Dominant Italy Beats Ukraine, Faces Germany June 30, 2006 • With defenders like this, Italy didn't really need spectacular offense to get past Ukraine and into the World Cup semifinal. With an early strike, a goal-saving scramble and an assist from defender Gianluca Zambrotta, Italy held off the World Cup newcomer 3-0, setting up a Tuesday match against host Germany.
NASA's Return to Space Wayne Hale's Insider's Guide to NASA June 30, 2006 • The general public might recognize Wayne Hale as that NASA manager on TV who talks about ice-frost ramps and the aerodynamics of foam. But for thousands of NASA workers and their friends, Hale is known for his thoughtful and lyrical emails reflecting on life at the space agency. Wayne Hale's Insider's Guide to NASA Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5522536/5522559" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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World Dutch Leader to Resign After Discord June 30, 2006 • The Netherlands' prime minister is to tender his government's resignation to Queen Beatrix after the collapse of the ruling coalition. The smallest coalition party, D66, withdrew its support Thursday because of the Immigration Minister's treatment of a Somali-born Dutch politician. Dutch Leader to Resign After Discord Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5525332/5525333" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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World Mexico Faces Stark Choices in Election June 30, 2006 • Mexico will choose a new President on Sunday. While the historic vote is important for Mexico, it will also have big implications for the United States. On the right, Felipe Calderon could be a close ally, and he's already promised to act as a counterweight to Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez. Mexico Faces Stark Choices in Election Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5525335/5525336" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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The Impact of War Demonstrators Support Charged Marines June 30, 2006 • The preliminary hearing for eight servicemen charged with killing an unarmed Iraqi in Hamdania has been postponed for several weeks. Meanwhile, many U.S. civilians are voicing support for the Marines and Navy Corpsman. Some are holding weekly demonstrations outside Camp Pendleton. For historian Michal Belknap, this has echoes of the My Lai episode, when both supporters and opponents of the Vietnam War rallied behind William Calley, for very different reasons. Demonstrators Support Charged Marines Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5525311/5525312" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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National Press Navigates a Sensitive Role June 30, 2006 • USA Today publishes a follow-up story to its May report of a secret government program for the creation of a massive data base of American's phone records with the cooperation of several telecommunications companies. In the story printed today, the paper stated that further reporting has left them unable to confirm that Bell South and Verizon cooperated with the government, as the paper reported in May. The admission comes in a week during which the Bush administration and congressional Republicans have been hammering The New York Times for publishing a story about another secret government program for surveillance of banking records. The attacks on the Times have questioned the role of the press in a time of war -- and some have suggested the prosecution of journalists under espionage laws. Press Navigates a Sensitive Role Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5525320/5525321" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Politics Congress Will Consider Legalizing Tribunals June 30, 2006 • Senate Republicans say they are willing to work with the White House to give President Bush the authority to hold military tribunals for detainees held in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The Supreme Court blocked the Bush administration's plans for the tribunals. Congress Will Consider Legalizing Tribunals Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5525302/5525303" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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World Army Investigates Allegations of Rape, Murder June 30, 2006 • The Army is investigating allegations that U.S. soldiers raped a woman, then killed her and three other people in March in the Iraqi town of Mahmoudiyah, south of Baghdad. The suspects are a soldier from the 101st Airborne Division and another who was recently discharged. Army Investigates Allegations of Rape, Murder Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5525308/5525309" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Tour de France 2006 Doping Bans Set Tour de France Off Kilter June 30, 2006 • A doping scandal has rocked the Tour de France before the cyclists have begun peddling. Favorites Jan Ullrich and Ivan Basso are among a list of cyclists who have been banned from the competition, which starts Saturday. Ullrich won the race in 1997. Doping Bans Set Tour de France Off Kilter Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5525329/5525330" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Germany Perseveres, Ousts Argentina in Shootout June 30, 2006 • The Germans relentlessly wore down Argentina, scored a tying goal in the 80th minute Friday, then won it 4-2 in a penalty-kick shootout as goalkeeper Jens Lehmann stopped two shots and the hosts made all four of theirs.
Art & Design Art Conservators at Work: A Living Exhibit June 30, 2006 • The Smithsonian American Art Museum reopens Saturday after a 6-year renovation. One new feature is an conservation lab with floor-to-ceiling glass windows. Conservators accustomed to careful, detailed and solitary work on fragile art will now have an audience. Art Conservators at Work: A Living Exhibit Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5525121/5525289" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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National Checking in with Art Buchwald June 30, 2006 • Renowned writer and humorist Art Buchwald is now best known for being not quite dead. In January, he decided to refuse dialysis for kidney failure and await death in a Washington hospice. Months later, he's still around and off to Martha's Vineyard. Checking in with Art Buchwald Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5524921/5525018" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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NASA's Return to Space NASA Seeks to Curb Bird Threat to Shuttle June 30, 2006 • NASA is hard at work trapping vultures near Florida's Kennedy Space Center. Space agency officials want to keep the four-to-six pound birds away from Saturday's shuttle launch. NASA Seeks to Curb Bird Threat to Shuttle Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5524531/5524532" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Tour de France 2006 Doping Allegations Rock Tour de France June 30, 2006 • A day before the start of the Tour de France, star riders Jan Ullrich and Ivan Basso have been banned from cycling's top event over doping allegations. Other competitors are also implicated. Phil Liggett of the Outdoor Life Network details the scandal for Madeleine Brand. Doping Allegations Rock Tour de France Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5524507/5524508" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Movies 'The War Tapes': Soldiers Tell Their Own Iraq Stories June 30, 2006 • Three National Guardsmen chronicle their one-year deployment in Iraq in the new documentary The War Tapes. Sgt. Zach Bazzi, one of the featured soldiers, and producer and editor Steve James discuss the making of the film. 'The War Tapes': Soldiers Tell Their Own Iraq Stories Listen Transcript Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5524323/5524871" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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