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All Things Considered

Weekday afternoons from 4-6 and 6:30-7. Weekend afternoons from 4-5.
Justin Willingham

This NPR newsmagazine offers a balanced perspective on the events of the day.

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The Impact of War
3:37 pm
Fri May 25, 2012

Putting The Post-Deployment Family Back Together

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Kevin Ross, 31, says the ADAPT parenting program has helped him and his family communicate more effectively.
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The Ross family eats dinner at their home in Mahtomedi, Minn. Kevin Ross joined the Minnesota National Guard in 1999.
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Originally published on Fri May 25, 2012 4:24 pm

When parents deploy to a war zone overseas, their absence can have ripple effects that are felt long after they return. Parents and their children often struggle to figure out how to be a family again after leading separate lives for months or years. Now, there's an effort to make the transition from combat life to home life less rocky.

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Parallel Lives
3:28 pm
Fri May 25, 2012

Obama, Romney On Health Care: So Close, Yet So Far

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President Obama is applauded after signing the health care overhaul during a ceremony in the White House on March 23, 2010. Then-Gov. Mitt Romney signs a Massachusetts health care overhaul at Faneuil Hall in Boston on April 12, 2006.
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Originally published on Fri May 25, 2012 4:24 pm

From now until November, President Obama and GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney will emphasize their differences. But the two men's lives actually coincide in a striking number of ways. In this installment of NPR's "Parallel Lives" series, a look at one of those similarities: They both signed health care overhaul laws based on an individual mandate.

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Asia
3:24 pm
Fri May 25, 2012

A Tweet, A Year In A Labor Camp, And Now An Appeal

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Fang Hong is seeking compensation for the year he spent in a Chinese labor camp — his sentence for a scatological tweet that mocked politician Bo Xilai and Police Chief Wang Lijun.
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Originally published on Fri May 25, 2012 4:24 pm

This is the tale of a single tweet and its far-reaching consequences in China.

In April 2011, retired forestry official Fang Hong posted a scatological tweet, mocking a powerful Chinese politician, Bo Xilai, the Chongqing party secretary.

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Monkey See
3:03 pm
Fri May 25, 2012

'Route 66': A Country-Crisscrossing Series Comes To Home Video

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George Maharis (left) played Buz Murdock alongside Martin Milner as Tod Stiles in Route 66, two men driving across America in search of home.
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Originally published on Fri May 25, 2012 4:24 pm

When you've seen a lot of movies where Toronto plays the part of New York, you come to appreciate location shooting. And on today's All Things Considered, you'll hear from the star of one of television's more ambitious series when it comes to location shooting: Route 66, which followed two guys around the country in a cool Corvette as they looked for a place to settle.

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The Two-Way
12:35 pm
Fri May 25, 2012

Cleared Of Rape Conviction, California Man Remains 'Unbroken'

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A tear of relief: Brian Banks after his rape conviction was dismissed Thursday.
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Originally published on Fri May 25, 2012 4:24 pm

  • Brian Banks on Southern California Public Radio

Five years in prison. Then five years of probation and wearing an electronic monitoring device. The shame of being a registered sex offender. Not being able to get a job. His dream of playing in the NFL destroyed, possibly forever.

Brian Banks, now 26, has gone through all that.

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