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Link Between BPA And Childhood Obesity Is Unclear

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Canned food is a source of BPA exposure, but researchers aren't sure whether it causes childhood obesity. Above, the soup isle at a grocery store in Washington, D.C.

By Jon Hamilton

Originally published on Tue September 18, 2012 7:23 pm

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BPA could be making kids fat. Or not.

That's the unsatisfying takeaway from the latest study on bisphenol A — the plastic additive that environmental groups have blamed for everything from ADHD to prostate disease.

Unfortunately, the science behind those allegations isn't so clear. And the new study on obesity in children and teens is no exception.

3:59 pm

Tue September 18, 2012

Romney Conflated Different Groups With '47 Percent'

By Scott Horsley

Originally published on Tue September 18, 2012 6:09 pm

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ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST:

From NPR News, this is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. I'm Robert Siegel.

AUDIE CORNISH, HOST:

And I'm Audie Cornish. Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney admits he could've used more elegant language, but he's not backing down. Romney was secretly recorded speaking at a fundraiser in May and his comments were publicized yesterday by the liberal magazine, "Mother Jones." Here he is telling wealthy backers that President Obama has a built-in base of support.

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2:33 pm

Tue September 18, 2012

Shorts Inspire Music In 'Sounding Beckett' Trilogy

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In Ohio Impromptu, one of three short plays featured in Sounding Beckett, the silent character (Philip Goodwin, left, with Ted van Griethuysen) inspired music based on knocks and repetitions.

Credit Jeremy Tressler / Sounding Beckett

Guitar plinks represent May (Holly Twyford) pacing the floor in the music based on Beckett's Footfalls.

By Jeff Lunden

Originally published on Tue September 18, 2012 6:09 pm

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It all began last year, when the Library of Congress presented Samuel Beckett's Ohio Impromptu alongside a piece of music by composer Dina Koston, which responded to the text. A New York group, the Cygnus Ensemble, played the music, while Washington, D.C., director Joy Zinoman staged the play, for one night only.

1:58 pm

Tue September 18, 2012

Two Attempts To Turn Summer Platinum Into Fall Gold

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Carly Rae Jepsen and the cover of Kanye West's latest album, Cruel Summer.

By Oliver Wang

Originally published on Wed September 19, 2012 8:47 am

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12:55 pm

Tue September 18, 2012

Botswana Doctors Stop Cervical Cancer With A Vinegar Swab

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Doreen Ramogola-Masire, an obstetrician-gynecologist in Botswana, hopes that a simple, quick screen for cervical cancer with vinegar will catch the disease early and save women's lives.

By Jason Beaubien

Originally published on Fri November 9, 2012 12:56 pm

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In the U.S., the pap smear has become a routine part of women's health care, and it's dramatically reduced cervical cancer deaths. But in Africa and other impoverished regions, few women get pap smears because the countries lack the laboratories and other resources necessary to offer them.

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