House Pulls 'Plan B' Tax Measure From The Floor
House Speaker John Boehner's alternative plan to the automatic tax hikes set to take effect at year's end fell short of enough votes to pass. The bill would have placed a higher tax rate on income over...
View ArticleInaugural Balls Downsized The Second Time Around
Transcript MELISSA BLOCK, HOST: So 9-year-old Lauren Kanabel there has a dream: a girl president elected in 2016. And whether or not that dream comes true, there will be inaugural balls. The tradition...
View ArticleIn 'According To What?' Ai Weiwei Makes Mourning Subversive
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View ArticleU.S. May Build Base For Drones In Northwest Africa
Transcript MELISSA BLOCK, HOST: We're going to head west now, from Egypt across Libya to Niger. The Pentagon has signed a deal with the government there. The agreement could allow the U.S. to establish...
View ArticleFugitive Ex-LAPD Officer Apparently Barracaded In Cabin
Kirk Siegler talks to Melissa Block for an update on the search for former Los Angeles Police Department officer Christopher Dorner. A man that authorities identified as Dorner was holed up in a cabin...
View ArticleSenate Committee Passes Bill Meant To Reduce 'Straw Purchases' Of Guns
The first major gun bills in nearly two decades had their first hearing in the Senate on Thursday, including an assault weapons ban and a ban on so-called "straw purchases." Still, even in the...
View ArticleAmong Thousands Of Gun Deaths, Only One Charles Foster Jr.
The Morris Missionary Baptist Church is nestled down a red dirt road, in Morris, Ga., set among pine trees near the Alabama state line. Next to the small white church lies its most recent grave site:...
View ArticleOn Gun Ownership And Policy, 'A Country Of Chasms'
The ideological gulf between gun owners and non-gun owners is a wide one — made all the more obvious by the ongoing debate over what, if any, gun control measures should be adopted in the...
View ArticleReport: North Korea May Be Able To Deliver Nuclear Weapons
A Defense Intelligence Agency report suggests that North Korea has the ability to make nuclear weapons small enough to put on a missile. That does not necessarily mean that North Korea has the capacity...
View ArticleBoeing's 787 Dreamliners To Fly Again After FAA Approval
Boeing's 787 will be allowed to return to passenger service soon. The Federal Aviation Administration has approved Boeing's redesign of the battery system that caused serious problems, including a fire...
View ArticleThe Low-Tech Way Guns Get Traced
Opponents of expanding background checks for gun sales often raise the fear that it would allow the government to create a national gun registry — a database of gun transactions. In fact, federal law...
View ArticleFeds Drop Opposition To Restriction On Sales Of Morning-After Pill
Transcript AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: From NPR News, this is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. I'm Audie Cornish.MELISSA BLOCK, HOST: And I'm Melissa Block. The morning-after pill will soon be available - without a...
View ArticleChemical Weapons Use In Syria Crosses U.S. 'Red Line'
Transcript AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: From NPR News, this is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. I'm Audie Cornish.MELISSA BLOCK, HOST: And I'm Melissa Block.The Obama administration has now joined France and Britain in...
View ArticleGuy Clark, Music's Master Craftsman, On Making Songs Last
If you want to learn how to write a song — one that's built to last, with vivid characters and images that plant you squarely inside a scene — listen to Guy Clark.
View ArticleWeiner Says He Won't Drop Campaign For NYC Mayor
Transcript MELISSA BLOCK, HOST: From NPR News, this is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. I'm Melissa Block.Disgraced former congressman and current New York City mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner is apologizing...
View ArticleAmazon CEO To Buy 'Washington Post' And Sister Papers
The Washington Post Company announced Monday that it has sold its newspaper business including the Post and its sister papers to Jeffrey Bezos, founder and CEO of Amazon. Bezos is buying the Washington...
View Article'Treme' Cookbook Captures The Flavor Of A Show And A City
If you find yourself craving New Orleans food, you could go there and melt in the sweltering heat for a dose of gumbo or praline bacon. Or you could settle in on your couch, as I've been doing, and...
View ArticleThe Secret To One Brazilian Street Treat: Make It With Love
Melissa Block is in Olinda, Brazil where a street vendor teaches her the secret to making Brazilian-style tapioca.
View ArticleBrazil's New Middle Class: A Better Life, Not An Easy One
Tens of millions of Brazilians have risen out of poverty over the past decade in one of the world's great economic success stories. The reasons are many: strong overall economic growth, fueled by...
View ArticleJPMorgan Chase Agrees To Pay $5.1 Billion To Feds
JPMorgan Chase agreed pay $5.1 billion to settle litigation over mortgage assets sold during the housing bubble. The deal, announced late Friday afternoon, is to resolve claims the company misled...
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