The AARP Spelling Bee June 21, 2009 • Saturday night at the AARP National Spelling Bee championship, 64-year-old Michael Petrina Jr. of Arlington, Va., became the top senior speller in the nation. The AARP Spelling Bee Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/105731323/105732031" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Sunday Puzzle Building On Four-Letter Words June 21, 2009 • There are three four-letter words. Think of three letters that can precede each of them to complete familiar seven-letter words. For example, for "each," "rove" and "lode," the answer is "IMP": impeach, improve and implode. Building On Four-Letter Words Listen · 7:51 7:51 Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/105703372/105731283" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Sports Grunts, Screams And Other Noises From Tennis June 20, 2009 • Guest host Alison Stewart speaks to SI.com writer and New York Times tennis blogger Jon Wertheim about Portuguese tennis player Michelle Larcher de Brito, the noises she makes, and the wide world of tennis grunting. Grunts, Screams And Other Noises From Tennis Listen · 2:59 2:59 Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/105718042/105718022" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Sunday Puzzle Testy Wordplay June 14, 2009 • Today's puzzle is called "test." Every answer is a familiar two-word phrase, in which the first word starts with "te" and the second word starts with "st." For example, if the clue is "cut of beef that is often grilled or barbecued," the answer would be "tenderloin steak." Testy Wordplay Listen · 7:01 7:01 Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/105375608/105381690" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Law Online Poker No Game To Justice Department June 11, 2009 • When online poker players recently went to cash checks that had been issued to them from poker Web sites, the checks bounced. It turns out that the Department of Justice had seized more than $30 million in assets related to online poker. Online Poker No Game To Justice Department Listen · 3:53 3:53 Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/105263210/105264403" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Sunday Puzzle Three Of A Kind June 7, 2009 • Each clue is a list of three things. The answer is what they all have in common. For example, if the clues are: "a college graduate, a thermometer and longitude," the answer would be "degrees." Hint: Every answer, like "degrees," is a seven-letter plural. Three Of A Kind Listen · 8:09 8:09 Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/105071342/105077013" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Diversions Your Top Vacation Spot? Canada, Apparently June 6, 2009 • Close your eyes and imagine a perfect vacation. Where you would choose to go if money, distance and time were no limitation? Paris and/or Provence? Rio or Hong Kong? The peaks of New Zealand? Or the pastas, porcinis and vinos of Tuscany? A recent poll says you'd go to Canada. Your Top Vacation Spot? Canada, Apparently Listen · 2:59 2:59 Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/105064968/105064949" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Sunday Puzzle A Tough Act To Follow May 31, 2009 • Each clue is a pair of words. For each pair, find a word that can follow the first word and precede the second one so that, in each case, it will complete a familiar two-word phrase. For example, given "hand" and "talk," the answer would be "jive," as in "hand jive" and "jive talk." A Tough Act To Follow Listen · 7:49 7:49 Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/104758715/104763458" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Video Games Are Serious Business At Expo May 30, 2009 • Some 40,000 video game enthusiasts are expected to bring their twitchy fingers to the Los Angeles Convention Center next week for the annual Electronic Entertainment Expo. Video Games Are Serious Business At Expo Listen · 2:59 2:59 Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/104750994/104750975" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Education Competition Turns Science Into Child's Play May 30, 2009 • What if tongue depressors were made of candy? What if you made a skateboard that rolled on balls instead of wheels? And if there really is life on other planets, how on earth could we communicate? More than 700 elementary school students came up with questions and ideas like these for the Kids Science Challenge. Competition Turns Science Into Child's Play Listen · 6:54 6:54 Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/104750990/104750974" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Food Forget The Monkey Bars; Go For Cheesy Feet May 26, 2009 • Instead of running a mile down the road behind your still-new-to-a-bicycle son or daughter, food writer Nigella Lawson says, you could be making some cookies or bread rolls. It's another way to spend time with your children and get them to eat their food. Forget The Monkey Bars; Go For Cheesy Feet Listen · 7:18 7:18 Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/104447325/104527857" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Sunday Puzzle Look Inside A Famous Person May 24, 2009 • Each clue is a pair of four-letter words. Each can be found inside the first and last names, respectively, of a famous person. For example, given "rend" and "rase," the answer would be "Brendan Fraser," the actor. Look Inside A Famous Person Listen · 8:15 8:15 Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/104498074/104505482" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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A Frank Lloyd Wright Masterwork, In Legos May 22, 2009 • The latest building blocks in Legoland might be a tough sell for the little ones. The company just announced new designs based on the architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright. A Frank Lloyd Wright Masterwork, In Legos Listen · 3:08 3:08 Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/104465622/104510960" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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