Krulwich Wonders...
11:19 am
Wed February 29, 2012

Six-Legged Giant Finds Secret Hideaway, Hides for 80 Years

Originally published on Thu March 1, 2012 7:07 am

No, this isn't a make-believe place. It's real.

They call it "Ball's Pyramid." It's what's left of an old volcano that emerged from the sea about 7 million years ago. A British naval officer named Ball was the first European to see it in 1788. It sits off Australia, in the South Pacific. It is extremely narrow, 1,844 feet high, and it sits alone.

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It's All Politics
11:10 am
Wed February 29, 2012

Romney Uses Santorum Robocalls To Democrats Against Rival

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Mitt Romney was captured on the iPad screen held by a man at a campaign event in Toledo, OH, Wednesday, Feb. 29, 2012.
Digital Life
11:08 am
Wed February 29, 2012

Google Wins. He's Giving Up On Privacy

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Google new privacy rules, which are set to take effect Thursday, have drawn scrutiny from privacy advocates and state officials.

That's it. They win. He's giving up his privacy.

Trying to maintain privacy in contemporary America is just too time consuming, too complicated, too exhausting. He can't tell the good guys from the bad guys anymore. He doesn't know whom to trust.

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The Two-Way
10:36 am
Wed February 29, 2012

Davy Jones Of The Monkees Has Died

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Davy Jones back in the day (September 1968).

Davy Jones, who thrilled many a young girl's heart back in the '60s as a member of the Monkees, has died.

TMZ broke the news. It reports being told by the medical examiner's office in Martin County, Fla., of the 66-year-old singer's death. The English-born Jones apparently lived in that part of Florida.

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Northwest Regional News
10:27 am
Wed February 29, 2012

Dion Cole: Remembering A Father And How He Chose To Die

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The StoryCorps mobile recording booth where Dion Cole sat down and shared with the staff her memories of her father.

 Dion Cole's father loved speed. He shared his love of fast cars and the rev of engines with his two sons, and his adopted daughter, Dion. She shares some of the memories of fast times with her father. She also shares how he took his own life.
 

The Two-Way
10:20 am
Wed February 29, 2012

Another Controversial Mormon Baptism: Slain Journalist Daniel Pearl

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Daniel Pearl.

Originally published on Wed February 29, 2012 4:28 pm

The Boston Globe reports this morning that Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl was baptized posthumously in a Mormon temple in Idaho last year.

Pearl was Jewish and was captured and killed by terrorists while reporting in Pakistan in 2002.

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Economy
10:00 am
Wed February 29, 2012

Op-Ed: Gas Prices Are Not A Political Issue

Industry analysts say oil prices rose ten dollars a gallon in February, driving up gas prices at the pump. Washington Post columnist Charles Lane argues that though gas prices have long been a political issue, gas prices are largely determined by global crude oil prices.

Afghanistan
10:00 am
Wed February 29, 2012

Koran Burnings Complicate U.S. Role In Afghanistan

After U.S. military officers in Afghanistan accidentally burned Qurans while disposing of other Islamic texts, two American military officers were killed and protests broke out throughout the country. The violent responses have raised concerns about the U.S. strategy.

On Aging
10:00 am
Wed February 29, 2012

Caretaking: When Love And Resentment Collide

Writer Sandra Tsing Loh loves her 91-year-old father. As he lost his independence, she began caring for him and has encountered frustration that many children of aging baby boomers may face. In a piece in The Atlantic, she confesses that there are moments when she wishes he would die.

Politics
10:00 am
Wed February 29, 2012

Game-Changing Debate Moments

Presidential debates can provide a boost to a candidate, thwart a lead in polls or prompt a decision to leave the race. NPR's Ken Rudin and Alan Schroeder, author of Presidential Debates: 40 Years of High-Risk TV, look at game-changing moments in the 2012 election cycle.

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