National New York Family Finds Home on Scotland's Fair Isle May 31, 2007 An upstate New York couple was chosen from 800 applicants to move to one of Scotland's remotest islands, Fair Isle. After six months on the island, they and their 6-year-old son love their new life among the sheep and seabirds. New York Family Finds Home on Scotland's Fair Isle Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/10589142/10590481" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
New York Family Finds Home on Scotland's Fair Isle Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/10589142/10590481" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
Art & Design Stolen Fine Art: Organized Crime's New Commodity? May 31, 2007 Art theft has turned into a global industry that experts believe now fuels everything from terrorism to drug-running. At least one art sleuth puts art crime (including stolen antiquities and forgeries) behind only drug and arms-trafficking as the third-most-lucrative criminal activity in the world ($2 to $6 billion a year). Stolen Fine Art: Organized Crime's New Commodity? Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/10588693/10588694" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Environment Bush Urges Curbs on Greenhouse Gases by 2009 May 31, 2007 The United States will engage in new international negotiations to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions, according to a plan President Bush announced Thursday. The president heads to Germany next week to discuss climate change with other world leaders. Bush Urges Curbs on Greenhouse Gases by 2009 Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/10588676/10588677" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
Bush Urges Curbs on Greenhouse Gases by 2009 Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/10588676/10588677" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
Space Blue Moon on Thursday? Not So Fast May 30, 2007 There is a prevailing myth about what a blue moon is. Thursday, May 31, will bring the second full moon of the month. But that does not constitute a blue moon, as is popularly believed. Robert Siegel talks with Kelly Beatty, editor of Night Sky magazine and executive editor of Sky and Telescope. Blue Moon on Thursday? Not So Fast Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/10554059/10554066" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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National Linguists Weigh Costs and Benefits of Accents May 30, 2007 Accents are important markers of individual social identities. They can determine how we are perceived by others and whether we are considered part of the dominant culture. In California, some foreign-born English speakers try to reduce their accents to avoid discrimination or advance their careers. Linguists Weigh Costs and Benefits of Accents Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/10554046/10554047" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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Investigating the Haditha Killings Army Lays Out Case Against Officer on Haditha May 30, 2007 Military prosecutors open their case against Marine Lt. Col. Jeffrey Chessani, who is accused of failing to report the deaths of 24 Iraqi civilians in November 2005. The Iraqis allegedly were killed by members of a Marine squad near the town of Haditha in the wake of an IED attack on a Marine convoy. Army Lays Out Case Against Officer on Haditha Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/10554043/10554044" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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Environment Studying a Koala Mystery in Eastern Australia May 29, 2007 One of the best places to learn about koalas is St. Bees Island off the coast of eastern Australia. Biologist Alistair Melzer is studying why the iconic animal is thriving there, even as it is dying out in other parts of Australia. Studying a Koala Mystery in Eastern Australia Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/10515559/10515824" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
Studying a Koala Mystery in Eastern Australia Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/10515559/10515824" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
National E-Z Pass Violators Display Ingenuity in New Jersey May 28, 2007 The increasing use of E-Z Pass for the electronic payment of tolls is cutting down on traffic jams. But state officials now have a new dilemma: the E-Z Pass scofflaw. Nancy Solomon reports from New Jersey. E-Z Pass Violators Display Ingenuity in New Jersey Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/10498862/10498863" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Health Care Marriage Suffers Under the Strain of PTSD May 28, 2007 Anna and Peter Mohan are a couple in their 20s who married just before Peter went to Iraq with the Army. When he came back, Peter was a different man — morose, withdrawn and, eventually, suicidal. Marriage Suffers Under the Strain of PTSD Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/10498849/10498851" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
Marriage Suffers Under the Strain of PTSD Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/10498849/10498851" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
Research News Study: Kids' Lack of Sleep Hurts Parents, Too May 28, 2007 When children have serious sleep problems, their parents suffer too. A study of 10,000 children shows that parents run into physical and mental health problems when their preschoolers can't sleep. Study: Kids' Lack of Sleep Hurts Parents, Too Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/10496276/10496279" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
Study: Kids' Lack of Sleep Hurts Parents, Too Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/10496276/10496279" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
Radio Expeditions Tomb Raiders Threaten Mayan City's History May 28, 2007 In archaeological sites throughout the world, antiquities are plundered for sale. U.S. agents says the looting is epidemic. One archaeologist working in Guatemala has launched a battle to save an ancient city from looters. Tomb Raiders Threaten Mayan City's History Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/10416454/10453790" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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National A Visit with Fort Myer's Army Old Guard May 27, 2007 Horses drawing a caisson offer a stirring and somber site at Arlington National Cemetery funerals. The horses are cared for by the U.S. 3rd Infantry's Army Old Guard Caisson Platoon, based at Fort Myer in Arlington, Va. A Visit with Fort Myer's Army Old Guard Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/10480389/10480390" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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National After the Whale Hunt, the Cooking Begins May 26, 2007 The Inupiat people of Alaska's North Slope have hunted whales for centuries. Last month the spring whaling season began. After the men hunt, the women of the village cook more than 30 tons of whale meat. After the Whale Hunt, the Cooking Begins Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/10470060/10470061" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Business Poison-Dart Frogs Find a Home in the Desert May 26, 2007 A couple outside Phoenix, Ariz., run a thriving poison-dart frog business in their home. The creatures, which normally live in the rain forest, have become the latest fad in exotic pets. Poison-Dart Frogs Find a Home in the Desert Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/10470039/10470040" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Arts & Life Folkstreams Documents America, An Hour At a Time May 26, 2007 Virginia filmmaker Tom Davenport is best known for his movie adaptations of Brothers Grimm fairy tales — set in Appalachia. Now he spends much of his time making sure people see the work of other filmmakers. His Folkstreams.net is an online archive for documentaries on a range of folk culture, virtually all of them impossible to find anywhere else. Folkstreams Documents America, An Hour At a Time Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/10426054/10426149" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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