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July 17, 2007 11:00 AM EDT --
To compare people seeking out family to the movie of the 50's is off base.
It isn't a diversion anymore, it is a sought out lifestyle. As Jake Halpern pointed out people are now willing to trade . . . more
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May 17, 2007 10:12 AM EDT --
The poor have always paid higher interest rates. But not as high as now. 25 percent on car loans. 30 on credit cards. 500 percent on payday loans. Rates so high that the poor have now become one of the . . . more
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April 13, 2007 10:52 AM EDT --
On Point is tasting today the new frontier of beans getting the buzz with George Howell, founder of the George Howell Coffee Company and of The Coffee Connection, which he sold to Starbucks in 1994 . . . more
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May 10, 2007 09:38 AM EDT --
In the summer of 2006, Israel invaded Lebanon to crush Hezbollah –and failed badly. Within weeks, they formed a commission to find out who failed and why. They’ve just issued their . . . more
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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" . . . more
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April 12, 2007 10:14 AM EDT --
On Point is talking today to Seth Lerer, English and Comparative Literature professor at Stanford. He has just written a book titled "Inventing English: A Portable History of the Language," which . . . more
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May 10, 2007 10:00 AM EDT --
If I was to create from scratch a public radio show, I would....
Your turn.
Me? I would most topics that I read about in The New York Times, Boston Globe and other "news . . . more
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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 . . . more
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May 02, 2007 12:08 PM EDT --
Solomon Burke is one of few remaining regents from the era of classic soul.
Inducted into Cleveland's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame five years ago, the man known as "The King of Rock and Soul" . . . more
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May 09, 2007 12:48 PM EDT --
Daniel Levitin, who received his doctorate in psychology from the University of Oregon, explores the connection our brain makes to muscial notes, why we are attracted to certain types of songs, and . . . more
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April 13, 2007 09:17 AM EDT --
Imagine a swath of land stretching from Boston to Portland, Maine with homes on both sides of the road in ruins.
In Louisiana people don't have to imagine. That's the destruction they still see . . . more
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April 10, 2007 03:25 PM EDT --
On Point spoke today with super acting coach Susan Batson who's worked with the likes of Nicole Kidman, Juliette Binoche, Chris Rock, Tom Cruise, Madonna and more and helped them shine on the big screen. . . . more
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April 19, 2007 12:41 PM EDT --
Virginia Tech had been working on a system to get emergency alerts to students by cell phone text messages. But the University of Washington has a safety team in place charged with herding people into . . . more
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April 12, 2007 01:58 PM EDT --
The movie "Pride" smashes the old stereotype that blacks can't swim. The film is loosely based on the life of Jim Ellis, who created one of the nation's finest swim teams in a poor . . . more
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April 19, 2007 12:44 PM EDT --
A new ABC News Washington Post poll shows 51 percent of Americans thought that Don Imus should have lost his job over his racially insensitive remarks.
But there is a racial divide within that divide. . . . more
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April 24, 2007 08:41 AM EDT --
President Bush has promised to tighten economic sanctions and impose new ones on Sudan if that nation's president does not move quickly to stop the bloodshed in Darfur. Bush says Sudan must allow deployment . . . more
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May 16, 2007 09:40 AM EDT --
Paul Wolfowitz was the intellectual star of the neo-conservative crew that drove the country to war with Iraq. Today, he's the World Bank president who used his position to land his girlfriend a sweetheart . . . more
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May 02, 2007 12:18 PM EDT --
You know those stories about generations of women helping the youngest to have and raise a baby, the whole "it takes a village" thing? Or tales of a mother and daughter who heal an estranged . . . more
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May 02, 2007 11:53 AM EDT --
Photographer Mark Edward Harris has made two visits to North Korea and has been to the demilitarized zone between North and South Korea. His stunning photographs from the Hermit Kingdom are featured in . . . more
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August 16, 2007 10:52 AM EDT --
It’s been a summer of violent and gut-wrenching crime reports in America. From execution-style shootings in Newark to New Orleans and Oakland and home invasion in the leafy suburbs of Connecticut, . . . more
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