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July 29, 2010 | NPR · Tighter regulations and tougher safety standards in the aftermath of the Gulf spill could mean higher costs for companies engaged in offshore oil drilling. As a result, oil production could shift to countries with less governmental oversight and fewer safeguards.
July 29, 2010 | NPR · Gov. Jan Brewer says her state will ask the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday to let all of its controversial immigration law take effect, a day after federal judge in Phoenix blocked key parts of the measure.
July 29, 2010 | NPR · Federal investigators are working to infiltrate the closed societies of biker gangs and bring criminal cases against their leaders. Last month, agents arrested more than two dozen members of the Outlaws motorcycle club, charging them with weapons and racketeering offenses.
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Politics
July 29, 2010 | NPR · The Massachusetts state legislature has passed a bill that would change the way presidents are elected. It would leave the current Electoral College system and award its votes to the winner of the national popular vote.
July 29, 2010 | NPR · A special House panel will start Thursday hearing ethics charges against 40-year veteran Charles Rangel of New York. Rangel stepped down as chairman of the tax-writing committee to fight the charges and continues to deny wrongdoing.
July 28, 2010 | NPR · Amid reports that hip-hop artist Wyclef Jean may run for president of Haiti, NPR's Lee Hill explores whether or not the philanthropist and cultural ambassador is eligible.
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Health & Science
July 29, 2010 | NPR · Many people are uncomfortable with mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, so they don't attempt CPR at all. Two big studies show that a streamlined, hands-only CPR method could be just as good. Experts hope the findings will get more bystanders to try CPR -- and, in the end, save more lives.
July 28, 2010 | NPR · Microscopic plants in the ocean are among the most important creatures on Earth and produce half of the planet's oxygen. But they are in trouble. A new study finds that since 1950, the amount of phytoplankton in the ocean's surface waters has declined by 40 percent.
July 28, 2010 | NPR · The Gulf oil spill has caused 10 times the number of beach closures so far this year, compared to all of last year, says a new report. Swimming in polluted water can increase the risk of pinkeye, hepatitis and neurological problems.
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Business
July 29, 2010 | NPR · A vice president at Amazon says the new e-reader, which will become available at the end of August, fits in a coat pocket or a relatively small purse.
July 29, 2010 | NPR · Toyota is recalling more than 400,000 vehicles, due to steering system trouble. The cars involved are mostly higher-end Avalon sedans -- from model years 2000 to 2004. Toyota says the steering lock bar could break under certain conditions.
July 29, 2010 | NPR · Massachusetts lawmakers are considering a bill that would give independent auto mechanics access to the same repair data as dealerships. This has been a recurring point of tension between the auto companies and companies that make parts and small repair shops.
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Arts & Entertainment
July 28, 2010 | NPR · The Daily Beast editor chats with Renee Montagne about the best things she's been reading lately. The focus this month: the perils and pleasures of the personal chronicle, whether it's on the Internet, in a diary, or in a juicy tell-all memoir.
July 28, 2010 | NPR · Gary Shteyngart's dystopian novel narrates two doomed romances: one between a man and a woman, and one between a writer and his country -- or what he fears his country may become. By turns fierce, funny and frightening, Super Sad True Love Story deserves a place on the shelf beside 1984 and Brave New World.
July 28, 2010 | NPR · Hotels, pools, beaches, airplanes: all good places to ignite a summer fling -- or read about one. Here are six recent titles that will let you explore, from the safety of your deck chair, our human capacity for ecstasy and pain.
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Opinion
July 28, 2010 | NPR · A judge has ruled that cheerleading is not a real sport, defeating a college's attempt to get around Title IX rules for female participation in sports. But what about the 64,000 high school girls who are on competitive "spirit squads" -- are they not athletes?
July 27, 2010 | NPR · Host Michel Martin explores the lessons that can be learned from the Shirley Sherrod story -- by the president, by Fox News Channel and by all journalists -- about race, politics and the power of the truth.
July 28, 2010 | NPR · Pakistani schizophrenia is deeply distressing and frightening. Reuel Marc Gerecht of The New Republic warns that an American retreat would make the Inter-Services Intelligence s former die-hard Islamist boss Hamid Gul, a dangerously captivating man, into a compelling shrink.
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July 29, 2010 | NPR · Last month, U.S. lawyers got a series of unexpected phone calls from Yemen. The father of Anwar al-Awlaki -- a cleric with al-Qaida ties who appears on a CIA "capture or kill" list -- was asking for legal advice as he seeks to protect his son.
July 29, 2010 | NPR · Tighter regulations and tougher safety standards in the aftermath of the Gulf spill could mean higher costs for companies engaged in offshore oil drilling. As a result, oil production could shift to countries with less governmental oversight and fewer safeguards.
July 29, 2010 | NPR · On the surface, they appear to be simply farmyards, hotels or guesthouses run by provincial governments. In fact, they are part of a network of extrajudicial detention centers known as "black jails," where local governments hold people who come to Beijing to complain about abuses.
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July 28, 2010 | NPR · Life insurance companies boost their bottom lines by holding on to death benefits owed to families of service members and millions of other Americans, an investigation by Bloomberg Markets magazine found. Cindy Lohman, whose son was killed in Afghanistan, says she feels betrayed by his life insurance company, Prudential.
July 28, 2010 | NPR · A federal judge has blocked the most controversial parts of Arizona's new immigration law from taking effect Thursday. Robert Siegel talks to NPR's Ted Robbins about the ruling and where the legal challenges go from here.
July 28, 2010 | NPR · The federal government under President Obama has steadily increased the deportation of illegal immigrants. Immigration and Customs Enforcement says it's on track to expel some 400,000 people this year, 8 percent more than it did in 2008. And ICE is increasingly targeting those who have broken other laws.
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WE Saturday Feature
July 24, 2010 | NPR · No other journalist in memory saw as much history as Daniel Schorr. He was born the year before the Russian Revolution and lived to see the digital revolution. He was there before the Berlin Wall went up and there a generation later when it came down. He was born before people had radio in their homes but pioneered the use of radio, television, satellites and then the Web to report the news.
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July 25, 2010 | NPR · Academy Award winner Kevin Kline has worn many hats -- and many different styles of facial hair -- on film, the stage and television. His latest role is that of Henry Harrison, an eccentric playwright, in The Extra Man. He speaks with Liane Hansen about how his film is like Midnight Cowboy and what his mustaches say about his characters.
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