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  • Host: Robert Siegel, Michele Norris, Melissa Block
  • For two hours every weekday, hosts Robert Siegel, Michele Norris and Melissa Block present the program's trademark mix of news, interviews, commentaries, reviews, and offbeat features.
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  • Location: Washington, DC
  • Language: English
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How Market Crash Helped Hedge Fund Operator

Fri, Nov 6 Listen
Before the financial crisis hit, John Paulson was just your run-of-the-mill hedge fund operator, worth millions of dollars. But when the market crashed, Paulson made billions. How he did it lies at the heart of a new book called The Greatest Trade Ever. The book's author, Gregory R. Zuckerman, offers his insight.

Effective Preventive Care Crucial

Fri, Nov 6 Listen
Many politicians have said that increasing preventive care will save money and help pay for health care overhaul. But the Congressional Budget Office says it won't count preventive services as reducing health care costs. Commentator Douglas Kamerow, a family physician and preventive medicine specialist, says that debating whether prevention saves money is asking the wrong question.

Hasan's Story Won't Be Easy To Sort Out

Fri, Nov 6 Listen
After a mass shooting, people who knew the gunman find themselves wondering what warning signs they might have missed. So it is in the case of Maj. Nidal Hasan, the man authorities say opened fire on his fellow soldiers at Fort Hood.

A Day After Fort Hood Rampage, Re-Creating Events

Fri, Nov 6 Listen
As Fort Hood, Texas, takes stock of Thursday's attack, those who lived through it are providing new details about what went on inside the Soldier Readiness Processing Center. Soldiers and others who were there when the gunman named by the military as Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan opened fire discuss how the events unfolded.

Gore Urges Obama To Take Lead On Climate Change

Fri, Nov 6 Listen
In his new book, Al Gore argues that consumers have all the tools we need to solve climate change. But unless the United States takes a leadership role, it would be impossible to resolve this crisis, he tells NPR.

Money In A Bottle: The Celebrity Scent Business

Fri, Nov 6 Listen
If you walk down the cosmetics aisle of any big store, you might mistake the perfume collection for the guest list to a Hollywood party. But star-studded scents account for only about 10 percent of fragrance sales; their value is the publicity.

U.S. Economic Steps May Be Leading To Bubble

Fri, Nov 6 Listen
The global economy is slowly recovering after the worst financial crisis in decades, but government efforts to stimulate growth, including the Fed's move to drive interest rates down to zero, may be creating another problem. Prices for assets gold, stocks and real estate in Asia are soaring, leading to warnings that a new bubble could be forming.

Jobless Rate Highest Since 1983

Fri, Nov 6 Listen
The government says the nation's unemployment rate hit 10.2 percent last month, the highest since 1983. Economists had expected the figure to rise to 9.9 percent.

Sapphire's Story: How 'Push' Became 'Precious'

Fri, Nov 6 Listen
The gritty realism of the film Precious is even more intense in the novel Push, upon which the film is based. Author Sapphire discusses the inspiration for her work and her initial reluctance to allow her work to become a film.

When Life Is This Hard, Stubbornness Is A Virtue

Fri, Nov 6 Listen
Claireece Precious Jones is living a nightmare: she's morbidly obese, twice impregnated by her father, mentally and physically abused by her mother. But just as her life seems entirely untenable, fate offers a way out and slowly, with a mulish persistence, Precious starts to come into her own. (Recommended)

Letters: Afghanistan, Gibbons

Fri, Nov 6 Listen
Listeners respond to the coverage Thursday of Afghanistan, and the postcard from Sumatra. Michele Norris and Robert Siegel read from listeners' e-mails.

Flu Threat Looms As Mecca Readies For Pilgrims

Fri, Nov 6 Listen
The H1N1 virus is a major concern for Saudi Arabian authorities, who are gearing up to host millions of Muslims on the annual pilgrimage to Mecca. Health officials are making recommendations and monitoring pilgrims, but otherwise can do little to mitigate the virus' spread.

U.S. Envoy To U.N. Defends Extensive Afghan Review

Fri, Nov 6 Listen
The U.S. envoy to the U.N. rejects claims that the Obama administration's pace of determining a strategy in Afghanistan is a sign of weakness. What would be weak and dangerous, Susan Rice says, is a rushed decision made without thoroughly considering the implications for U.S. national security.

Week In Politics Reviewed

Fri, Nov 6 Listen
This week, Republicans took governorships in Virginia and New Jersey, and Democrats won a long-held GOP House seat in New York. Also, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is pushing for a possible health care vote this weekend. E.J. Dionne, of The Washington Post, and David Brooks, of The New York Times, discuss the week in politics.

Ahead Of Debate, Health Care Battle Lines Drawn

Fri, Nov 6 Listen
Democratic House leaders are keeping lawmakers in town over the weekend to work on their health care bill. President Obama is expected to rally support on the Hill on Saturday. With every step this legislation takes toward becoming law, the fervor on both sides gets stronger.

Remembering Victims Of Fort Hood Shooter

Fri, Nov 6 Listen
Thirteen people were killed Thursday in Fort Hood, Texas, when a gunman opened fire. Among the dead were 29-year-old Sgt. Amy Krueger, who enlisted soon after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, and Aaron Nemelka, a 19-year-old from West Jordan, Utah.

Shooting Spotlights Muslims In Military

Fri, Nov 6 Listen
The shooting at Fort Hood, Texas, has raised questions about the experience of Muslims who serve in the military. Rafael LanTigua, a lieutenant in the Army National Guard and a Muslim chaplain candidate, says Muslims have served in the armed forces since the Revolutionary War.

Investigators Probe Fort Hood Shooting

Fri, Nov 6 Listen
In Fort Hood, Texas, investigators are collecting information about Thursday's deadly attack at a soldier processing center. Thirteen people were killed, 12 of them soldiers, and 30 were wounded when a gunman, identified as Army psychiatrist Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, opened fire in the facility.

More On Fort Hood Shooting

Thu, Nov 5 Listen
The lockdown at Fort Hood, Texas, has been lifted. Earlier Thursday, a gunman identified as Army Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan killed 11 people and wounded 31 others. The gunman was also killed. Another soldier is in custody.

Latest On Suspected Fort Hood Shooter

Thu, Nov 5 Listen
A gunman in Fort Hood, Texas, killed 11 people and wounded 31 others. The gunman was identified as Army Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, a mental health professional. He too was killed. Another soldier is in custody.

Fort Hood Lockdown Over

Thu, Nov 5 Listen
The lockdown at Fort Hood, Texas, is over hours after a gunman killed 11 people and wounded 31 others. The gunman, who was killed by police, was identified as Maj. Nidal Malik Hassan.

Details Emerge Of Fort Hood Shooter

Thu, Nov 5 Listen
The suspected shooter in the deadly shooting at Fort Hood, Texas, has been identified as Maj. Malik Nadal Hasan. Two others who had been arrested have reportedly been released.

More Details Emerge Of Fort Hood Shooting

Thu, Nov 5 Listen
The suspect in the deadly shooting at Fort Hood, Texas, was a U.S. soldier who was identified as Maj. Malik Nidal Hasan, a mental health professional. Two additional suspects who were detained have been freed.

Latest On Fort Hood Shooting

Thu, Nov 5 Listen
At least 12 people were killed and 31 wounded when at least three gunmen opened fire in Fort Hood, Texas. Media reports named the suspect as Maj. Malik Nadal Hasan.

Fort Hood Shooter Identified

Thu, Nov 5 Listen
Media reports, quoting sources, are naming one of the suspects in the massive shooting at Fort Hood, Texas, as Maj. Malik Nadal Hasan. He was killed, and two other suspects were apprehended. All are U.S. Soldiers. Twelve people were killed and 31 wounded in the attack.

Liz Taylor: A Leading Lady For Life

Thu, Nov 5 Listen
From her multiple marriages to her diamond collecting, a new biography by William Mann aptly titled How to Be a Movie Star details the dramatic life of one of Hollywood's all-time leading ladies. Elizabeth always loved living large, and it served her very well, he says.

Fort Hood In Lockdown Mode After Shooting

Thu, Nov 5 Listen
Fort Hood, Texas, is in lockdown mode Thursday following a shooting in which at least 12 people were killed and 31 others were wounded. At least three gunmen are believed to be involved.

Swine Flu Hits Some Pets

Thu, Nov 5 Listen
The threat of swine flu to humans has received widespread attention, but how vulnerable is your pet? There are now a few reported cases of H1N1 infecting domestic animals, including a cat in Iowa and a ferret in Nebraska. Dr. Richard Slemons, a professor in the Department of Veterinary Preventive Medicine at Ohio State University, offers his insight.

Rare Disease Treated Using Gene Therapy

Thu, Nov 5 Listen
French scientists report that two boys treated with gene therapy for a rare but fatal genetic disease have shown improvements. These results mark a high point for the field of gene therapy. Shown here, the area of the brain that was treated.

Remembering Amelia Earhart's Stop In Utah Town

Thu, Nov 5 Listen
It's not everyday a celebrity drops in unannounced in a small town, but that's exactly what happened 80 years ago in Eureka, Utah. The celebrity was Amelia Earhart, the pioneering aviator.

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