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Obama: Sexual Assault Has No Place In The Military

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Week In Politics: Obama And Drone Strikes

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Battered Jersey Shore Pins Recovery Hopes On Summer Season

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Battered Jersey Shore Pins Recovery Hopes On Summer Season

by Scott Gurian

Battered Jersey Shore Pins Recovery Hopes On Summer Season

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Bummer Of Beauty High Wolf

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McCoy Luther Hughes & the Cannonball-Coltrane Project

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History Makes Hiring Household Help A Complex Choice

Actress Marla Gibbs (as maid Florence Johnston) and actor Sherman Hemsley (as her boss, George Jefferson), appear in an episode of The Jeffersons. CBS/Landov hide caption

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History Makes Hiring Household Help A Complex Choice

by Karen Grigsby Bates

History Makes Hiring Household Help A Complex Choice

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Book Review: 'Love Is Power, Or Something Like That'

by Alan Cheuse

Book Review: 'Love Is Power, Or Something Like That'

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PRELUDE IN C MINOR THE DAVID GRISMAN QUARTET

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Juicebox The Section Quartet

Moore, Okla., Homes Lacked Improvements After 1999 Tornadoes

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Tornado Safe Rooms In Schools A Popular, But Costly Idea

Many school safe rooms, like this one inside Jeffries Elementary in Springfield, Mo., also serve as gymnasiums. Constructed with a $1.6 million grant from FEMA, which covered 75 percent of the cost, the shelter can hold more than 500 people — enough to accommodate all the school's students and employees. Scott Harvey/KSMU hide caption

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The Deadly Tornado In Moore, Okla.

Tornado Safe Rooms In Schools A Popular, But Costly Idea

by Scott Harvey

Tornado Safe Rooms In Schools A Popular, But Costly Idea

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National

New York City Hopes Bikesharing Will Make Streets Safer

by Joel Rose

New York City Hopes Bikesharing Will Make Streets Safer

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Times Change Terry Bartolotta

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Like a River Eric Marienthal

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Movie Interviews

Horror Film Takes Cues From Roman Catholic Church

by Beth Accomando

Horror Film Takes Cues From Roman Catholic Church

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Sports

German Soccer Teams Face Off For League Championship

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Like Minds Gary Burton

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Jubal's Tomb Lancaster, Carter

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Economy

Housing Market Recovers Though Economy Lags Behind

by Adam Davidson , Robert Siegel

Housing Market Recovers Though Economy Lags Behind

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LA Bluejeans Makers Fear Their Business Will Fade Away

Samuel Ku, who runs AG Jeans alongside his father, says a European tariff puts thousands of U.S. clothing jobs at risk. Amanda Marsalis hide caption

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LA Bluejeans Makers Fear Their Business Will Fade Away

by Sonari Glinton

LA Bluejeans Makers Fear Their Business Will Fade Away

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National

Thousands Of Insurance Adjusters Descend On Moore, Okla.

by Ted Robbins

Thousands Of Insurance Adjusters Descend On Moore, Okla.

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Sister Veil Kevin Eubanks

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Berber Afro-Soultet

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National

Oversized Semi Blamed For Bridge Collapse In Washington State

by Robert Siegel , Martin Kaste

Oversized Semi Blamed For Bridge Collapse In Washington State

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World

Toronto Mayor Dodges Accusations Of Crack Cocaine Use

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Most Precious One (Prodigy) Brian Blade

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Quartet No. 1 for Bassoon, Violin & Cello in C Majo Island

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Africa

Elected Leadership Struggles To Rule In Libya

by Leila Fadel

Elected Leadership Struggles To Rule In Libya

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Asia

Print Media Thrive In Myanmar, Where Internet Is Limited

by Anthony Kuhn

Print Media Thrive In Myanmar, Where Internet Is Limited

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Want Me Balanescu Quartet

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Kobo Town: A Haunted 'Jukebox' Filled With Caribbean Sounds

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Kobo Town: A Haunted 'Jukebox' Filled With Caribbean Sounds

by Banning Eyre

Kobo Town: A Haunted 'Jukebox' Filled With Caribbean Sounds

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Waiting By the Sea Kobo Town

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Tune With a View Pee Wee Ellis, Fred Wesley et. al.

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A Race Against Time To Find WWI's Last 'Doughboys'

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A Race Against Time To Find WWI's Last 'Doughboys'

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A Race Against Time To Find WWI's Last 'Doughboys'

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Over There Bill Murray

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Shatita Boom Boom (Club Desire) John Beasley

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