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July 22, 2009 • NPR reports on children's health and medical news including health insurance, new treatments for diseases, and child product safety recalls. Subscribe to the RSS feed.

After 66 Years, Veteran Reunited With Dog Tag

March 4, 2009 • In 1943, Joseph Farish was based at Camp Kilmer, N.J. Before leaving to fight in World War II, he traveled to New York City and lost his dog tags. Last week, Sydney Rector, 19, and her boyfriend, Stevin Tyska, spotted one of the tags in a tunnel in Manhattan and tracked down its long-lost owner.

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Welcome To The Twitterverse

February 28, 2009 • NPR's social media strategist, Andy Carvin, spends most of his time working behind the scenes, but once a month or so, he finds his way on air to talk about Internet culture. For Weekend Edition, he found himself talking about technology — and Twitter in particular — to a most unlikely person.

Welcome To The Twitterverse

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White House Social Secretary Reflects On Role

January 29, 2009 • Desiree Rogers talks about her social vision for the White House. The Obamas want to transform the White House into the "People's House" and it's Rogers' job to make that happen. She talks about the challenges of the job, why she chose to accept the position, and what parties she's planning.

White House Social Secretary Reflects On Role

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A Daughter's Dance Brings Dad Joy

December 20, 2008 • Scott Simon's 5-year-old daughter has fallen in love — with ballet. As she twirls around his life, he feels the humbling power of a parent's proud amazement. It's all a bit dizzying for Dad, too.

A Daughter's Dance Brings Dad Joy

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A Mortgage Banker In Amish Country

December 12, 2008 • When the Amish of Lancaster, Pa., need to buy a farm, they turn to one local banker for credit. Bill O'Brien says he has never lost money on an Amish deal. Amid the national mortgage crisis, his Hometowne Heritage Bank is having its best year yet.

A Mortgage Banker In Amish Country

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In Ancient Dramas, Vital Words For Today's Warriors

November 25, 2008 • Were the tragedies of Sophocles written for soldiers dealing with post-traumatic stress disorder? The artists behind The Philoctetes Project think so —

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Caring Makes Us Human

September 28, 2008 • When a scruffy cat wandered into the prison yard at a Michigan correctional facility, Troy Chapman says, the little orange stray disrupted the tough code of prison culture. Chapman, who was convicted of murder in 1985, says the cat reminded him that everyone wants to be needed.

Opinion

Gay Fashion: The New Straight Fashion

September 25, 2008 • Youth Radio's Mark Anthony Waters used to hear straight guys in his inner-city neighborhood whisper about his style on the bus. Now, they're copying his look.

Gay Fashion: The New Straight Fashion

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Wynton Marsalis Moves Jazz To 'Higher Ground'

September 2, 2008 • Jazz legend Wynton Marsalis says that music is the "art of the invisible" — it is memory, intention and imagination. Marsalis explains his relationship to jazz in his new book, Moving to Higher Ground, and talks about how music changed his life.

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In Character

Charlotte A. Cavatica: Bloodthirsty, Wise And True

August 4, 2008 • She's a spider's spider — sophisticated, pretty (by her own account), authoritarian — and she says something profound about love and commitment. Melissa Block looks at the heroine of Charlotte's Web.

Charlotte A. Cavatica: Bloodthirsty, Wise And True

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Loan Officer Flies To The Rescue Of Baby Ducks

July 19, 2008 • A story is making the e-mail rounds about a man who saved some baby ducks that had been nesting on an awning outside his office window. When they began jumping down, "Duck Hero" Joel Armstrong rushed to catch them so they wouldn't hit the sidewalk.

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A Bra's Tale: Detour On A Daughter's Trip Abroad

June 27, 2008 • As a young woman, Betty Jenkins received a gift from her mother that was meant to attract the attention of young men. But as Jenkins tells her niece, the attention she got wasn't the kind she was expecting. The gift was an inflatable bra designed to enhance its wearer's figure. It worked well — until she got on a plane.

A Mother's Bittersweet Memories

May 30, 2008 • A decision to let her son enjoy a few moments of independence and beauty ended in tragedy. But out of Rich Stark's death in a car accident, Myra Dean managed to extract small comforts.

Opinion

In 'A Dog's Life,' One Student Finds Strength

May 26, 2008 • In essays on the 'In Character' blog, NPR audiences have been waxing thoughtful about their own favorite characters. An 11-year-old, in foster care for the past four years, says he feels a kinship with the protagonist of A Dog's Life: Autobiography of a Stray.

In 'A Dog's Life,' One Student Finds Strength

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French Families Adopt U.S. Graves in Normandy

May 26, 2008 • Eight years ago, a French couple founded an organization that adopts graves of American servicemen who died during the Normandy invasion of World War II. The volunteer group encourages French families to lay flowers on the graves when the Americans' own families can't do it.

French Families Adopt U.S. Graves in Normandy

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Slugging to Work: Anonymous Ride-Sharing

May 22, 2008 • If you've ever sat in rush-hour traffic, gazing longingly at the cars rushing by in the high-occupancy vehicle lanes, try doing something your parents warned you never to do: Hop in a car with a complete stranger behind the wheel.

Slugging to Work: Anonymous Ride-Sharing

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Meet NYC's Newly Crowned Subway Busker

May 16, 2008 • Balla Tounkara, a kora player from Mali, is the winner of the Bryant Park Project's NYC Subway Busker Poll and one of the city's newest official underground musicians.

Meet NYC's Newly Crowned Subway Busker

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Couple Frantic to Find Loved Ones in Rubble

May 14, 2008 • Rescuers worked frantically to reach thousands of people still trapped in the rubble after Monday's earthquake. But, as the day faded, so did the hope that many of the missing would be found alive.

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Two Families Grapple with Sons' Gender Identity

May 7, 2008 • Thousands of miles apart, two families noticed their toddler sons gravitated toward toys, colors and clothes generally associated with girls. Each family eventually decided to go with radically different approaches to their child's identity issues, as directed by their therapists.

Two Families Grapple with Sons' Gender Identity

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Dan Gottlieb, 'Learning from the Heart'

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April 29, 2008 • He's helped many people through painful passages in their lives. And he's faced his own: Since a near-fatal auto accident in 1979, he's been paralyzed from the chest down. Gottlieb has had nearly three decades to come to terms with the changed circumstances of his body — but now, he fears, that body may be growing tired.

Dan Gottlieb, 'Learning from the Heart'

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