World U.S. Report Clears Troops in Death of Italian Agent April 30, 2005 • The U.S. Army has cleared American soldiers in the death of an Italian intelligence agent in Iraq and recommended no disciplinary action following an investigation, according to a report released Saturday. Read an Associated Press report.
Media Mobile Billboards Herald Age of Drive-By Ads April 30, 2005 • A spike in outdoor advertising, including mobile billboards carrying no cargo but a sales pitch, arrives as Americans have more options than ever to avoid TV and radio commercials.
Author Interviews Lisa Couturier, Exploring 'The Hopes of Snakes' April 30, 2005 • Many animals, including some exotic ones, flourish along the margins of suburban development: red-tailed hawks, coyotes, snakes. Lisa Couturier tells Jennifer Ludden about her book The Hopes of Snakes. It weaves stories of animals with the lives of humans around them. Lisa Couturier, Exploring 'The Hopes of Snakes' Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/4608701/4626292" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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Author Interviews 'Finding Mañana' Details Cuban 'Exodus' April 30, 2005 • Journalist Mirta Ojito arrived in the United States from Cuba as a teenager in 1980, part of an influx of Cuban refugees from the Mariel boatlift. Her new book, Finding Mañana: A Memoir of a Cuban Exodus, explores that time. 'Finding Mañana' Details Cuban 'Exodus' Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/4624257/4624262" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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Author Interviews A Priest's Early Quest to Create a Bulletproof Vest April 30, 2005 • In 1893, the mayor of Chicago was shot and killed in his home. That murder inspired a local priest, Brother Casimir Zeglen, to invent an early bulletproof vest. Historian Paul Collins rediscovered the forgotten inventor and tells Scott Simon the details. A Priest's Early Quest to Create a Bulletproof Vest Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/4625858/4625859" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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War, Remembrance and Rebuilding in Vietnam Looking Back on the Fall of Saigon April 30, 2005 • Thirty years after flying off the roof of the U.S. Embassy, on one of the last helicopters out, NPR's Loren Jenkins recalls the last day of the Vietnam War from downtown Saigon, now Ho Chi Minh City. Looking Back on the Fall of Saigon Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/4625940/4625941" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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The Significance of the Ivory-Billed Woodpecker April 29, 2005 • Phillip Hoose explains the importance of the ivory-billed woodpecker sighting. Hoose is author of The Race to Save the Lord God Bird and senior conservation planner for the Nature Conservancy's Canada-U.S. Partnership. The Significance of the Ivory-Billed Woodpecker Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/4624325/4624326" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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World Egyptians Push for Multi-Party Elections April 29, 2005 • In Egypt, public debate has begun on changes to election law that would allow President Hosni Mubarak to face competition for the first time in 24 years. Mubarak pledged in February to change the constitution; Egypt's parliament votes on the idea in May. Egyptians Push for Multi-Party Elections Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/4625278/4625279" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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Middle East Iran's Influence on Iraq April 29, 2005 • For as long as U.S. forces have been in Iraq, U.S. officials have worried about interference from neighboring Iran. There have been charges that Iran is slipping armed groups and intelligence agents across the border. The view from Iran is very different: Iranian officials and analysts say they too want a stable Iraq. Iran's Influence on Iraq Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/4624313/4624314" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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Technology Gates: U.S. Losing Advantage in Innovation Race April 29, 2005 • Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates predicts that with fewer students in math and science and a lack of national funding, the United States is destined to fall behind other countries in innovation. The fierce competition to keep up with technological changes has led Microsoft to expand research offices in China and India. Gates: U.S. Losing Advantage in Innovation Race Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/4624316/4624317" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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Business Ex-Tyco Chief Defends Bonuses in Court April 29, 2005 • Dennis Kozlowski, the former chief executive of Tyco International, has taken the stand in his own defense. Kozlowski offered an explanation of bonuses his employees' claimed were unauthorized. Kozlowski is accused of looting the company of $150 million and artificially inflating its stock. Ex-Tyco Chief Defends Bonuses in Court Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/4624304/4624305" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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War, Remembrance and Rebuilding in Vietnam Returning to My Lai April 29, 2005 • In the fifth part of our Vietnam series, Michael Sullivan travels to Quang Ngai province, where the massacre of My Lai occurred in 1968. Now, 30 years after the end of the Vietnam War, it seems old wounds are slow to heal. Returning to My Lai Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/4624301/4624302" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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Your Money Renting vs. Buying April 29, 2005 • The housing market is still booming and prices are skyrocketing in many hot areas. With costs so high, some economists say it might make more sense to rent. A look at the financial choice many people face. Renting vs. Buying Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/4624307/4624308" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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Middle East Iran Officials Sound Warnings on Nuclear Talks April 29, 2005 • Iranian officials have said that nearly yearlong negotiations over its nuclear program with France, Germany and Great Britain are near collapse. Tehran warns this could lead to resumption of uranium-enrichment efforts, a step the United States has warned Iran not to take. Iran Officials Sound Warnings on Nuclear Talks Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/4625311/4625312" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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Space Fuel Tank Issue Delays NASA Shuttle Launch April 29, 2005 • NASA postpones shuttle Discovery's planned May launch to July 13, at the earliest. Engineers discovered that the shuttle's external fuel tank still needs work to reduce the chances that hazardous debris will fall from it during liftoff. Fuel Tank Issue Delays NASA Shuttle Launch Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/4625287/4625288" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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