • Explosions rocked the northern Iraq city of Kirkuk Monday, with bombs detonated in front of a political party office and at an outdoor market. Between 70 and 85 people were killed, and more than 150 were wounded. Deadly Bombings Rock Iraq City of Kirkuk Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/12004976/12004977" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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National What I Learned from the State Police July 7, 2007 • Travels with the Idaho State Police help answer the following question: What should you do if you see flashing lights in your mirror? What I Learned from the State Police Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/11803756/11803757" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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A Tale of Two Interstates July 3, 2007 • Interstate 15 runs from Canada to Mexico through the American West, while Interstate 86 runs west to Portland and then Seattle. The two highways intersect at Pocatello, Idaho. We hear from truckers, traveling teenagers and a hitchhiker about the culture of the interstates. A Tale of Two Interstates Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/11694392/11694393" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Education School for Belmont Kids Gets Boost from Barbaro June 9, 2007 • Anna House is a seven-day-a-week preschool on the backstretch at Belmont for the children of exercise riders and stable workers, and it just got a huge financial boost. Barbaro's owners won the Barbaro Stakes and gave $250,000 to the school. School for Belmont Kids Gets Boost from Barbaro Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/10905981/10905982" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
School for Belmont Kids Gets Boost from Barbaro Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/10905981/10905982" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
National 'Flags In' at Arlington National Cemetery May 28, 2007 • Monday, as on each Memorial Day, there are flags flying in front of every grave at Arlington National Cemetery. More than 270,000 small flags were placed there by an Army infantry unit known as the Old Guard. 'Flags In' at Arlington National Cemetery Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/10463722/10464035" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Opinion Calvin Borel's Body Reflects Wounds of Jockeying May 18, 2007 • Calvin Borel has ridden thousands of Thoroughbred horses in competition. He is a small man whose hands are strong from years of work as a jockey, and knobby as if broken bones have knit back together reluctantly.
Sports Jockey Calvin Borel Prepares for the Preakness May 18, 2007 • Kentucky Derby-winning jockey Calvin Borel awaits a much-anticipated run at the Triple Crown with the second of three events, the Preakness, set to take place Saturday in Baltimore. Jockey Calvin Borel Prepares for the Preakness Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/10257063/10267153" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
Jockey Calvin Borel Prepares for the Preakness Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/10257063/10267153" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
Education Program Gives Students Advertising Experience May 14, 2007 • Graduate students in advertising at Virginia Commonwealth University get an opportunity to learn from professionals in an unusual program. Program Gives Students Advertising Experience Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/10169159/10169160" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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National Virginia Tech Students Return to Class April 23, 2007 • Students are back in class at Virginia Tech, one week after 33 people died on the Blacksburg, Va., campus in a barrage of gunfire blamed on a student. Virginia Tech Students Return to Class Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/9775882/9775883" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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National Resilient Hokies Return to Finish School Year April 23, 2007 • Classes resume Monday at Virginia Tech. Some students who left after last week's shooting are back on campus. Most look forward to a positive completion of the school year. Resilient Hokies Return to Finish School Year Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/9766533/9766534" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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