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Weekend Edition Saturday

Fed Offers Higher Ground In Economic Mudslide

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A Swing To The Other Extreme Strangles Housing

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A Swing To The Other Extreme Strangles Housing

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Stephen Strasburg, Meet Tommy John

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Stephen Strasburg, Meet Tommy John

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Big Wheel Erik Truffaz

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Dubophone Erik Truffaz

Letters Of Love, Carried By 'Doves' To Chilean Miners

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Letters Of Love, Carried By 'Doves' To Chilean Miners

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Trapped Miners Face Dangerous Isolation

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Trapped Miners Face Dangerous Isolation

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Floods Head For The Sea Over Pakistan Farmlands

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Floods Head For The Sea Over Pakistan Farmlands

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Allt Varð Hljótt Ólafur Arnalds

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Your Letters: N.Y.'s Islamic Center; A University Sued

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Your Letters: N.Y.'s Islamic Center; A University Sued

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Emergency Exit Beck

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Four Pages That Decreed Six Million Deaths

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Four Pages That Decreed Six Million Deaths

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A Young Churchill Explores His 'Empire'

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A Young Churchill Explores His 'Empire'

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Dance the Dance Jazzanova

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Caravan Palace: Swinging To Electro Beats

by Betto Arcos

Caravan Palace: Swinging To Electro Beats

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Whole Foods Parking Lot Fog and Smog Films

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Robin's Nest Duke Robillard & Herb Ellis

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Five Years After Katrina, A Return To Bay St. Louis

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Five Years After Katrina, A Return To Bay St. Louis

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Glenn Beck's Partisan But 'Not Political' Rally

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Glenn Beck's Partisan But 'Not Political' Rally

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Illinois Politicians: Really Corrupt Or Just Dumb?

Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich was found guilty of lying to the FBI, making him the second consecutive Illinois governor to be convicted of a crime. John Gress/Getty Images hide caption

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Illinois Politicians: Really Corrupt Or Just Dumb?

by David Schaper

Illinois Politicians: Really Corrupt Or Just Dumb?

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Paying A Local Price For I-95's Global Promise

Ray McNair rests under I-95 in Overtown, a historic black neighborhood in Miami that was nearly wiped out during the construction of the interstate. Tom Ervin For NPR hide caption

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Paying A Local Price For I-95's Global Promise

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Paying A Local Price For I-95's Global Promise

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Down the Dusty Road Hubert Sumlin

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Adirondack Waters Welcome Paddlers Back

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Adirondack Waters Welcome Paddlers Back

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Kansas in the Spring Truckstop Honeymoon

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IMAX'd Out: Kids With Autism Get Big-Screen Break

Catering To The Crowd: Autism-friendly movie screenings are now monthly occurrences in 124 AMC outlets, along with a few dozen other theaters, nationwide. AMC's "Silence is Golden" rule is relaxed at these screenings, where theaters are less dark and soundtracks play at a lower volume. AMC Entertainment hide caption

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IMAX'd Out: Kids With Autism Get Big-Screen Break

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IMAX'd Out: Kids With Autism Get Big-Screen Break

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'The Sound Of A Snail': A Patient's Greatest Comfort

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'The Sound Of A Snail': A Patient's Greatest Comfort

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Iowa (Traveling III) Dar Williams

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Treme Brass Band: Living And Breathing New Orleans

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Treme Brass Band: Living And Breathing New Orleans

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Treme Brass Band: Living And Breathing New Orleans

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Robin's Nest Duke Robillard & Herb Ellis

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