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April 17, 2007 04:01 PM EDT --
Today, fans of fantasy writer JRR Tolkien will have cause to rejoice...or fear.
A new saga, "The Children of Hurin," hits the store shelves. A prequel of sorts to "The Lord of the Rings" . . .
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November 18, 2009 10:24 PM EST --
Google CEO Eric Schmidt, left, and News Corp Chairman Rupert Murdoch. (AP)
Rupert Murdoch wants to block the search giant from scooping free content from his newspapers. We’ll look at the . . .
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April 11, 2007 11:14 AM EDT --
On Point is looking today at the firestorm over Don Imus' comments about the Rutgers women's basketball team.
Are you outraged at his comments? Do you think the hype and frenzy surrounding . . .
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April 29, 2009 10:12 PM EDT --
Iranian-American journalist Roxana Saberi, imprisoned in Iran, and, her parents say, on hunger strike. We take up her case and the intrigue around it.
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Mike Shuster , diplomatic correspondent . . .
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April 23, 2007 09:32 AM EDT --
In light of last week's decision by the court to uphold a ban on an abortion procedure, On Point is looking today at the new High Court headed by Chief Justice John Roberts. The court is lined up to . . .
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June 21, 2007 02:11 PM EDT --
Texas Congressman and maverick GOP presidential contender Ron Paul is the debate stage wild card in the Republican push for the presidency. In debate after debate, after McCain and Giuliani and Romney . . .
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April 10, 2007 03:20 PM EDT --
States are jamming their primaries forward. Today, On Point looked at the whole-new campaign dynamic and the light-speed presidential election calendar.
On Point spoke to Ron Brownstein, columnist, . . .
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June 14, 2007 11:00 AM EDT --
The bombing and shooting and dying isn't over. And political leaders are still talking about the necessity of success. But in high-level strategic circles, there is plenty of talk that America has . . .
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October 15, 2009 10:01 PM EDT --
Senator Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) during the Senate Finance Committee meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2009. (AP)
Record profits on Wall Street. A Republican votes for health care reform. And insurgent . . .
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December 04, 2008 06:12 PM EST --
An elderly man joins some hundreds of others to light candles in memory of people killed in the recent terror attacks outside the Taj Mahal hotel in Mumbai, India, Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2008. (AP Photo/Saurabh . . .
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December 18, 2008 05:36 PM EST --
In this image from APTN video, a man throws a shoe at President George W. Bush during a news conference with Iraq Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki on Sunday, Dec. 14, 2008, in Baghdad. (AP Photo/APTN) . . .
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January 08, 2009 05:36 PM EST --
Fire and smoke is seen from Israeli miltary operations in Gaza City, Thursday, Jan. 8, 2009. Lebanese militants fired at least three rockets into northern Israel early Thursday, ripping through a crowded . . .
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January 21, 2009 12:53 PM EST --
President George W. Bush speaks during the final news conference of his administration, Monday, Jan. 12,2009, in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington. (AP)
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January 29, 2009 05:01 PM EST --
House Democrats pass the stimulus bill, the economy keeps bleeding jobs, and Obama's envoy heads to the Middle East. Our weekly news roundtable goes behind the headlines.
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Charles . . .
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March 24, 2009 10:55 AM EDT --
Bernard Madoff arrives at federal court in New York on Thursday, March 12, 2009.(AP)
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Sometimes the news has a sense of humor.
This week, impatience with . . .
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March 24, 2009 10:55 AM EDT --
AIG Chairmen Edward Liddy looks over the top of his glasses prior to testifying on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March 18, 2009, before the House Capital Markets, Insurance and Government . . .
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April 13, 2009 09:36 PM EDT --
Vivian Schiller — the tip-top boss of NPR — joins us for a conversation on the future of public radio and to take your calls.
Guest:
Vivian Schiller joined National Public . . .
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June 11, 2009 10:12 PM EDT --
Big banks bolt TARP. CEOs get a pay czar. Iran goes to the polls. And a deadly shooting in Washington. Our weekly news roundtable goes behind the headlines.
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June 26, 2009 04:24 PM EDT --
The week-in-the-news roundtable always involves tough choices on sound clips -- what to include, what to leave out. Amid all the pressing hard news, we often give a nod to a notable person who’s . . .
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August 06, 2009 08:24 PM EDT --
Cash for clunkers. Hope for the economy. And a dramatic homecoming for two freed American journalists. Our weekly news roundtable goes behind the headlines.
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Joining us from Washington . . .
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