Education Connecticut Kids Learn Money Smarts at Banks May 31, 2005 • A new program has some Connecticut children spending part of their school days at the bank. It's part of a national effort to teach young children how to handle money responsibly. Tandaleya Wilder from member station WSHU reports. Connecticut Kids Learn Money Smarts at Banks Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/4673521/4673522" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Obituaries Oscar Brown Jr. Used Music to Attack Racism May 31, 2005 • News & Notes recalls the life and work of influential singer, songwriter, playwright and social activist Oscar Brown Jr., who died over the weekend at age 78. Brown was known for creating art that celebrated African-American culture while at the same time attacking racism. Oscar Brown Jr. Used Music to Attack Racism Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/4673376/4673377" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Analysis Analysis Roundtable: Africa, Iraq Offensive, FMLA May 31, 2005 • Topics on Tuesday's roundtable include a meeting of Condoleezza Rice and black clergy leaders to discuss Africa; U.S. forces on the offensive against insurgents in Iraq; and the Family Medical Leave Act. Guests: Yvonne Bynoe, author of Stand and Deliver: Political Activism, Leadership and Hip Hop Culture; Joseph C. Phillips, syndicated columnist; and Joe Davidson, an editor at The Washington Post. Roundtable: Africa, Iraq Offensive, FMLA Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/4673370/4673371" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Police See Ohio Killings as Murder-Suicide May 31, 2005 • Police in Ohio say a young man about to graduate from high school took the lives of five family members and friends before ending his own. The bodies were found Sunday at a home in rural Ohio, 45 miles northwest of Columbus. The younger sister of 18-year-old Scott Moody was wounded, but survived the attack. Police See Ohio Killings as Murder-Suicide Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/4673083/4673084" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Business HealthSouth Fraud Trial Continues May 31, 2005 • Jury deliberations continue in the trial against former HealthSouth chief executive, Richard Scrushy. The Washington Post's Carrie Johnson discusses the latest development in the trial. Scrushy is accused of falsifying financial reporting, conspiracy and money laundering and is first major executive to be prosecuted under the new Sarbanes-Oxley Act. HealthSouth Fraud Trial Continues Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/4673071/4673072" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Education Georgia Schools to Focus on Personal Finance May 31, 2005 • School officials in Georgia have decided they're going to try to cut the state's high rate of personal bankruptcy. And they'll be starting with kindergarten students. Emily Kopp of Georgia Public Broadcasting reports that the state's Board of Education is making personal finance a key part of school curriculum. Georgia Schools to Focus on Personal Finance Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/4673086/4673087" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Your Money When the Elderly Become Financial Targets May 31, 2005 • California has some of the nation's strictest elder abuse laws, but few cases of financial abuse are actually prosecuted. Now a local district attorney is testing a novel legal strategy to put perpetrators of financial abuse in jail. And the case may have far-reaching impact. When the Elderly Become Financial Targets Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/4667720/4673095" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Politics President Makes Policy Stand in Rose Garden May 31, 2005 • President Bush summons White House reporters to the Rose Garden to hear his views on a dozen issues, including the violence in Iraq, charges of abuse at Guantanamo Bay, his campaign for new federal judges and a new approach to Social Security. President Makes Policy Stand in Rose Garden Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/4673936/4673937" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Politics Bush Acknowledges Opposition to Social Security Proposals May 31, 2005 • President Bush acknowledged his push to revamp Social Security has met strong opposition. He says that has only emboldened him and that he will keep traveling and pressing for his ideas. He made the statements during a press conference Tuesday morning at the White House. Bush Acknowledges Opposition to Social Security Proposals Toggle more options Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/4673583/4673584" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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World Peace Also Brings New Currency to Southern Sudan May 31, 2005 • The former rebels in southern Sudan are making money. Literally. The Southern People's Liberation Movement is working to introduce a new currency to replace dilapidated and filthy Sudanese Pound notes. Peace Also Brings New Currency to Southern Sudan Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/4673945/4673946" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Guilty Verdicts Reached at Enron Trial High Court Tosses Arthur Andersen Conviction May 31, 2005 • The Supreme Court unanimously reverses the conviction of accounting firm Arthur Andersen, ruling that jury instructions at trial were too vague and broad for jurors to be able to properly determine guilt. High Court Tosses Arthur Andersen Conviction Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/4673482/4673483" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player">
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Clearing Up the 'Deep Throat' Mystery 'Deep Throat' Revealed as Ex-FBI Official Felt May 31, 2005 • A Vanity Fair article names W. Mark Felt as the anonymous source "Deep Throat," who helped Washington Post reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein unravel the Watergate scandal in 1974. 'Deep Throat' Revealed as Ex-FBI Official Felt Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/4673957/4673958" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Obituaries Remembering an Army Sniper and Colorado Boy May 31, 2005 • Army Specialist Travis W. Anderson, known to all as "Loopy," was a young man from rural Colorado. He was killed by a car bomb in Iraq. Anderson was known as a practical joker. But his skills as a hunter and marksman led to his assignment as an Army sniper. He died near Bayji, Iraq. Remembering an Army Sniper and Colorado Boy Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/4673963/4673964" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Polygamist Church Leader Arrested States Target Polygamy Group May 31, 2005 • Authorities in Utah and Arizona are taking new steps to try to control a polygamist group dominating twin towns on the Utah-Arizona border. The group is known as the FLDS Church and it controls the schools, police and local government. Last week, the state of Arizona raided the school administrative offices and a Utah judge froze the assets of the group. States Target Polygamy Group Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/4673951/4673952" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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Business Wolfensohn Refocused World Bank's Mission May 31, 2005 • James Wolfensohn steps down as president of the World Bank Tuesday. Over the past decade, Wolfensohn revamped the way the lending institution did business, switching to a country-based, hands-on approach that focused more on human development, health and education projects in the battle against poverty. Wolfensohn Refocused World Bank's Mission Listen Toggle more options Download Embed Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/4673546/4673892" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> Transcript
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