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Ranking Terrorist Threats By Degree Of Separation

With so many alleged plots this year, it's difficult to know how seriously to take any particular threat. So the intelligence community has come up with an informal system for ranking them.

Ranking Terrorist Threats By Degree Of Separation

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Technology

Track Those Tax Dollars In An 'Augmented Reality'

Want to know where those stimulus dollars were spent? Consider turning your smart phone into a government watchdog — then all you'll have to do is take it for a walk.

Track Those Tax Dollars In An 'Augmented Reality'

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Education

Facing Identity Conflicts, Black Students Fall Behind

Why do middle-class black and Latino teens often have lower test scores and college attendance rates than their white peers? Some researchers suggest media stereotypes might be to blame; others point to a peer culture of underachievement.

Facing Identity Conflicts, Black Students Fall Behind

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Music Interviews

Saving The Sacred Blues Of Highway 61

Driving his Chevrolet Nova up and down Highway 61 in Mississippi, William Ferris stopped at churches and juke joints and penitentiaries to record the music he found. In his new book, Give My Poor Heart Ease, Ferris explores the legacy of the "The Blues Highway."

Saving The Sacred Blues Of Highway 61

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Sports

World Series Game Three Opens On A Draw

How do you know it's Halloween in Philadelphia? Everyone's got on the same costume: Phillies gear! Game three of the World Series happens Saturday night in Philly and Howard Bryant is there covering the game. Host Scott Simon talks with Bryant about the Yankees and the Phillies.

World Series Game Three Opens On A Draw

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Analysis

Analysis

Week In Review With Daniel Schorr

This week there was growth in the GDP but not in consumer confidence. The House version of a health care bill headed to a vote, and violence continued throughout the Middle East. Host Scott Simon reviews the week in the news with NPR Senior News Analyst Daniel Schorr.

Week In Review With Daniel Schorr

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World

Iraq Reconstruction Program Needs Its Own Rebuild

The U.S. government established the "CERP" fund -- Commander's Emergency Response Program -- to win hearts and minds in Iraq by building schools, roads and water purification facilities that the country needs. Today, almost two years later, the program is still marred by allegations of corruption and waste. Stuart Bowen, the special inspector general for Iraq reconstruction, is leading the battle to clean up CERP. He joins host Scott Simon to talk about the progress he's made and where he'd like to see improvement.

Iraq Reconstruction Program Needs Its Own Rebuild

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In Oklahoma, He's The (Weather) Man

Gary England has been at News 9 in Oklahoma City for over 35 years. He is the commercial weather man credited with issuing the first televised Doppler weather radar bulletin for a tornado, and has created what can only be called a meteorology empire in a state that sees lots of severe weather. He even had a bit part in the movie Twister.

In Oklahoma, He's The (Weather) Man

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Analysis

Just How Many Jobs Is The Stimulus Responsible For?

The Associated Press reports the number of jobs created or saved by the stimulus bill has been vastly inflated by the Obama Administration. Obama's senior adviser David Axelrod told host Scott Simon the AP was "extrapolating from a small piece of information," and that the administration believes it will achieve its goal of creating several million jobs. NPR news analyst Juan Williams talks with Simon about how this issue might play out.

Just How Many Jobs Is The Stimulus Responsible For?

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Behind Oklahoma's Meth Lab Boom

The number of methamphetamine lab seizures has increased for the first time in six years. It's been a particular problem in Oklahoma where a new, simpler way to cook meth combined with efforts by a Mexican drug cartel have fueled the spread of the drug. Gail Banzet of member station KOSU reports.

Behind Oklahoma's Meth Lab Boom

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Home Page Top Stories

Axelrod On H1N1 Vaccines: 'We Overpromised'

The president's senior adviser, David Axelrod, says the administration based its predictions about how many doses of the H1N1 vaccine would be available by mid-October on bad information.

Axelrod On H1N1 Vaccines: 'We Overpromised'

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DeCarava's Photos Improvised The Music Of Life

From The Sweet Flypaper of Life, Howard University Press, 1984 Roy DeCarava/Courtesy of Sherry Turner DeCarava hide caption

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Photography

DeCarava's Photos Improvised The Music Of Life

In the 1950s, photography was hardly considered art. If you wanted to be taken seriously as a photographer, you snapped mountains and models -- not your neighbors. It also helped to be white. But Roy DeCarava, who died this week at the age of 89, turned all of that on its head.

DeCarava's Photos Improvised The Music Of Life

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Racial Achievement Gap Still Plagues Schools

Jerry Mornvil, a recent graduate of Columbia High School in Maplewood, N.J., says being in a lower-level class had a negative impact on his own and his classmates' attitudes about school and themselves. Nancy Solomon for NPR hide caption

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Education

Racial Achievement Gap Still Plagues Schools

Black and Latino students consistently have lower test scores and attendance rates than their white counterparts. Placing struggling students in remedial classes has been a standard way to deal with the issue, but this method is coming under fire.

Racial Achievement Gap Still Plagues Schools

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Gardener Prunes A Topiary Paradise

A Waffle House in Bishopville, S.C., with topiaries created by Pearl Fryar. Bill Chappell/NPR hide caption

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Culture

Gardener Prunes A Topiary Paradise

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Pearl Fryar's yard in Bishopville, S.C., has made him something of an art-world star. He's trimmed 400 plants and trees into fantastical shapes — diamonds, mushrooms, hearts and even a square. At 69, Fryar mulls his legacy and is looking to pass on his clippers.

Gardener Prunes A Topiary Paradise

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A South Carolina Shrimper Stays Afloat

Capt. Wayne Magwood, a third-generation shrimper in Charleston, S.C., has run a successful market for the past 40 years. He relies on local restaurants and loyal customers to stay in business, battling intense foreign competition.

A South Carolina Shrimper Stays Afloat

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