Shots - Health Blog
12:44 pm
Tue March 20, 2012

Medicaid And A Tale Of Two Miami Hospitals

The federal health law's expansion of Medicaid will cover some 16 million more Americans in the government program for the poor, if that part of the law survives the legal challenge it faces in the Supreme Court beginning next week.

Florida is leading 25 other states in that challenge, but that hasn't stopped two of Miami's most prominent hospitals from preparing for the Medicaid expansion.

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It's All Politics
12:43 pm
Tue March 20, 2012

The Candidates On Tuesday: All Eyes On Illinois, But Campaigning Nationwide

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Jim Wilson of Buckingham, Va., who supports Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, walks past a bus during a Romney campaign stop Monday in Springfield, Ill.

As Illinois Republicans vote in their presidential primary, only one GOP candidate is expected to be in the state. Mitt Romney planned what he hopes to be a victory party Tuesday night in the Chicago suburb of Schaumburg.

Newt Gingrich is campaigning in Louisiana, which votes on Saturday.

Ron Paul is in California, which doesn't vote until June.

And Rick Santorum is in Pennsylvania, his home state, which votes on April 24.

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Commentaries
12:25 pm
Tue March 20, 2012

Ira Glass’s Casablanca Moment with Mike Daisey

Dr. Lawrence Pintak, Founding Dean of the Edward R. Murrow College of Communication at Washington State University.

Dr. Lawrence Pintak, Founding Dean of The Edward R. Murrow College of Communication, responds to the recent This American Life controversy surrounding their story on Apple's manufacturing practices in China. This commentary appeared today in the Columbia Journalism Review.

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Law
12:11 pm
Tue March 20, 2012

Without Parole, Juveniles Face Bleak Life In Prison

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Charles Dutton is an award-winning actor. But as a juvenile, he wound up in prison for manslaughter and other crimes.

We hear a lot about juvenile offenders when they commit a crime — and again, when they're sentenced to spend the rest of their lives in prison. But not much is known about what happens after the prison gates slam shut.

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The Two-Way
11:55 am
Tue March 20, 2012

Clue In Old Photo Leads To New Search For Amelia Earhart's Plane

Originally published on Wed March 21, 2012 9:21 am

New analysis of a photo taken in 1937 has led investigators to think it might show a piece of the landing gear from aviator Amelia Earhart's Lockheed Electra plane, which disappeared in June that year somewhere in the South Pacific.

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The Two-Way
11:19 am
Tue March 20, 2012

Strong 7.6 Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Mexico

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Many people went into the streets after the strong quake rocked Mexico City.

Originally published on Tue March 20, 2012 1:25 pm

The USGS says an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.4 hit southwest Mexico today.

The United States Geological Survey says it was 6.2 miles deep and about 120 miles east of Acapulco.

We'll have more on this story as it develops.

Update at 3:54 p.m. ET. Back To Normal:

NPR's Jason Beaubien, reporting from the Zocalo area of Mexico City, says officials report no deaths and no major damage.

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It’s easy to look at a stranger and dismissed them as  ‘that guy in your way,’ or ‘crazy driver.’ But after listening to and editing over two dozen intimate stories from fellow Northwesteners, I have been changed. I see ‘that guy in my way’ as the surviving son of a lonely widow in Spokane who watched his wife die in an iron lung. Or that ‘crazy driver’ as a young man who wasn’t allowed outside until his early twenties. Everyone has a story to tell.  Some of those stories are difficult to hear. Others, like the story of a man reflecting on an idyllic childhood near a yellow cake mill give hope and laughter. These stories enrich our lives and remind us of our humanity. StoryCorps Northwest comes to a close on air, but you can hear all the stories here.

-Sueann Ramella, Northwest Public Radio Morning Edition host/producer

The Two-Way
10:20 am
Tue March 20, 2012

NYTimes.com Cuts Free Articles To 10 Per Month, From 20

To "strengthen our ability to continue providing the world's most insightful and investigative reporting in journalism," The New York Times says that starting in April it will limit non-paying NYTimes.com visitors to 10 free articles per month, down from the current 20.

The Times adds that:

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The Picture Show
10:20 am
Tue March 20, 2012

Frida Kahlo's Private Stash Of Pictures

Credit Florence Arquin / Courtesy of Artisphere
Frida Kahlo with Fulang Chang, circa 1938

Originally published on Wed May 23, 2012 7:56 am

Our collective mental image of Mexican artist Frida Kahlo has been informed, mostly, by the vibrant self-portraits she painted over the years. But she also had a collection of photographs — about 6,500 of them — that were held privately for decades after her death at the request of her husband, Diego Rivera.

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NPR Story
10:00 am
Tue March 20, 2012

Iditarod Winner Dallas Seavey Raced Against Family

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2012 Iditarod winner Dallas Seavey's team climbs a hill. Seavy has guest riders on his sled for the ceremonial start of the race.

Originally published on Wed May 23, 2012 7:56 am

After more than a week of grueling days on a dog sled, Dallas Seavey won 2012's Iditarod, beating his father and grandfather in the process. The race took off from Willow, Alaska, on March 4, Seavey's 25th birthday. Nine days, 4 hours and 29 minutes later, he crossed the finish line in Nome as the youngest musher ever to win the race.

Seavey talks with NPR's Neal Conan about the extreme conditions of the Iditarod, from freezing dogs to sleepless nights, and what it means to be in a legacy racing family.

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