Weekend Edition Saturday for October 19, 2013 : NPR

Shutdown Is Wrapped Up, But Other Issues Are Starting To Unfold

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Business Leaders Decry The Economic Cost Of Uncertainty

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Business Leaders Decry The Economic Cost Of Uncertainty

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How Do You Flavor A Vodka Called 'Chicago'?

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How Do You Flavor A Vodka Called 'Chicago'?

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How Do You Flavor A Vodka Called 'Chicago'?

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For 'Young Invincibles,' Insurance Isn't Just A Health Issue

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When The Cost Of Health Insurance Outweighs The Risk

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With Major Debt, Philadelphia Schools Cut Back On Nurses

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Ultimate Frisbee Puts On Its Game Face

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Ultimate Frisbee Puts On Its Game Face

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'12 Years' Is The Story Of A Slave Whose End Is A Mystery

In the new film adaptation of Twelve Years A Slave, Chiwetel Ejiofor plays Solomon Northup, a black man who was kidnapped and sold into slavery in 1841. Jaap Buitendijk/Fox Searchlight Pictures hide caption

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'12 Years' Is The Story Of A Slave Whose End Is A Mystery

by Hansi Lo Wang

'12 Years' Is The Story Of A Slave Whose End Is A Mystery

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Movies

Why We Can't Look Away From Hard-To-Watch Films

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Wynton Marsalis Goes Back To Church For 'Abyssinian Mass'

Trumpeter Wynton Marsalis performs his Abyssinian Mass in 2008. Frank Stewart/Jazz at Lincoln Center hide caption

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Ecstatic Voices

Wynton Marsalis Goes Back To Church For 'Abyssinian Mass'

by John Burnett

Wynton Marsalis Goes Back To Church For 'Abyssinian Mass'

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Politics

Can The GOP Put Its Internal Feuds Behind It?

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Economy

What The World Thinks Of The Dollar In Light Of Recent Politics

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'It Takes A Crisis': How '73 Embargo Fueled Change In U.S.

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Politics

'It Takes A Crisis': How '73 Embargo Fueled Change In U.S.

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'It Takes A Crisis': How '73 Embargo Fueled Change In U.S.

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Asia

Chinese Edict Against 'Rumors' Puts Popular Bloggers At Risk

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Credit Cards Under Pressure To Police Online Expression

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All Tech Considered

Credit Cards Under Pressure To Police Online Expression

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Credit Cards Under Pressure To Police Online Expression

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Sports

Teams Take A Step Closer To World Series

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Sports

Calculating The Worth Of The Redskins Brand

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National

Bookless Library In Texas Aims To 'Break Down The Barriers To Reading'

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National

Do-It-Yourself Library Brings Neighborhood Together

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Author Interviews

What's Really Priceless? Art, Money And Fate In Tartt's 'Goldfinch'

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What's Really Priceless? Art, Money And Fate In Tartt's 'Goldfinch'

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The Birth Of Bird: Young Charlie Parker Found Focus, Faith In Music

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Author Interviews

The Birth Of Bird: Young Charlie Parker Found Focus, Faith In Music

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The Birth Of Bird: Young Charlie Parker Found Focus, Faith In Music

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