• News Wrap: Winter storm knocks out power, leaves South under a layer of ice

    News Wrap: Winter storm knocks out power, leaves South under a layer of ice

    Feb 13, 2014 01:14 AM EDT

    ... t put your stupid hat on at this point in time. KWAME HOLMAN: The state's governor, Pat McCrory, warned residents to prepare now, not later. GOV. PAT MCCRORY: Right now is the time to get your batteries out, to get your flashlights out, and get warm clothing on. I ...

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    50 years on, what strides have we made in the war on poverty?

    Jan 08, 2014 11:31 PM EDT

    ... have been unhappy that poverty wasn't abolished, but he would have been pleased that it has come back into focus, and that people are recalling his war on poverty 50 years later, because I think your other two guests are absolutely right. This is something that's front and ...

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    Reflections on the power of poetry in Detroit schools

    Oct 24, 2013 06:31 PM EDT

    ... very conscious of the setting: a public school and a troubled part of a troubled city in which many of the students face daily difficulties. Later that day, we also talked to Justin Rogers, an alumni of the InsideOut program who's now attending Wayne State University and has grown ...

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    More tough talk in shutdown stalemate

    Oct 09, 2013 12:43 PM EDT

    ... of time in which these negotiations are taking place," he said. Boehner rejected the offer during a press availability on Capitol Hill a short time later. "What the president said today was, if there is unconditional surrender by Republicans, he'll sit down and talk to us. That's not ...

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    News Wrap: Iranian parliament endorses Rouhani's diplomatic outreach to U.S.

    Oct 02, 2013 04:00 AM EDT

    ... sites and phone lines were overwhelmed by high demand. There was no word on how many people actually managed to sign up. More on this later in the program. In Iran, the Parliament today endorsed President Hassan Rouhani's diplomatic outreach to the West. At the U.N. last week ...

  • 34 Social Security Secrets You Need to Know Now

    34 Social Security Secrets You Need to Know Now

    Jul 30, 2012 05:47 PM EDT

    ... ve learned over the years that you may not fully know. (The list started at 25, but I've been learning some new secrets and recalling some others.) If you are already collecting your retirement benefit and are at or over full retirement age, you can tell Social Security you ...

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    Panetta to Address Defense Cuts; Salmonella Sparks Turkey Recall

    Aug 04, 2011 01:48 PM EDT

    ... that the Pentagon will do its part to help get the nation's finances in order, but that a second round of potential spending cuts later this year would be "completely unacceptable." "I will do everything I can to ensure that further reductions in defense spending are not pursued in ...

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    The Bitter Taste of Genetics

    Dec 23, 2010 04:57 PM EDT

    Cheek swabs, taste buds tests and tongues dyed blue -- it's all part of an experiment on taste genetics at the Denver Museum of Science and Nature. Reporter Rebecca Jacobson took a test drive through the tasting process.

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    News Wrap: Turkey Honors Activists Killed in Gaza

    Jun 03, 2010 04:00 AM EDT

    In other news Thursday, there were services in Turkey for those killed in the Israeli sea raid off Gaza and delegates at a peace conference in Kabul agreed on the need to reach out to the Taliban to further the peace process.

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    Cheney Defends Bush-era Defense Policies

    May 20, 2009 06:20 PM EDT

    Former Vice President Dick Cheney spoke Thursday at the conservative think tank American Enterprise Institute immediately after President Obama's domestic policy address. Here is the text of his speech, as prepared for delivery: