Economy Economy Demonstrates Vigor Despite Credit Woes October 31, 2007 • The nation's gross domestic product — the broadest measure of economic activity — grew at an annual rate of 3.9 percent during the summer. The indicator's strength signals economic resilience in spite of ailing housing and credit markets. Economy Demonstrates Vigor Despite Credit Woes Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/15803597/15803596" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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The Impact of War Spanish Court Delivers Verdicts in Madrid Bombings October 31, 2007 • A Spanish delivers verdicts for 27 men and one woman charged in connection with the Madrid train bombings in 2004. Charges range from masterminding the attack to stealing dynamite to building the bombs. They detonated on four commuter trains, killing 191 people. Hear Steve Inskeep and Jerome Socolovsky discuss the verdicts in the Madrid, Spain, train bombings on Morning Edition Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/15800071/15800022" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Movies 'Eat Cheese' Explores Compulsive Eating October 29, 2007 • Actor and comedian Jeff Garlin's new movie I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With is about an overweight actor in Chicago who lives with his mother and drowns his job and romance sorrows in junk food. Garlin wrote, directed and stars in the new film. 'Eat Cheese' Explores Compulsive Eating Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/15722490/15722426" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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World Iraqi Group Accuses Iran of Fueling Violence October 26, 2007 • One of Iraq's Shiite Muslim militias makes the claim that Iran is interfering in Iraq. Led formally by Muqtada al-Sadr, the militia is accused of spreading terror through Baghdad and beyond. And when you focus on Sadr and his followers, you get a sense of the many forces shaping Iraq's violence. Iraqi Group Accuses Iran of Fueling Violence Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/15655331/15655293" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Business Bank of America Reels from Unrest in Credit Market October 25, 2007 • Bank of America is slashing 3,000 people in its Global Corporate and Investment Banking unit and replacing the head of the division. The bank recently reported that its net income declined to $3.7 billion, or 82 cents per share, from $5.42 billion, or $1.18. Bank of America Reels from Unrest in Credit Market Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/15620633/15619850" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Sports Red Sox, Rockies to Meet in World Series Opener October 24, 2007 • Major League Baseball's Boston Red Sox and the Colorado Rockies are set to meet in Boston in the first game of the World Series. The Red Sox are fresh off a dramatic comeback in the American League Championship Series. The Rockies make their first appearance in a World Series. Red Sox, Rockies to Meet in World Series Opener Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/15584454/15584081" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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The Impact of War State Dept. Fails to Account for Iraqi Police Contract October 23, 2007 • The Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction examines a $1.2 billion contract paid to the security company DynCorp to support the Iraqi Police Training program. The report accuses the State Department of failing to account for how the money was spent. State Dept. Fails to Account for Iraqi Police Contract Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/15546038/15545577" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Opinion Sports Boston Bests Cleveland, Heads to World Series October 22, 2007 • Three years after ending its 86-year title drought, Major League Baseball's Boston Red Sox complete another October comeback by overpowering the Cleveland Indians 11-2 in Game 7 of the American League's championship series. They play the Colorado Rockies for the World Series. Boston Bests Cleveland, Heads to World Series Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/15503728/15503546" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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World Sarkozy's Woes: Workers Strike, Marriage in Crisis October 18, 2007 • French President Nicolas Sarkozy confirms he and wife Cecilia will separate, leaving him devoid of an important adviser. Also, public transportation has come to a halt as part of a 24-hour strike by the public sector unions. The strike is in response to Sarkozy's proposed pension reform. Sarkozy's Woes: Workers Strike, Marriage in Crisis Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/15391840/15391402" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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World Exiled Bhutto Returns to Pakistan October 18, 2007 • Benazir Bhutto, the former prime minister of Pakistan, ends an eight-year exile to return to Pakistan. Supporters welcomed her in Karachi. She has been negotiating a possible power sharing deal with President Gen. Pervez Musharraf, who seized leadership in a bloodless coup in 1999. Exiled Bhutto Returns to Pakistan Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/15391858/15391578" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Politics Bush Jabs Congress for Idle Domestic Issues October 17, 2007 • President Bush accuses Congress of dragging its feet on key pieces of domestic legislation, urging quick action on budget and children's health measures. The president calls on lawmakers to compromise with him on funding the children's health program known as SCHIP. Bush Jabs Congress for Idle Domestic Issues Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/15365998/15365879" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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World Rumors of Divorce Hound French President Sarkozy October 17, 2007 • French President Nicolas Sarkozy took office in May, but his wife Cecilia has been conspicuously absent from his side since July. There is speculation that their 10-year marriage is about to end. Countrymen worry the president won't handle a breakup well. Rumors of Divorce Hound French President Sarkozy Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/15353630/15353255" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Media Hollywood Writers May Strike over New Media October 16, 2007 • The specter of a strike by television and movie writers looms over Hollywood. Their contract is up at the end of the month. A strike could change what we see on TV and eventually at the movies. Writers feel like they got cut out of a windfall from DVDs and don't want to get cut out of new media. Hollywood Writers May Strike over New Media Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/15315098/15314630" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Nobel Prizes 2007 Three Americans Earn Nobel Economics Prize October 15, 2007 • Leonid Hurwicz of the University of Minnesota, Eric Maskin of Princeton and Roger Myerson of the University of Chicago share the prize. They were honored for laying the foundation of mechanism design theory. Three Americans Earn Nobel Economics Prize Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/15278043/15278054" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Environment Climate Change a Global and Diplomatic Issue October 12, 2007 • Al Gore says he's "deeply honored" to be named co-winner of the Nobel Peace Prize. He won for his work in climate change emphasized in An Inconvenient Truth. He calls global warming "a true planetary emergency." Climate change has become a global and diplomatic issue. Hear NPR's Rob Gifford and Steve Inskeep Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/15218360/15216966" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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