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Housing Advocates Seek Foreclosure Options

John and Nancy Longval say they've had a hard time working with their lender, CitiMortgage, on a loan modification. Chris Arnold/NPR hide caption

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Housing Advocates Seek Foreclosure Options

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Housing Advocates Seek Foreclosure Options

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BOA Sorts Foreclosures As Investors Threaten

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BOA Sorts Foreclosures As Investors Threaten

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How To Destroy Your Political Opponent

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How To Destroy Your Political Opponent

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Somebody to Love Various Artists

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Play the Game Various Artists

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Obama Swoops In To Rescue West Coast Incumbents

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Obama Swoops In To Rescue West Coast Incumbents

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What The GOP Has Planned If They Win Big

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What The GOP Has Planned If They Win Big

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'Cash For Caulkers' Seals Savings For Homeowners

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'Cash For Caulkers' Seals Savings For Homeowners

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'Cash For Caulkers' Seals Savings For Homeowners

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With a Little Help from My Friends Joe Cocker

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Checking The Math Behind The Greenhouse Effect

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Checking The Math Behind The Greenhouse Effect

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Africa Lowry

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'Forgiveness' Hero Coldly Treated In Texan Heat

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'Forgiveness' Hero Coldly Treated In Texan Heat

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From 'The Hammersteins'/Copyright Black Dog and Leventhal

The Hammersteins' Path From Brooms To Broadway

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The Hammersteins' Path From Brooms To Broadway

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A Real Nice Clam Bake Original Broadway Cast

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Robin's Nest Duke Robillard & Herb Ellis

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'Two Irish Guys In A Donnybrook' For A House Seat

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'Two Irish Guys In A Donnybrook' For A House Seat

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Subvertizers? Name The New Breed Of Political Group

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Subvertizers? Name The New Breed Of Political Group

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Haifalutin Amanda Monaco

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Serge Folk Implosion

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Wikileaks Releases Disturbing Details From Iraq

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Wikileaks Releases Disturbing Details From Iraq

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Anti-Immigrant Cracks In Germany's Fragile Diversity

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Anti-Immigrant Cracks In Germany's Fragile Diversity

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At Last, The Rangers Are Going To The World Series

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At Last, The Rangers Are Going To The World Series

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NASA's Search For Life Still A New Hope

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NASA's Search For Life Still A New Hope

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Galaxy Song Monty Python

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May This Be Love Roy Mette

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'All Facts Considered' By NPR's Longtime Librarian

Who Knew? For more than 20 years, research librarian Kee Malesky has answered questions for NPR reporters, editors and hosts. She has compiled some of her favorite bits of "inessential knowledge" — such as which building did Elvis leave last? -- in a new book, All Facts Considered. Robert P. Malesky hide caption

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'All Facts Considered' By NPR's Longtime Librarian

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School's New Album Better Than A Bake Sale

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School's New Album Better Than A Bake Sale

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School's New Album Better Than A Bake Sale

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Aupres de Ma Blonde (Next to My Girlfriend) The East Village School

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Robin's Nest Duke Robillard & Herb Ellis

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