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Karzai Defends Afghan Security Shake-Ups

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Holbrooke On Afghan Conflict, Planned Drawdown

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A Graveyard For Roman Gladiators -- In England?

A skull unearthed at a site in York, England, which may be part of the world's best-preserved Roman gladiator cemetery. Press Association via AP Images hide caption

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A Graveyard For Roman Gladiators -- In England?

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A Graveyard For Roman Gladiators -- In England?

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Suite [From Gladiator] Erich Kunzel & Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

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Highway Rider Brad Mehldau

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Apple Unveils New iPhone Model

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New recording features the beetles.

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Bugging Bugs (By Listening To Their Insides)

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Tsetse Fly Martin Denny

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Ten Cent Pistol Black Keys

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A Wild, Rumor-Filled S.C. Gubernatorial Contest

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A Wild, Rumor-Filled S.C. Gubernatorial Contest

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Nevada Voters To Choose Reid's GOP Challenger

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Gates Foundation Pledges $1.5 Billion To Child And Maternal Health

Melinda Gates discusses maternal and child health at a womens' health conference in Washington on Monday. Haraz N. Ghanbari/AP hide caption

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Gates Foundation Pledges $1.5 Billion To Child And Maternal Health

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Gates Foundation Pledges $1.5 Billion To Child And Maternal Health

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Andrew Jackson Dianogah

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Center's Groove DJ Center

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A Happy Homecoming For Long-Lost Silent Films

Silent film comedian Mabel Normand directed and starred in the 1914 film Won in a Closet. It is the first surviving film she is known to have directed. Courtesy of the National Film Preservation Foundation hide caption

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Movies

A Happy Homecoming For Long-Lost Silent Films

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A Happy Homecoming For Long-Lost Silent Films

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From Our Listeners

Memorable Summer Jobs

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Oil Gusher Beau Hunks

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One Step of a Time The Black Seeds

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GOP Gunning For Virginia's Perriello In Midterms

Perriello visited constituent Irene Lewis last week to wish her a happy 105th birthday. Her granddaughter says Lewis still plants her own tomatoes. Art Silverman/NPR hide caption

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Election 2010

GOP Gunning For Virginia's Perriello In Midterms

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GOP Gunning For Virginia's Perriello In Midterms

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Asia

North Korea Reshuffles Top Posts

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Fumes Aesop Rock

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Skipping Fred Hersch Trio

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The New Marijuana

State Medical Marijuana Laws Are Getting Stricter

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State Medical Marijuana Laws Are Getting Stricter

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Two Step Pacha Massive

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Heartbroken, In Disrepair Dan Auerbach

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Gulf Oil Spill: Containment And Clean Up

Allen Says Gulf Clean-Up Could Last Months

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Allen Says Gulf Clean-Up Could Last Months

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Environment

Environmentalists To Obama: Seize The Moment

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Forest Crunk [Instrumentals] Blockhead

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Book Reviews

Vampire Stories: Two New Twists On An Old Nemesis

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Vampire Stories: Two New Twists On An Old Nemesis

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One (Blake's Got a New Face) Vampire Weekend

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I'll Play the Blues for You Jason Moran

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Media

Under Fire, Journalist Helen Thomas Quits

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Under Fire, Journalist Helen Thomas Quits

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Animals

Hounded By Doubt, Dogged Owners Probe A Mystery

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Hounded By Doubt, Dogged Owners Probe A Mystery

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My Lucky Charm The Postmarks

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