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Bush Nominates Gutierrez to Head Commerce

President Bush nominates Carlos Gutierrez as Commerce secretary. The CEO and chairman of Kellogg's is considered one of the country's most prominent Hispanic executives. Gutierrez built an impressive record at the cereal company and now is called upon to help reform Social Security, simplify the tax code and make life easier for small business owners. NPR's Andrea Seabrook reports.

Bush Nominates Gutierrez to Head Commerce

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Education

Campus Recruiting Ruling

A federal appeals court rules that colleges and universities have the right to ban military recruiters from campus without fear of losing federal funding. The schools argued that the armed services openly discriminate against homosexuals and that university rules prohibit such discrimination. Hear NPR's Jackie Northam.

Campus Recruiting Ruling

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Historian: Free Education Drew Immigrants to America

Diane Ravitch discusses the educational history of immigrant children in the United States. Ravitch is a professor of history at New York University and is assistant secretary of Education for the Bush administration. Hear Ravitch and NPR's Renee Montagne.

Historian: Free Education Drew Immigrants to America

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Business

Car Device Acts as High-Tech Repo Man

For people with bad credit, getting a car loan can be a challenge. But the auto industry has come up with a novel idea for letting poor creditors drive new cars off the lot: a kindler, gentler and automated repo-man. Hear NPR's Jack Speer.

Car Device Acts as High-Tech Repo Man

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Children of Immigrants Seek to Define their Identity

In the second of two stories, high school students who are children of immigrants in Fremont, Calif., talk about cultural identity and the pressures to succeed academically. Hear NPR's Claudio Sanchez.

Children of Immigrants Seek to Define their Identity

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Law

Case Tests Title IX Protection

The Supreme Court hears arguments on sex discrimination in school sports. The case tests whether the law called Title IX provides a basis for a sports coach to sue for back pay. The coach says he was fired after complaining that girls' basketball teams at an Alabama high school got fewer resources than boys' teams. Hear NPR's Nina Totenberg.

Case Tests Title IX Protection

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Supreme Court Considers Arguments on Title IX Scope

The Supreme Court hears the case of a girls basketball coach in Alabama who was fired after complaining that girls' teams received fewer resources than boys' teams. Coach Roderick Jackson's case tests the scope of the anti-discrimination law Title IX. NPR's Nina Totenberg reports.

Supreme Court Considers Arguments on Title IX Scope

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Pop Culture

A Long 'Jeopardy!' Run, Jeopardized

After winning 74 consecutive Jeopardy! games since June and winning more than $2.5 million, contestant Ken Jennings may have finally met his match. NPR's Michele Norris talks with Andy Saunders, a Canadian college student and Jeopardy! enthusiast.

A Long 'Jeopardy!' Run, Jeopardized

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Obituaries

Remembering Noel Perrin

Noel Perrin, a writer and professor at Dartmouth College, died earlier this month at his farmhouse in Thetford Center, Vt. at age 77. A city transplant, Perrin wrote with love and humor about rural life. We'll hear excerpts from an 1978 interview Perrin did with NPR's Noah Adams.

Remembering Noel Perrin

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L.A. Air Force Base Faces Closure

The tiny Los Angeles Air Force Base has been at the forefront of some big developments in space science; it was a major player in the development of the Global Positioning System, or GPS. But now the base may have landed a spot on the Pentagon's chopping block. NPR's Ina Jaffe reports.

L.A. Air Force Base Faces Closure

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Jailed Immigrants Allege Abuse

Government Halts Use of Dogs Around Detainees

The day after the first story of NPR's investigation into the use of dogs to terrorize and attack people held in administrative detention in the U.S., the Homeland Security Department notified the Passaic County jail and other facilities contracted by the federal government to hold detainees to stop using dogs around detainees. NPR's Daniel Zwerdling reports.

Government Halts Use of Dogs Around Detainees

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Politics

John Edwards Begins 'Thank You' Tour

Defeated Democratic vice presidential candidate John Edwards embarks on a statewide tour in North Carolina. Edwards gave up his Senate seat this year, but is hinting that his political career is not over. NPR's Adam Hochberg reports.

John Edwards Begins 'Thank You' Tour

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News

Bush Makes Visit to Canada

President Bush begins a two-day mission to Canada, downplaying disagreements between the U.S. and its neighbor over Iraq and trade issues. His trip is the first official visit by a U.S. president in nearly 10 years. NPR's Don Gonyea reports.

Bush Makes Visit to Canada

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