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All Things Considered

Weekdays 3:00pm-6:00pm
Melissa Block, Michele Norris, Audie Cornish

Since its debut in 1971, this afternoon radio newsmagazine has delivered in-depth reporting and transformed the way listeners understand current events and view the world. Heard by almost 13 million* people on nearly 700 radio stations each week, All Things Considered is one of the most popular programs in America. Every weekday, hosts Melissa Block , Robert Siegel, and Audie Cornish present two hours of breaking news mixed with compelling analysis, insightful commentaries, interviews, and special -- sometimes quirky -- features. 

The posts below are some of the highlights from All Things Considered. Visit the program page on NPR to see a full list of stories.

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The Two-Way
2:29 pm
Fri August 24, 2012

Anti-Doping Chief: Armstrong Knows Truth, Sticking To 'Baseless Soundbites'

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United States Anti-Doping Agency Chief Executive Officer Travis Tygart, right, during a subcommittee hearing on drug use in sports in 2008.
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Originally published on Fri August 24, 2012 6:47 pm

The head of the United States Anti-Doping Agency says Lance Armstrong knows the truth and he has decided that instead of airing every piece of evidence publicly and in front of an impartial court, the dethroned seven-time Tour de France winner has decided to "hold on to baseless soundbites."

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Megafires: The New Normal In The Southwest
2:28 pm
Fri August 24, 2012

Is It Too Late To Defuse The Danger Of Megafires?

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Timmons and Springer work in the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests, which were burned during last year's Wallow Fire. The largest fire in Arizona history, Wallow barreled through a half-million acres of forest.
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Kralicek logs data on plants and wildflowers that have grown back in the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests since the Wallow Fire.
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Ecologists use tape measures to track regrowth following last year's Wallow Fire.
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A team of students from Northern Arizona University walks through a clearing on the way to a remote location they are studying in the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests.
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Northern Arizona University researchers are trying to study the effects of fire on treated and untreated forest areas in Apache-Sitgreaves.
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Northern Arizona University students Zac Timmons (left) and Karen Kralicek (center) work with plant ecologist Judy Springer in the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests in east-central Arizona. They are studying the effects of forest restoration treatments following the Wallow Fire of 2011.
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A researcher holds a horned lizard found in a study site, a positive sign of life returning after the Wallow Fire
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A year after the Wallow Fire, students chart every square inch of an open meadow in an area where the fire raged.
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Madison Daniels, a student at Northern Arizona University, takes a short break from gathering data in a meadow in Apache-Sitgreaves. Both students and faculty live in the forest for weeks while they conduct their ecological research.
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Wally Covington is director of the Ecological Restoration Institute at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff. He helped create the 4FRI project, whose goal is to restore the natural Ponderosa pine forest.
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A worker walks by a feller buncher, a heavy machine used to clear timber, in a section of Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests. Covington's group is trimming the forest to make it more fire-resistant.
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Bill Armstrong, fire manager for the Santa Fe National Forest in New Mexico, is a firm believer in thinning forests and returning them to a natural burn cycle to avoid megafires.
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The Forest Service is thinning and treating the forest around the Sierra de los Pinos neighborhood in the Jemez Mountains, west of Los Alamos, N.M. The goal is to reduce the threat posed by future megafires.
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The Forest Service is also trying to get people who live in the Jemez Mountains area to thin and maintain the forests around their homes.
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Contract foresters work on a thinning operation in Los Griegos Peak, on U.S. Forest Service land in the Jemez Mountains.
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A forest-thinning operation in Los Griegos Peak.
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A thinned and treated forest in the Sangre de Cristo mountains, near the Santa Fe watershed. To effectively protect against wildfire threats, the Forest Service needs to burn tree litter and other detritus that remain on the forest floor.
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Bill Armstrong of the U.S. Forest Service opens the security gate at the Santa Fe watershed, in New Mexico's Sangre de Cristo mountains.
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Armstrong stands in front of a Ponderosa pine, locally known as a yellow belly pine.
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A view of a private home in the Jemez Mountains.
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A view of the Valles Caldera. The valley served as a high-mountain pasture for ranchers for years. In the distance you can see the Santa Fe National Forest, which burned during the 2011 Las Conchas fire.
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William Armstrong, fire manager for the Santa Fe National Forest service, says lush forests can be a "plague."
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Last year's Wallow Fire, the largest in Arizona history, barreled through the Apache-Sitgreaves National Forests, in the east-central part of the state. The forests are now being thinned to reduce the threat posed by future wildfires.
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Originally published on Fri August 24, 2012 6:47 pm

Fourth in a five-part series

Forests in the Southwest have become a fuel stockpile. A century of U.S. Forest Service policy of quashing all fires has allowed forests to become overgrown, and now a warming climate is making the problem worse.

Scientists are trying to defuse these green time bombs. Is it too late?

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The Two-Way
11:22 am
Fri August 24, 2012

At Penn State, New Students Weigh Stigma Of Scandal

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Signs on display around town are designed to show support for Penn State's football team as a new season begins.
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Penn State freshman Samuel Russ, of Germantown, Md., and his mother, Rina Russ, moving his things into the dorm.
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Originally published on Fri August 24, 2012 6:47 pm

A freshman class is arriving at Penn State this week. But a child sexual abuse scandal that rocked the school last fall is casting a shadow over the school's "Welcome Week."

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NPR News Investigations
9:12 am
Fri August 24, 2012

Before Reaching War Zones, Troops Risk Concussions

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Staff Sgt. Ronald Sherwood practices a maneuver on Sgt. 1st Class Darwin Scriber at the U.S. Army Combatives School at Fort Benning, Ga. The school trains instructors who will teach recruits hand-to-hand combat. Most of the student instructors have fought in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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Student instructors watch combat movements before a sparring exercise at the U.S. Army Combatives school. The Army has been conducting a study to see how many soldiers sustain concussions during the training.

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Sgt. 1st Class Isaac Cunningham (left) and Staff Sgt. Robert Terry practice maneuvers.
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U.S. Army combatives instructor Sgt. Teddra Rodriguez (center) demonstrates a move to two students.

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Students practice moves during a sparring session. Early findings in a research study suggest that, on average, one soldier is suffering a concussion every other day in combat classes.
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Maj. Christopher Carpenter takes a series of kicks and punches from a sparring partner. The soldiers take turns holding pads and practicing kicking and punching combos that will help them in close combat situations.
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Sgt. 1st Class Kevin Rice, a master trainer at the U.S. Army Combatives School, drives back his partner with a high kick during a sparring session.
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Cunningham demonstrates a defensive technique.
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Instructors go through the gym watching the exercises.

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A training session for instructors who teach hand-to-hand combat, or combatives, at the Fort Benning military base in Georgia.
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Student instructors take turns practicing maneuvers during a sparring session at the U.S. Army Combatives school at Fort Benning.
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Originally published on Fri August 24, 2012 6:47 pm

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Middle East
2:46 am
Fri August 24, 2012

Massive Cyberattack: Act 1 Of Israeli Strike On Iran?

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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (center) visits the Natanz Uranium Enrichment Facility in April 2008. Israel and the U.S. targeted the facility in 2009 with the Stuxnet cyberattack.
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Originally published on Sun August 26, 2012 7:42 am

Talk in Israel of a military strike on Iranian nuclear facilities has reached a fever pitch. Last week brought the news of an alleged "war plan" leaked to a blogger. This week, a well-informed military correspondent in Jerusalem reported that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is "determined" to attack Iran before the U.S. election.

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Election 2012
4:47 pm
Thu August 23, 2012

Michelle Obama Focuses On Work Still To Be Done

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First lady Michelle Obama sits with guests as they eat lunch during a kids' state dinner at the White House on Monday.
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The Obamas on Jan. 8, 2008, at then-Sen. Barack Obama's primary night rally in Nashua, N.H.
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Originally published on Thu August 23, 2012 6:35 pm

This week, first lady Michelle Obama was doing something she loves to do, talking about nutrition with kids. She hosted the first state dinner for children, welcoming 54 of them and their parents to the White House.

"This is the hottest ticket at the White House, right here, because of all of you," Obama said to the children, who ranged in age from 8 to 12.

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Afghanistan
4:14 pm
Thu August 23, 2012

US Confronts Growing 'Insider Attacks' In Afghanistan

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Spc. Ben Purvis (center) helps train Afghan troops on how to use mortars in the eastern province of Kunar in June. The top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, Gen. John Allen, points to several factors in the rise of "insider attacks" on American forces. He says relations between U.S. and Afghan troops are good overall.
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Originally published on Thu August 23, 2012 4:55 pm

Gunmen wearing Afghan police and army uniforms have killed 40 U.S. and NATO troops so far this year, and the top American commander in Afghanistan says there is no single reason — and no simple solution.

Taliban infiltrators, disputes between NATO and Afghan security forces, and even the timing of Ramadan, the Muslim holy month, are all factors, according to Gen. John Allen.

"We think the reasons for these attacks are complex," says Allen, who spoke by video link from Kabul on Thursday. Ten of the American deaths have come in just the past two weeks.

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Mom And Dad's Record Collection
3:41 pm
Thu August 23, 2012

How Rashida Jones Found Her Inner Music Nerd

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Actress Rashida Jones says Steely Dan opened her young mind to "the mathematics of music."
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Originally published on Fri August 24, 2012 7:06 am

This summer, All Things Considered has asked listeners and guests to share a personal memory: the memory of one song discovered through their parents' record collection.

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NPR Story
3:11 pm
Thu August 23, 2012

Democrats Give Up On Capturing Maine Senate Seat

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Originally published on Thu August 23, 2012 4:47 pm

It looks like the Democratic Party has all but given up on clinching the seat now held by retiring Republican Senator Olympia Snowe. Independent Angus King has lead in the polls since he announced he was running. Even the Democratic Senate Campaign Committee isn't helping Democrat Cynthia Dill in her run for the seat.

The Salt
3:10 pm
Thu August 23, 2012

Willing To Play The Dating Game With Your Food? Try A Grocery Auction

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Grocery auctions have been growing in popularity as a way to get a lot of food for not a lot of money.
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Workers hold up five pound bags of frozen chicken nuggets before bidding opens. Grocery auctions have been growing in popularity since the recession as an outlet for food that's past its prime. Around 80 people attended this one at the Chesapeake Auction House in St. Leonard, Md.
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The auctions usually last four hours, and many bidders stay the entire time. The food they bid on won't be sold in stores because it may be expired or have damaged packaging.
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Betty Thomas types bids into the auction house's computer. Most of their grocery auctions bring in $10,000-15,000.
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Many of the bidders bring large coolers to carry home their haul, which often includes frozen meat.
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Kathy Cartwright of Accokeek, Md., is a regular at the grocery auctions. She says her family has stopped buying meat at the store, and relies on what they can get at the auction. Most of the meat is sold frozen.
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The type of food at the grocery auction varies, but this one included frozen meat, chips, juice, laundry detergent and more. Auctioneer Larry Forman and his wife Kay (not pictured) have hosted the grocery auctions for 10 years.
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Runner Tom Howard holds up the merchandise at a grocery auction in Dallas, Pa., in 2009. These auctions are becoming more popular as people look for deals on food that's past its prime.
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Originally published on Mon October 15, 2012 9:56 am

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