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Melissa Block, Robert Siegel, Audie Cornish

Since its debut in 1971, All Things Considered has delivered in-depth reporting and transformed the way listeners understand current events and view the world.  Every weekday afternoon, hosts Robert Siegel, Melissa Block, and Audie Cornish bring listeners breaking news mixed with compelling analysis, insightful commentaries, interviews, and special - sometimes quirky - features.  WNIJ airs a one-hour edition of the program at 4pm on Saturday and Sunday.

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Mitt Romney
3:54 pm
Thu May 31, 2012

Romney's Foreign Policy Views Comfort, Unsettle GOP

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Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney speaks during a campaign rally Tuesday in Las Vegas.
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Originally published on Thu May 31, 2012 9:58 pm

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney picked up two big endorsements this week from GOP foreign policy luminaries: former Secretaries of State Condoleezza Rice and George Shultz.

At this point in the presidential race, endorsements are pretty routine. But these particular endorsements are important, since Romney has encountered some skepticism from foreign policy experts in his party.

Some Republicans expected the long, bloody wars in Iraq and Afghanistan to alter their party's traditional interventionist view. Those Republicans are disappointed in Romney.

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Music Interviews
3:23 pm
Thu May 31, 2012

Brandi Carlile: Bending Notes Until They Break

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Brandi Carlile performs live in NPR's Studio 4A.
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Brandi Carlile performs in NPR's Studio 4A.
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Brandi Carlile performs in NPR's Studio 4A.
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Brandi Carlile performs in NPR's Studio 4A, backed by brothers Tim (left) and Phil Hanseroth.
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Brandi Carlile and Tim Hanseroth in NPR's Studio 4A.
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Brandi Carlile performs in NPR's Studio 4A.
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Brandi Carlile performs in NPR's Studio 4A.
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Originally published on Fri June 1, 2012 9:17 am

What is it about Brandi Carlile's voice that gets right inside you? The power? Her range? It may be the way she can crack open a note, as she does in her best-known song, "The Story," which was prominently featured on Grey's Anatomy.

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NPR's Backseat Book Club
3:23 pm
Thu May 31, 2012

Meet Manjiro, Japan's Unlikely Teen Ambassador

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Margi Preus has written picture books such as Celebritrees and The Peace Bell. Heart of a Samurai is her first novel for young readers.
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Originally published on Fri June 1, 2012 7:50 am

This month, NPR's Backseat Book Club hits the high seas for an adventurous novel called Heart of a Samurai by Margi Preus. The book begins in 1841, and is based on the sprawling true-life tale of Manjiro, whose destiny was almost determined before birth as a son in a long line of fishermen. But a storm blew his life on a new course, and he became one of the first Japanese to set foot in America.

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Law
3:13 pm
Thu May 31, 2012

When The Jury Becomes The Story

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Former Sen. John Edwards leaves the federal courthouse in Greensboro, N.C., on Tuesday.
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Originally published on Thu May 31, 2012 9:58 pm

They were called the "giggle gang" — four alternate jurors in the John Edwards trial who wore the same-colored shirt to court on several days.

During nine days of deliberations, much attention was given to the merry band of alternates in the high-profile campaign finance case.

On Thursday, attention swung back to the jury itself, which found Edwards not guilty on one count. The judge declared a mistrial on the other five charges.

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Middle East
4:47 pm
Wed May 30, 2012

Weighing The 'Yemen Option' For Syria

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In this photo from 2009, Syrian President Bashar Assad (left) stands with then-Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh during a welcoming ceremony for Saleh at the presidential palace in Damascus. As the violence continues in Syria, the U.S. and other countries are hoping to convince Assad to step down from power, as Saleh did.
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This frame grab made from an amateur video provided by Syrian activists on Monday purports to show the massacre in Houla on May 25 that killed more than 100 people, many of them children. The level of violence may erode Russia's support for Assad's regime.
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Originally published on Wed May 30, 2012 5:56 pm

The Obama administration says that Syrian President Bashar Assad has forfeited his right to lead Syria, and grisly murders in the town of Houla over the weekend reinforce that argument.

But despite mounting pressure, Assad isn't budging. The U.S is now trying to enlist Russia to use its influence with the Syrian leader to follow the so-called Yemen model and move out of the way.

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