Gordon : This time of year it's hard to avoid the figure of old Saint Nick, he seems to be everywhere, from ringing a Salvation Army bell to posing for pictures at the local mall. Commentator Carole Boston Weatherford says she'd like to see a little

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China has announced it will substantially increase its military budget this year, another in a series of annual increases that will boost China's defense spending to nearly thirty billion dollars. Today's announcement comes on the eve of that country

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From NPR News, this is All things considered. Im Robert Siegel, and Im Melissa Block. There were some unexpectedly good news today about the economy. Late last month, businesses created more jobs than economists projected and the increases were spre

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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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The US economy continues to recover from the tech bubble burst of 2000. But there're certainly many people still left behind. Long-term unemployment which is defined as being out of work for 27 weeks is at record levels. And within that group,the per

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This is Day to Day, I am Madeline Brand. There is an old thought from jounalist AJ. Liebling that freedom of the press belongs to the man who owns one, well if that's true, then tens of millions of men and women in this country now own the modern equ

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Celebrities looking for income beyond record contracts, movie deals and commercial endorsements, often start their own fashion lines. Rock musicians, actors and sports stars have all thrown their hats into the ring. But commentator Rosecrans Baldwin

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Not all musicians hit bottom, of course, but they do have to drive and drive and drive to get where they are going. Commentator Christian Bauman remembers a poignant journey of a few years back. I came home from the army to a bachelor apartment in ea

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Federal Communications Commission chairman Michael Powell said goodbye on Friday. Several high-profile government officials have resigned recently. And Weekend Edition essayist Al Lubrano senses a certain similarity in their exits. Government big sho

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