The Two-Way
9:31 am
Thu May 24, 2012

Massive Arrests Follow Student Protests Across Canada

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Montreal police and protesters face off on Wednesday during a demonstration against student tuition hikes.

Originally published on Thu May 24, 2012 10:30 am

Protests in Montreal and Quebec resulted in the arrest of almost 700 people overnight.

The Toronto Star reports that the demonstrators protested tuition fee increases and they've been ongoing for about three months. But, yesterday, police rounded up hundreds of protesters — 518 in Montreal alone.

The Star reports:

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Music Interviews
9:02 am
Thu May 24, 2012

How Wes Anderson Soundtracks His Movies

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Kara Hayward and Jared Gilman star in Wes Anderson's latest film, Moonrise Kingdom.

Originally published on Thu May 24, 2012 1:28 pm

If you see the new Wes Anderson movie Moonrise Kingdom, you'll hear background music from composers Benjamin Britten and Alexandre Desplat, as well as several songs from Hank Williams.

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Sports
8:53 am
Thu May 24, 2012

Transgender Athletes Pushes For Olympic Spot

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Keelin Godsey competes as a woman but lives as a man, says reporter Pablo Torre.

Originally published on Fri May 25, 2012 8:41 pm

Education
8:53 am
Thu May 24, 2012

Does Tough Love Work With Third Graders?

Some Indiana third graders are already planning for summer school. They're preparing to retake a new statewide test, which they'll need to pass to go on to 4th grade. Host Michel Martin speaks with StateImpact Indiana reporter Kyle Stokes and NPR's Tovia Smith about the effects of these tests on kids and implications for states across the country.

Shots - Health Blog
8:48 am
Thu May 24, 2012

Call For Emergency Action On Polio Eradication

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A Pakistani man wheels Jamshid, an 8-year-old girl with polio, around the outskirts of the capital Islamabad last July.

Originally published on Fri May 25, 2012 11:04 am

The drive to wipe polio from the face of the earth is in jeopardy.

Afghanistan, Nigeria and Pakistan are the only three countries left where poliovirus remains endemic. But work to put the paralyzing virus on the ropes there is in danger of failing. Cases in all three countries jumped last year.

Weak public health systems, armed conflicts and corruption have hurt vaccination efforts. Now leading public health officials have proposed an emergency plan of action to get things back on track..

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It's All Politics
8:35 am
Thu May 24, 2012

Romney's 'Day One' Filling Up Quickly

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Mitt Romney addresses the Latino Coalition's 2012 Small Business Summit on Wednesday in Washington, D.C.

Originally published on Thu May 24, 2012 9:21 am

The Two-Way
8:34 am
Thu May 24, 2012

Bad News In New Orleans: 'Times-Picayune' Slashing Staff, Going To 3 Days

The highly respected journalists at New Orleans' Times-Picayune last night found out the hard way — from another news outlet — that they're about to face deep staff cuts and that the newspaper will soon only print three days a week.

The New York Times' Media Decoder broke the story Wednesday just before midnight ET.

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Digital Life
8:31 am
Thu May 24, 2012

Keeping Your Kids Safe Online: It's 'Common Sense'

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Originally published on Wed May 30, 2012 11:44 am

If you're a parent, you may have wondered what your kids are texting to each other or posting on their Facebook pages. Or maybe you've thought about it and decided you don't want to know.

That's not the best approach, says child advocate James Steyer. Steyer runs Common Sense Media, an organization that helps parents decide which kinds of technology are age-appropriate for their kids.

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It's All Politics
8:30 am
Thu May 24, 2012

Reagan Blood Update: It's No Longer For Sale

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The Reagans at the George Washington University Medical Center today, April 3, 1981.

Originally published on Thu May 24, 2012 8:36 am

If you had hoped to bid on the medical-lab vial that purportedly contains the dried remains of a blood sample from President Ronald Reagan taken on the day he was nearly assassinated in March 1981, you're out of luck.

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The Two-Way
7:08 am
Thu May 24, 2012

Ted, What Have You Been Doing With Yourself? Unabomber, You Say?

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Unabomber Ted Kaczynski being led into a Montana court in 1996.

No, the Unabomber won't be attending his 50th class reunion at Harvard this week.

But Ted Kaczynski has updated his former classmates about what he's been up to all these years.

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