Renee Montagne: On Fridays, we focus on your money. Renee Montagne: Today fewer people are spending that money on newspapers. Daily newspaper circulation reached its peak in 1984 and has been declining ever since. In what is by now a familiar announc

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Infosnacking is the 2005 word of the year. It's chosen by the editors of Webster's New World College Dictionary. They define infosnacking as those stolen moments at work at which we sneak time to handle personal e-mail, Google sports scores, old frie

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I've always been an optimist and I suppose that is rooted in my belief that the power of creativity and intelligence can make the world a better place. For as long as I can remember, I've loved learning new things and solving problems. So when I sat

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Commentator Yasmine Noujaim enjoys keeping her Egyptian heritage alive. She just doesn't like to do it in the kitchen. But, she's afraid that her mother's old recipes may one day disappear. So she took out a frying pan and decided to try to give one

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In Vail Arizona, outside Tucson, a new school with a new idea: no textbooks, instead, every student at Empire High School, all 330 of them, has a loaner laptop for the year. While other students might read in books, Empire students will read on their

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I believe in honor, faith and service I believe that a little outrage can take you a long. . . . I believe in freedom of speech I believe in empathy I believe in truth Renee Montagne: On Mondays, we bring you our series, This I Believe. Short statem

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Anchor: On this day of thanks, 3 of our regular poets offer a few words about what this time means to them, and what they're thankful for this year. Freda Denis-Cooper: My name is Freda Denis-Cooper, and this is my poem--Children of the Stream: Love

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....leftovers from an era gone-by. In the mid to late 1800s, logging was a way of life in the Pacific Northwest. Loggers made vast fortunes chopping the virgin forest filled with giant trees that were thousands of years old. Few old-growth trees are

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(On Mon)days, the business report focuses on technology. Microsoft is working on the newest version of its Windows operating system. It's called Windows Vista. And although it will not be out for another year and a half, New York Times Technology col

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This is Morning Edition from NPR news. Im Steven Inskeep, as we reported on this program medicaid has become the single biggest budget item for most states. Nearly all of them are trying to limit the growth of the health program for the poor and no

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For NPR News, this is All Things Considered. I'm Michele Norris, and I'm Robert Siegel. If you think the real estate market in this country is out of control. Here's some advice: Don't move to China. Prices there are rising so fast, the government i

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This is Day to Day, Im Milany Braney, in a few minutes well hear what critics are saying about this weeks movie releases, but first in the future our coat buttons will take pictures and our underwear will telephone home when we are in trouble. Thats

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At a brief joint news conference with the Prime Minister of Australia,President Bush was asked today about China.The president noted that there are many dimensions to US-China relations including economic relations.This is part of what he said: I th

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While one of the most pressing political and social issues facing the Arab world rarely makes headlines, it is an issue that some political analysts believe could lead to the next great confrontation in the region. Rapidly expanding Arab populations

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In 1855, a book of poetry appeared that captured the soul of America, and expanded the possibilities for all poetry. I celebrate myself, and what I assume, you shall assume. For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you. Walt Whitman's LEAVES

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This is Morning Edition from NPR news, I am Rene Montagne with Steve Inskeep. 229 years ago, independence for America was not certain; a new book explains how the young Revolutionary campaign took hold, Steve Inskeep talks to the author of 1776. Davi

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Now, what may be the ultimate Internet service, one that helps you clean out the garage? NPR's Ted Robbins explains. Deron Beal is really proud of his home office in Tucson. More to the point he's proud of how he got what's in the office - a compu

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More coming up on Day to Day from NPR News. From NPR News, it's Day to Day. Americans are loath to vote for higher taxes, except when it comes to smoking. On election days, states like Arizona and South Dakota voted for increased taxes on the sales o

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This is Day to Day, I'm Alex Chadwick . Today, Thanksgiving, family gatherings all across the country. But few will be as emotionally charged as a reunion earlier this week at Johns Hopkins hospital in Baltimore, five kidney transplant patients actua

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Renee Montagne: Hundreds of thousands of Americans have back surgery every year at a much higher rate than any other country. Whether there are too many back surgeries is a hotly debated subject in orthopedist , NPR's Joanne Silberner examines the q

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