Solutions Toyota's Car of the Future Had Distinctive Beginning October 31, 2007 • More than a decade ago, Toyota engineers designed the Prius, a vehicle that revolutionized the auto industry. A visit to the Toyota City factory in Japan sheds light on the car's distinctive beginnings. Toyota's Car of the Future Had Distinctive Beginning Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/15789672/15807196" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Election 2008 Candidates Weigh Illegal Immigrants' Driving Rights October 31, 2007 • Democrats vying for their party's presidential nomination disagreed at their debate Tuesday night about whether states should issue driver's licenses to illegal immigrants. The questions were what to do about people who are driving without having proved they are safe drivers, and whether states should give official identification to someone illegally in the U.S. Candidates Weigh Illegal Immigrants' Driving Rights Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/15817061/15817013" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
Candidates Weigh Illegal Immigrants' Driving Rights Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/15817061/15817013" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
National Aviation Near-Mishaps More Common Than Thought October 31, 2007 • Aircraft near collisions, runway interference, and other aviation safety problems occur more frequently than previously recognized. NASA, which compiles such information, had been withholding the data for fear of upsetting air travelers or hurting airline profits. Aviation Near-Mishaps More Common Than Thought Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/15817049/15817009" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Security Firm Blackwater Under Scrutiny FBI Continues Blackwater Shooting Investigation October 31, 2007 • The FBI is investigating the weeks-old shooting incident in Iraq involving Blackwater contractors. Investigators have just returned from Iraq, where they interviewed witnesses who were at the Baghdad square when the shooting occurred. The agency has also transported to its crime lab in Virginia a number of shot-out Iraqi cars involved in the incident. FBI Continues Blackwater Shooting Investigation Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/15817052/15817010" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
FBI Continues Blackwater Shooting Investigation Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/15817052/15817010" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
World Seven Acquitted, 21 Found Guilty in Madrid Bombing October 31, 2007 • Twenty-one people accused of involvement in the Madrid train bombings in 2004 were found guilty by a Spanish court on Wednesday. The al-Qaida inspired bombings killed 191 people and injured 1,700 on crowded commuter trains. Seven Acquitted, 21 Found Guilty in Madrid Bombing Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/15817055/15817011" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Election 2008 Where Do the Candidates Stand on Social Security? October 31, 2007 • Social Security's financial problems are fodder for the 2008 presidential candidates. Sen. Barack Obama is trying to gain traction with a proposal to fix the retirement system and he's criticizing Hillary Clinton for not offering any specific solutions. Where Do the Candidates Stand on Social Security? Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/15817031/15817002" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Pelosi: Lack of Progress in Iraq Eclipses Dems' Work October 31, 2007 • In an interview with Robert Siegel, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi touts Democratic accomplishments in Congress in the past 10 months, but acknowledges that the lack of action on changing the course in Iraq has eclipsed everything they have achieved this year. She also discusses the ongoing negotiations with the White House on SCHIP. Pelosi: Lack of Progress in Iraq Eclipses Dems' Work Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/15817046/15817008" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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The Mukasey Nomination Mukasey's Torture Comments Give Panel Pause October 31, 2007 • Prospects for Senate confirmation of Michael Mukasey as attorney general seem to be suffering because he's not giving Democrats the answer they want on waterboarding. That's the interrogation technique that makes the subject feel like he's about to drown. Mukasey's Torture Comments Give Panel Pause Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/15817018/15817000" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Law Stayed Executions Revive Lethal Injection Debate October 31, 2007 • The Supreme Court plan to consider in a case later this term whether a drug combination that's used in many state lethal-injection executions causes the prisoner so much pain that it amounts to cruel and unusual punishment, which is banned by the Constitution. Hear Nina Totenberg on All Things Considered Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/15817015/15815224" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Oil Turmoil: Pricey Fuel's Impact $100-a-Barrel Oil? Perhaps, But Don't Panic October 31, 2007 • Higher oil prices mean you'll pay more for gasoline, heating oil, airline tickets, food and other goods. But many experts say the U.S. economy is better positioned to weather an oil shock today than it was in the 1970s and '80s.
National Texas Prosecutors Wait for Lethal Injection Ruling October 31, 2007 • A day after the Supreme Court halted a Mississippi execution, two prosecutors in the state with the busiest death chamber say they will not ask judges to set execution dates until the justices decide on lethal injection procedures. Hear Nina Totenberg on All Things Considered Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/15810215/15815224" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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National FEMA Trailers May Be Making Residents Sick October 31, 2007 • Many people living in FEMA trailers since Hurricane Katrina suffer from headaches, skin rashes, nosebleeds and asthma. There's no scientific proof that formaldehyde is to blame, but some say that elevated levels found in trailers are likely contributing to the illnesses. FEMA Trailers May Be Making Residents Sick Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/15811496/15817005" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Politics Bush Pushes Latin American Trade Pacts October 31, 2007 • The Bush administration is trying to sell Congress on a series of trade agreements with individual nations in the Americas. But with Democrats and even Republicans questioning the wisdom of free trade, winning approval of trade initiatives is an uphill battle. Bush Pushes Latin American Trade Pacts Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/15807226/15807201" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Economy Fed Lowers Funds Rate by Quarter Point October 31, 2007 • The Federal Reserve Board lowered the cost of borrowing with a quarter-point drop in rates in hopes of energizing an economy troubled by a sagging housing market and soaring oil prices. The central bank lowered the federal funds rate to 4.5 percent.
World 21 Convicted, 7 Acquitted in Madrid Train Bombings October 31, 2007 • A judge in Spain has found 21 people guilty of participating in the 2004 Madrid train bombings that killed 191 people and wounded 1,800 others. Seven others were acquitted. Hear Steve Inskeep and Jerome Socolovsky discuss the verdicts in the Madrid, Spain, train bombings on Morning Edition Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/15801453/15800022" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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