All Things Considered (News)

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Starbucks Announces Store Closures

Tue, Jul 1 listen to this topic
Starbucks Corp. is closing an additional 500 stores in the U.S. by the first part of next year. The coffee chain had previously said it would shutter about 100 underperforming stores around the country. It said up to 12,000 retail jobs would be cut.

Norman Bates: A Most Terrifying Mama's Boy

Tue, Jul 1 listen to this topic
Before Freddy Krueger, before Halloween, before Silence of the Lambs, there was Norman Bates in Alfred Hitchcock's 1960 classic, Psycho.

'New York' Magazine's Founding Editor Dies

Tue, Jul 1 listen to this topic
Clay Felker, the founding editor of New York magazine, has died. He was 82. His editing at New York fostered the careers of Ken Auletta and others. Auletta, who worked for him both at New York magazine and the Village Voice, remembers Felker.

Ban On Trans Fats Begins In New York

Tue, Jul 1 listen to this topic
The strictest ban on trans fats in the U.S. has gone into full effect in New York City. The ban extends to nearly all prepared food in restaurants and bakeries. Marion Nestle, a professor at New York University, discusses healthy substitutes.

Study: Red Rice Yeast Helps Cut Bad Cholesterol

Tue, Jul 1 listen to this topic
A dietary supplement called red rice yeast, combined with fish oil and healthy lifestyle changes, can help reduce "bad" cholesterol as effectively as the statin drug Zocor, new research suggests.

A Paiute Take On Bryce Canyon's Hoodoos

Tue, Jul 1 listen to this topic
The red spindly rock formations that make up the views at Bryce Canyon National Park are called hoodoos. Geologists say they were formed by erosion, but Kevin Poe, chief of interpretation at Bryce, shares his take on the Paiute legend about hoodoos.

Global Warming Threatens Everglades, Residents

Tue, Jul 1 listen to this topic
Few places in the U.S. are more threatened by global warming than Everglades National Park in Florida. Park officials say the national park as well as the water supply and flood control for 6 million people who live in south Florida are at risk.

A Hedge Fund Manager's Crusade To Expose Losses

Tue, Jul 1 listen to this topic
The people who run hedge funds can be famously secretive about their work. Not David Einhorn.

Credit Crunch Hits Consumers, Companies

Tue, Jul 1 listen to this topic
The credit crunch has hit many Americans. Robert Manning, author of Credit Card Nation and director of the Center for Consumer Financial Services, discusses the effect on consumers and credit card firms.

U.S. Stocks Close Higher

Tue, Jul 1 listen to this topic
The Dow Jones industrial average finished up 32 points at 11,382. That followed a day of fluctuations. The market opened sharply lower as traders reacted to oil prices that rose to $142 a barrel. Bargain-hunters took stocks into positive territory.

1960: A Pivotal Year For The Olympics

Tue, Jul 1 listen to this topic
The 1960 Rome Olympics were the first commercially televised games, saw the first doping scandal and the first commercial endorsement. David Maraniss, author of "Rome 1960: The Olympics that Changed the World," calls the year pivotal for the games.

Hilter's Coming; Time For Cocktails And Gossip

Tue, Jul 1 listen to this topic
Long, long ago, I woke one morning to hear an actor reading a serial installment from a book on the BBC. I couldn't place the book, but I immediately recognized its author's faultless ear for the metrical cadence of English and his brilliant rendering of clipped, upper-class English speech. What I heard was almost unbearably funny.

Mexican Town's Residents See No End To Violence

Tue, Jul 1 listen to this topic
More than 520 people have been killed there in Juarez, Mexico, in drug-related violence since the start of the year.

McCain, Obama Head Overseas

Tue, Jul 1 listen to this topic
The campaigns of John McCain and Barack Obama say the two presidential candidates are traveling abroad this summer. Their trips are extremely unusual. Since 1992, no candidate who is not a sitting president has traveled overseas during a campaign.

Letters: Riis, Kosciuszko National Memorial

Tue, Jul 1 listen to this topic
Listeners respond to a look at the late-19th century social reformer Jacob Riis and about the report on the Thaddeus Kosciuszko National Memorial.

Suspected Cop Killer's Jail Death Being Probed

Tue, Jul 1 listen to this topic
A 19-year-old man charged with first-degree murder was found dead while in police custody in Prince George's County, Md. Washington Post reporter Aaron Davis says the Maryland State Police has been asked to conduct an independent investigation.

Media Darlings McCain, Obama Duel

Tue, Jul 1 listen to this topic
It almost never happens that there are two media favorites in one political race and yet this year, there are.

McCain Blasts Obama On Supreme Court Picks

Tue, Jul 1 listen to this topic
John McCain has said Barack Obama's Supreme Court nominees would make decisions like the one that struck down a Louisiana law allowing capital punishment for people who rape children under 12. He was speaking to the National Sheriff's Association.

Clark Holds Firm On McCain Comments

Tue, Jul 1 listen to this topic
Despite continuing backlash, retired Gen. Wesley Clark tells NPR he stands by his comments that Republican Sen. John McCain's military service does not necessarily qualify him to be president.

The Year of Musical Thinking, A Minute At A Time

Mon, Jun 30 listen to this topic
Today, composer David Morneau finishes off an ambitious yearlong musical project. And to celebrate, he's doing the same thing he did every day for the past year.

Letters: D.C. Gun Ban, Town Dump

Mon, Jun 30 listen to this topic
Listeners sound off on the interview with the lawyer who argued successfully before the Supreme Court to have the District of Columbia's ban on personal gun possession overturned, and on the popularity of the town dump in Wellsley, Mass.

Memorial Won't Be Ready For 9/11 Anniversary

Mon, Jun 30 listen to this topic
The Sept. 11 memorial won't be ready in time for the anniversary of the terrorist attacks, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey announced in a report Monday. Also delayed, several other projects planned for the site in Lower Manhattan.

Earl Warren's Legacy

Mon, Jun 30 listen to this topic
Earl Warren served as U.S. chief justice through much of the 1950s and 1960s, a time when the court made landmark civil rights decisions and other rulings with wide-ranging social importance. Warren's retirement came 40 years ago this month.

Alaska Park Is Nation's Largest

Mon, Jun 30 listen to this topic
The Wrangell-St. Elias National Park and Preserve is home to the biggest subpolar ice field in North America, and nine of the 16 highest peaks in the U.S. Smitty Parratt, the park's chief interpreter, talks about the largest U.S. national park.

A Brief History: The Smallest National Park

Mon, Jun 30 listen to this topic
This summer, intrepid travelers will spend weeks in the great outdoors, exploring national parks across the country. For those who don't have that kind of time, you can always take a few minutes to tour the country's smallest national park.

Police Detain Hundreds In China Over Protests

Mon, Jun 30 listen to this topic
Police in Weng'an, China, have detained hundreds of people for allegedly setting fire to police and government buildings in an outburst of anger over the suspected police cover-up of a teenage girl's death.

Abu Ghraib Torture Lawsuits Name U.S. Workers

Mon, Jun 30 listen to this topic
Lawsuits will be filed in the U.S. on behalf of four Iraqis who say they were tortured at Abu Ghraib prison. The suits name employees of U.S. firms CACI and L-3 Titan. Lawyers have been meeting with their clients in Turkey to prepare the suits.

Oil Development Plans Meet With Resistance In Iraq

Mon, Jun 30 listen to this topic
Iraq's Oil Ministry announced Monday that it is opening six prime oil-producing regions to long-term development by international oil companies.

The Long Road To Forgiveness

Mon, Jun 30 listen to this topic
On June 8, 1972, I ran out from Cao Dai temple in my village, Trang Bang, South Vietnam; I saw an airplane getting lower and then four bombs falling down. I saw fire everywhere around me. Then I saw the fire over my body, especially on my left arm. My clothes had been burned off by fire.

A Vintage Photography Flash Lamp In Action

Mon, Jun 30 listen to this topic
Jacob Riis, a writer and photographer who exposed poverty in late 19th century New York City, used crude tools to light up his subjects. He ignited magnesium powder with a pistol, and later a frying pan. Twice, he set rooms on fire. Once, he set himself aflame.

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