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Senate Votes To End Furloughs For Air Traffic Controllers

April 25, 2013 • The furloughs have been blamed for widespread delays at the nation's airports. The vote late Thursday was unanimous. The House could vote on the measure Friday.

As Tornadoes Closed In, Air Traffic Controllers Stayed At Their Stations

April 28: Norma Carpenter, 71, stands in the wreckage of her living room in Catoosa County, Ga. A tornado swept through the day before. Billy Weeks/AP hide caption

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The Two-Way

As Tornadoes Closed In, Air Traffic Controllers Stayed At Their Stations

May 12, 2011 • Even as tornadoes headed toward their command center last month, controllers in Georgia kept guiding planes around the twisters.

Shots - Health News

Sleep Deprivation Weighs On Night Shift Workers

April 21, 2011 • People can adapt to overnight work, but it is very hard to do. On their days off, people who work nights tend to switch back to the daytime schedules their friends and families keep. The switching dogs them when it is time to go back to work.

Blog Of The Nation

April 18th Show

April 18, 2011 • In the first hour of Talk of the Nation, changes for air traffic controllers, and the opinion page looks at resolving the conflict in Libya. In the second hour, Henry Louis Gates talks about his documentary, Black in Latin America, and Ruy Teixeira on the growing Hispanic population in the U.S.

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