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What's Next for Guantanamo Prisoners?

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150 prisoners currently held at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba are set for release in the near-future... to countries like Saudi Arabia, Libya, and Tunisia. Unsurprisingly, not all o

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Sushi Heaven

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I will admit readily that I eat a lot of weird stuff. If it's a gizzard, an entrail, a sweetbread: I'm ON it (or, I suppose, it's on me). If it somehow makes a noise in your mouth, or has a texture like a science project, I want it. There's nothin...

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Pass the Rouge, Please*

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If you're a radio producer, it's well known that the best freebies you're likely to get are books. Walk around NPR, and you'll see delightfully filled shelves of review copies. Now, I love books with a passion, but now I just ignore the giveaway s...

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Monday

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Profiling or Common Sense?

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I think it's fair to say that since 9/11, it's hard not to scrutinize your fellow passengers a shade more closely when you're on an airplane. In some cases, passenger vigilanc

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Drugs for the Dying

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When a loved one faces a terminal illness, it's only natural to want to try whatever measures exist to get him/her some relief. One place to turn for hope is to drugs still in the testing process, or clinical tria

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Scenes from a Legend

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I enjoy movies, but I'm no film buff, an as such, a lot gets by me. Of course I'm familiar with the name Ingmar Bergman, but I've never seen any of his work... and now it seems it may be high time to acquaint myself. The legendary director died to...

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Up Close with the Vice President

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"Dick Cheney is the most influential and powerful man ever to hold the office of vice president." That's the introduction to a series of articles in the Washington Post that looks at the o

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