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Idaho State Sen. John McGee Resigns Amid Sexual Harassment Claims

Emilie Ritter Saunders — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 23:44:57 +0000

Sen. John McGee resigned Wednesday morning.

Virginia House Revises Controversial Abortion Bill

NPR — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 23:22:33 +0000

February 22, 2012 Republican legislators in Virginia have scrapped a bitterly contested proposal to require women seeking abortions to undergo invasive ultrasound imaging, likely dooming the bill. The Republican-controlled House of Delegates voted 65-32 for an amended bill that requires only an external ultrasound, not the vaginal insertion of a wand-like device that emits ultrasonic [...]

High Court Punts On California Medicaid Ruling

NPR — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 23:22:26 +0000

Keith J. R. Binns/iStockphoto.com A key legal case challenging cuts in Medicaid pay for doctors, hospitals and pharmacists is heading back to California. The Supreme Court has officially declined to decide one of its bigger cases of the term: whether or not doctors, hospitals and other health care providers can sue a state to challenge [...]

A Long Time Coming: Glimpse Inside The Upcoming African American Museum

NPR — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 23:22:23 +0000

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What Happened In ‘Watergate’: An Alternate Take

NPR — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 23:22:12 +0000

February 22, 2012 Nearly 40 years after the Watergate scandal, Watergate, Thomas Mallon’s latest historical novel, captures both the metastasizing dishonesty and the ludicrousness of this great American tragedy of political ambition run amok. The book considers the break-in — that botched “third-rate burglary” that was a bad idea in the first place made far [...]

It’s ‘Shatner’s World’ And He Wants You To See It

NPR — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 23:21:53 +0000

[9 min 52 sec]Download The Audio Joan Marcus William Shatner in Shatner’s World: We Just Live In It on Broadway at the Music Box Theatre. In the 90-minute show, Shatner illustrates some of his stories with photos and video clips. February 18, 2012 Over the past half-century, the wild range of roles played by William [...]

On Tibetan Plateau, A Sense Of Constant Surveillance

NPR — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 23:21:46 +0000

Carlos Barria/Reuters /Landov Ethnic Tibetan pilgrims walk on a road during Tibetan New Year in Langmusixiang, Sichuan province, in western China, Feb. 22. Celebrations are subdued in the Tibetan areas of China this year, after a string of self-immolations and protest against Chinese control. February 22, 2012 Wednesday marks the traditional Tibetan New Year, but [...]

Idaho Senate Passes Texting While Driving Ban

Samantha Wright — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 20:34:49 +0000

Idaho Senators want to make it illegal for people to drive and text at the same time.

Income Tax Cut Would Make Little Difference To Small Business Owners

Molly Messick — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 19:15:29 +0000

Weighing the impacts of a tax cut...

Can Gardening Help Troubled Minds Heal?

NPR — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 18:52:51 +0000

Jennifer Sinco Kelleher/AP Women’s Correctional Community Center inmate Lilian Hussein checks on ti leaves she planted as part of the prison’s farming and gardening program in Kailua, Hawaii. The green ti leaves are often used to wrap food or weave into leis. If you haven’t noticed, gardens are popping up in some unconventional places – [...]

What’s Behind The Rise Of College Tuition?

NPR — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 18:51:59 +0000

Download The Audio February 19, 2012 Once a relatively affordable option for many families, the cost of attending public colleges and universities is getting out of reach. Host Rachel Martin talks to NPR education reporter Claudio Sanchez about the huge rise in public college tuition as states face a budget squeeze. Transcript Copyright © 2012 [...]

How Companies Are ‘Defining Your Worth’ Online

NPR — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 18:51:03 +0000

[38 min 49 sec]Download The Audio February 22, 2012 One of the fastest-growing online businesses is the business of spying on Internet users. Using sophisticated software that tracks people’s online movements through the Web, companies collect the information and sell it to advertisers. Every time you click a link, fill out a form or visit [...]

Olympians Were ‘Superstars’ In ABC Sports Show

NPR — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 18:50:44 +0000

[3 min 55 sec]Download The Audio February 22, 2012 The long-gone TV show The Superstars aired on ABC in the 70s and 80s, and was a kind of made-for-TV decathlon. it featured all kinds of athletes competing against each other. Olympians often fared well in the competition. View the full story at: http://www.npr.org/2012/02/22/147247325/olympic-athletes-were-superstars-in-abc-sports-show?ft=1&f=1055

It’s ‘Shatner’s World’ And He Wants You To See It

NPR — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:29:20 +0000

Cheers! Fruit Flies Drink To Their Health, Literally

NPR — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:29:07 +0000

[4 min 11 sec]Download The Audio Jan Polabinski/iStockphoto.com Fruit flies will drink alcohol from fermenting fruit to kill off wasp parasites that can grow inside of them. February 21, 2012 As humans, we sometimes pay a price for drinking alcohol — in hangovers, or worse. But if you happen to be a young fruit fly, [...]

New In Paperback Feb. 20-26

NPR — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:28:52 +0000

February 22, 2012 Fiction and nonfiction releases from Stieg Larsson, Arthur Phillips, Kevin Brockmeier, Michio Kaku and Stephen Hawking. View the full story at: http://www.npr.org/2012/02/22/147214241/new-in-paperback-feb-20-26?ft=1&f=1032

Marie Colvin Died In Syria While Exposing ‘The Horrors Of War’

NPR — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:15:37 +0000

Arthur Edwards/WPA pool/Getty Images Marie Colvin of The Sunday Times, at a service for fallen journalists in 2010. (NPR’s Lourdes Garcia-Navarro remembers journalist Marie Colvin, who died today in Syria.) We were exhausted after a long hot day of reporting. Tripoli had just fallen and it was almost sunset. We pulled up to the house [...]

Homes Sales Jump 4.3 Percent In January

NPR — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:15:36 +0000

Justin Sullivan/Getty Images The rise in home sales, to the highest pace since May 2010, was a positive sign ahead of the spring buying season. February 22, 2012 Existing-home sales rose in January to the highest pace since May 2010, flashing signs of health ahead of the spring buying season. The National Association of Realtors [...]

After ‘Putin’s Kiss,’ A Young Girl’s Change Of Heart

NPR — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:15:17 +0000

courtesy of the filmmaker The documentary Putin’s Kiss charts four years in the life of a Russian teenager named Masha Drokova, who became famous as the girl who publicly kissed Vladimir Putin. February 22, 2012 There’s a great moment in Tom Stoppard’s play Jumpers, when a husband tries to convince his wife that an election [...]

Governor Otter Signs Law To Evict Occupy Boise

Scott Ki — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 23:15:48 +0000

Occupy Boise protestors will have to move off the grounds of the Old Ada County Courthouse by Monday afternoon. Idaho Governor “Butch” Otter signed legislation today that prohibits camping on some state lands.

Iranian General Warns Of Pre-Emptive Action If Threatened

NPR — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 19:41:03 +0000

International tension over Iran’s disputed nuclear activities was ratcheted up today, when an Iranian general warned that his country would take pre-emptive action if its national interests were threatened. Reuters reported Gen. Mohammed Hejazi made his comments in an interview with the semi-official Fars News Agency. “Our strategy now is that if we feel our [...]

When Body Piercings Go Bad

NPR — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 19:40:56 +0000

iStockphoto.com Will it look as good with a scar? Thinking about getting a body piercing? Who hasn’t, right? Well, one thing to consider is that about 20 percent of the time there are complications from the procedure, such as infection or scarring, a fresh review of the medical literature finds. Piercings of the bellybutton and [...]

High Court Will Weigh Discount Fees In Quicken Mortgage Case

NPR — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 19:40:55 +0000

The U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments Tuesday in a case testing whether it is illegal for mortgage lenders to tack on fees to closing costs for services that were not provided. The case was brought by three Louisiana couples who claim their lender violated a 1974 federal law aimed at preventing abusive practices in real [...]

Calvin And Hobbes, Add The Bacon

NPR — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 19:40:45 +0000

Bill Watterson stopped drawing “Calvin and Hobbes” in late 1995. Everybody noticed. Dan and Tom Heyerman stopped drawing “Pants are Overrated” late in 2011. I noticed. The Heyermans’ online comic strip was about two brothers who know much too much about each other (not surprising, since Dan and Tom are in fact, brothers), who get [...]

What Happened To The Rainy Day Fund?

NPR — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 19:40:37 +0000

Richard Barrington, senior financial analyst, MoneyRates.comDonna Freedman, columnist, MSN Money February 21, 2012 Americans have tended to save more and spend less in the years since the economic downturn in 2008. But according to a survey from BankRate.com, only 54 percent of Americans have more emergency savings than credit card debt. View the full story [...]

What’s Behind The Rise Of College Tuition?

NPR — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 19:40:28 +0000

Why Twitter Ties Resemble Airline Hub Maps

NPR — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 19:40:20 +0000

[4 min 36 sec]Download The Audio February 21, 2012 Twitter is supposed to have turned the world into a global village. But new research shows that our Twitter ties are considerably more parochial than most of us imagine. People no longer define their communities by where they live but by common interests. Transcript Copyright © [...]

Baseball’s Spring Training Begins; Opening Day Is April 4

NPR — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 19:40:05 +0000

Darron Cummings/AP Catcher Buster Posey, seen here during a spring training workout Sunday, has been told by the San Francisco Giants that he should avoid blocking home plate. Posey broke his leg on a scoring play at the plate last season. Major League Baseball’s spring training has begun, as catchers and pitchers have made their [...]

Deadly Embrace by Bruce Riedel

BSPR — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 16:20:52 +0000

With the death of Osama bin Laden in Pakistan in 2011 and challenges to current United States policy in the region, the relationship between the United States and Pakistan has come under intense scrutiny. The bond between the two long has been complicated by differing worldviews. Distrust, betrayal and enmity have flared on both sides, [...]

Convenient Methods For Birth Control Take More Work For Payment

NPR — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 16:00:15 +0000

Tiplyashin Stanislav Gennadevic/iStockphoto.com Insurance coverage may vary. Free contraception has sure been a hot topic lately. But there’s still one facet that hasn’t received much attention. Religious leaders and politicians have debated whether requiring employers to cover prescription birth control for employees gratis — as required under the health care overhaul — tramples on religious [...]

U.S. General Apologizes To ‘Noble People Of Afghanistan’ For Quran Burnings

NPR — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 16:00:07 +0000

Massoud Hossaini /AFP/Getty Images An Afghan demonstrator holds a copy of a half-burnt Quran, allegedly set on fire by soldiers at Bagram Air Field, during a protest outside the base today. In a video that underscores how seriously the U.S. military and NATO are taking something that profoundly offends Muslims, the commander of international forces [...]

Lawyer Says Strauss-Kahn Didn’t Know Women At Orgies Were Prostitutes

NPR — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 15:59:50 +0000

Francois Guillot /AFP/Getty Images Dominique Strauss-Kahn in the studio of the French TV network TF1. Former International Monetary Fund managing director Dominique Strauss-Kahn, who famously faced a sexual assault charge in New York City last year — a charge that was later dropped — is now being questioned by police in France about whether he [...]

Repelling Bats

Samantha Wright — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 14:00:19 +0000

An Idaho researcher studies moths and bats.

Limiting Insurance Benefits in Idaho

Samantha Wright — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 23:42:41 +0000

One Idaho Lawmakers says insurance companies in Idaho should not be required to include coverage for contraception.

[2.20.12] Story Story Night

BSPR — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 23:04:51 +0000

REDEMPTION: Featured storyteller Greg Duffy recovers the language of connection after a fall. Story slammer Emma Arnold receives a dose of maternal payback.

Story Story Night

BSPR — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 22:45:20 +0000

BREAK UP: Stories of the End of the Affair is coming up on Monday, Feb. 27, 2012 at the Rose Room. Featured storytellers are Bert Moeller, Phil Bode and Jennifer Sanders Peterson.

A Life Unfolds As Idaho Sorts Out Its Budget Priorities

Molly Messick — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 18:06:51 +0000

Tax cuts vs. Medicaid funding, is the debate that black and white?

Neil Lanctot

BSPR — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 18:30:02 +0000

Author of “Campy: The Two Lives of Roy Campanella”

Ron Paul Calls For One Trillion Dollar Cuts At Boise Rally

Sadie Babits — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 00:00:56 +0000

Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul wrapped up a campaign tour through the Pacific Northwest Saturday with a stop in Boise...

Romney Raises Money And Campaigns In Boise

Scott Ki — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 01:02:51 +0000

Republican Presidential hopeful Mitt Romney visited Boise today for a private lunch and public rally. More than twelve hundred people turned out for that rally at a company that makes modular housing projects.

Romney Visits Idaho Ahead of Super Tuesday

Sadie Babits — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 00:56:38 +0000

Friday former Massachusettes Governor Mitt Romney toured through a modular construction company in Southeast Boise and held a rally. Sadie Babits and Scott Ki were at Guerdon Enterprises. They talk with Samantha Wright about who showed up for the event and about Romney's speech.

[02.17.12] Reader’s Corner

BSPR — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 00:30:32 +0000

Featuring Bruce Riedel, author of “Deadly Embrace: Pakistan, America, and the Future of the Global Jihad”

N.J. Gov. Christie Vetoes Gay Marriage Bill

NPR — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 23:31:57 +0000

Mel Evans/AP New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie answers a question in Trenton, N.J., on Jan. 30. As he had promised, N.J. Gov. Chris Christie conditionally vetoed a bill that would have allowed gay marriage in his state. The governor issued his veto just a day after the state’s legislature passed the bill. According to The [...]

Postal Service Seeks 5 Cent Hike For First-Class Stamps

NPR — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 23:31:55 +0000

In a letter, the postmaster general told Congress, yesterday, that in order to mitigate losses the United States Postal Service needed to raise the price of stamps by as much as 5 cents. That means stamps could cost 50 cents. The New York Times reports that Patrick Donahoe also said that if it didn’t raise [...]

Sprouts Growers Say They Need FDA To Set New Safety Rules

NPR — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 23:31:50 +0000

Stephanie Phillips/iStockPhoto.com Clover sprouts look to be the source of the latest e. coli outbreak. Another week, another outbreak of illness caused by sprouts. The latest troubles come to people who ate sandwiches from Jimmy John’s restaurants in five Midwestern states. The likely culprit is e. coli on clover sprouts, according to the federal Centers [...]

American Muslim Women Lift The Veil On Love Lives

NPR — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 23:31:39 +0000

[7 min 15 sec]Download The Audio February 17, 2012 Love InshAllah features personal essays from 25 women of different backgrounds and circumstances. Fans of love stories are curious and fascinated, but critics say the collection is salacious and sensational. Host Michel Martin and the book’s contributing editor Ayesha Mattu discuss these stories of faith, love [...]

Crumbs May Soon Dry Up For New York Subway Rats

NPR — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 23:31:27 +0000

[3 min 23 sec]Download The Audio Shiho Fukada/AP A man commutes to work on the New York City subway while enjoying breakfast in 2005. A New York state senator has proposed a law that would ban eating on the subway, in hopes of driving away rats. February 17, 2012 from WFUV A New York lawmaker [...]

Stephen Sondheim: Examining His Lyrics And Life

NPR — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 23:31:00 +0000

[25 min 26 sec]Download The Audio Hulton Archive/Getty Images Sondheim, shown here in 1974, won the Pulitzer Prize in Drama for Sunday in the Park with George. He has also received eight Tony Awards, eight Grammy awards and a Kennedy Center Honor. February 16, 2012 Stephen Sondheim’s 1981 musical Merrily We Roll Along is in [...]

Middle Class Greeks Losing Hope Amid Austerity

NPR — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 23:30:37 +0000

[4 min 12 sec]Download The Audio February 17, 2012 A number of Greeks are struggling to get by as the country’s economy falters, including a group of middle class families in one Athens apartment building. They save they’ve lost hope they’ll ever have a decent life again. View the full story at: http://www.npr.org/2012/02/17/147059623/middle-class-greeks-losing-hope-amid-austerity?ft=1&f=1004

Romney Speaks in Boise

Samantha Wright — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 22:18:17 +0000

Republican Presidential Candidate Mitt Romney spoke to an enthusiastic crowd today in Boise.

Idaho House Votes to Evict Occupy Boise

Samantha Wright — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 20:38:59 +0000

A bill to evict Occupy Boise is headed to the Governor's desk.

State Employees Could Get Raise

Samantha Wright — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 20:13:18 +0000

State employees may get a raise in the next fiscal year.

Lawmakers Set Budget Numbers

Samantha Wright — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 20:09:08 +0000

The Legislature’s budget committee set a spending target today.

WHO Affirms Use Of Birth Control Injections After Weighing HIV Risks

NPR — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 19:37:21 +0000

MCT/MCT via Getty Images A health worker injects a woman with a shot of Depo Provera, a quarterly contraceptive injection, at a health clinic in Busia, Uganda, in 2009. Women living with HIV, or at high risk of infection, should continue to use hormone injections to prevent pregnancy, the World Health Organization said Thursday. But [...]

Murdoch Promises Sunday Edition At Besieged Sun Tabloid

NPR — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 19:37:08 +0000

News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch isn’t backing down. In an email to staff of the besieged Sun tabloid, where ten current and former senior staff have been arrested since November, the 81-year-old media tycoon promised to “build on the Sun’s proud heritage by launching the Sun on Sunday very soon. The email came as Murdoch [...]

Big Bucks Attract High School Grads To Mining

NPR — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 19:36:58 +0000

[3 min 35 sec]Download The Audio Nick Geranios/AP The Lucky Friday Mine in Idaho’s Silver Valley, shown in 2007, was temporarily shut down in January while it complies with safety regulations, according to the mine’s operator, Hecla Mining. February 17, 2012 from N3 This spring, some high school grads in Idaho, Montana, Alaska and Nevada [...]

Desert Military Bases Could Be Boon To Solar

NPR — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 19:36:51 +0000

February 17, 2012 Military bases in the California desert could host seven gigawatts of solar power installations—roughly equivalent to the output of seven nuclear plants—according to a study commissioned by the Department of Defense. Study director Robert Kwartin discusses the report. View the full story at: http://www.npr.org/2012/02/17/147047543/desert-military-bases-could-be-boon-to-solar?ft=1&f=1019

Gary Carter, Hall Of Famer And Mets Hero, Dies Of Brain Cancer At 57

NPR — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 19:36:30 +0000

Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images Gary Carter of the New York Mets looks on during a game in the 1989 season. The star of the Mets’ 1986 World Series win died Thursday, after a fight with brain cancer. Gary Carter, the former Major League Baseball catcher who helped the New York Mets win the 1986 World Series, [...]

Ron Paul Draws All-Ages Crowd

Scott Ki — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 18:19:59 +0000

This week, three Republican Presidential hopefuls have been campaigning in Idaho ahead of Super Tuesday on March 6th. Rick Santorum stopped in Coeur d’Alene and Boise on Tuesday. He drew a family crowd. Ron Paul’s rally in Twin Falls Thursday drew a different one.

New Health Care Committee Proposed

Samantha Wright — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 16:06:19 +0000

An Idaho lawmaker wants to form a new committee.

WSJ: Google Tracked Millions Of Unwitting Apple Users

NPR — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 16:03:24 +0000

If you thought privacy settings on your iPhone, iPad or Apple desktop were keeping others from tracking your travels across the Web, think again. Google Inc. and some advertizing companies have been bypassing the privacy settings of millions of people using Safari, the default Apple-supplied browser, The Wall Street Journal reports. In a story today [...]

Johnson & Johnson Recalls Infants’ Tylenol That’s Too Hard To Use

NPR — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 16:03:20 +0000

Johnson & Johnson More than a half-million bottles of Tylenol for babies have been recalled because of complaints about a new system for getting the dose right. The doughnut-like receptacle for the syringe seen in the neck of the bottle can get pushed down into the liquid medicine. Johnson & Johnson keeps finding new reasons [...]

Lawmaker tries to Add the Words

Samantha Wright — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 15:31:51 +0000

One Democrat tries to open up the debate one more time.

Ron Paul Swings Through Idaho

Samantha Wright — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 00:12:09 +0000

Republican hopeful Ron Paul campaigns in Idaho.

Idaho Schools Chief Wants More State Control, Continued Federal Role

Adam Cotterell — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 22:18:55 +0000

Idaho’s Superintendent of Education testified on Capitol Hill Thursday urging House members to overhaul the federal No Child Left Behind Law.

Can A Diet Clean Out Toxins In The Body?

NPR — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 19:12:06 +0000

iStockphoto.com Experts say specialized diets won’t help rid the body of toxins any more than what the liver and kidneys already do every day. Between lingering New Year’s resolutions and impending Lenten restraint, it’s the season when many people are inspired to get healthy by refusing foods they normally delight in. Increasingly, we’re seeing elimination [...]

Man Has Heart Attack While Eating At The Heart Attack Grill

NPR — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 19:12:00 +0000

Julie Jacobson/AP Signs for “Bypass Burgers” and “Flatliner Fries” are seen in the window of the Heart Attack Grill in Las Vegas. A man who suffered a heart attack in the restaurant was wheeled out on a stretcher Saturday. Slogans for a Las Vegas restaurant called the Heart Attack Grill include “Taste worth dying for,” [...]

Study Finds Goats Adjust Their ‘Accents’ Based On Social Surroundings

NPR — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 19:11:53 +0000

Queen Mary University of London A goat kid. Surely you’ve noticed that when people move from place to place and stay for a while, they tend to pick up the local accent. We could use Madonna as an example, but we’re pretty sure her British accent started before she jumped the pond. Anyway, in a [...]

Methane, Soot Are Targets Of New U.S. Climate Initiative

NPR — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 19:11:41 +0000

The United States and five other nations are embarking on a new program to limit pollutants connected to global warming. But they’re not targeting carbon dioxide with this effort — instead, they’re looking at methane gas, and soot. NPR’s Richard Harris filed this report for our Newscast desk: “Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says the [...]

Moody’s May Cut Ratings Of Big Banks

NPR — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 19:11:24 +0000

Spencer Platt/Getty Images Moody’s Investors Services said it is reviewing the long-term ratings of JPMorgan Chase and several other large banks. February 16, 2012 Moody’s Investors Service may lower the ratings of some of the world’s largest banks, as well as those of some securities firms, because their long-term prospects for profitability and growth are [...]

Obama’s Manufacturing Push Meets Skepticism From Experts

NPR — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 19:11:07 +0000

Susan Walsh/AP President Obama extolled U.S. manufacturing at Master Lock in Milwaukee as some experts said a return to the nation’s industrial past may not be the best path forward. Manufacturing is as American as motherhood, baseball and apple pie. Who could be against Americans making more of what they consume and exporting more to [...]

Apple Urged To Fix Apps That Access Address Books

NPR — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 19:10:59 +0000

[1 min 28 sec]Download The Audio February 16, 2012 Apple is under pressure by consumers and lawmakers on Capitol Hill to enforce its rules when it comes to iPhone apps that upload users address books. Several social media apps, such as Facebook and Twitter, can gain access to a phone’s address book, and users often [...]

Idaho Legislators Honor Steve Appleton

Samantha Wright — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 18:48:42 +0000

An Idaho legislative committee voted today to honor the lifetime achievements of Steve Appleton.

Car Sales Are Big Business in One Rural Idaho County

Emilie Ritter Saunders — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 18:28:30 +0000

The top employer in Shoshone County is no longer a mine...

Seattle Boxer Fights Battle Of The Mind In Face Of Olympics

Northwest News Network — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 16:37:21 +0000

Women will box for the first time ever at the Summer Olympics in London

Lin Vs. Tebow

NPR — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 16:13:59 +0000

The meteoric rise of New York Knicks point guard Jeremy Lin has echoes of Tim Tebow, the Denver Broncos quarterback who caused such a stir last fall. Of course, Tebow was a college superstar at the University of Florida, while Lin played in relative obscurity at Harvard. But both began their pro careers as benchwarmers. [...]

Santorum Releases Four Years Of Tax Returns

NPR — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 16:13:53 +0000

Will Kincaid/AP Republican presidential candidate, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum works the crowd at the Tioga Public School on Wednesday in Tioga, N.D. Republican Presidential candidate Rick Santorum saw his income rise after he lost a Senate reelection bid in 2007. According to records released to Politico late yesterday by the Santorum campaign, the former [...]

Frustrations Mount As Greece Waits For Bailout

NPR — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 16:13:36 +0000

[4 min 14 sec]Download The Audio February 16, 2012 Greece has pushed itself to the edge of chaos with austerity measures, and Europeans officials say it’s still not enough. The Greeks need more European help — $170 billion to avoid default next month. View the full story at: http://www.npr.org/2012/02/16/146969116/frustrations-mount-as-greece-waits-for-economic-lifeline?ft=1&f=1004

Kids Listen When Parents Say No To Teen Drinking

NPR — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 22:14:46 +0000

iStockphoto.com But what if Mommy says no? Parents are divided on how best to handle teenage drinking. Should they prohibit it outright, or let teenagers drink with parental supervision? Some parents think they might as well say OK, since the kids will drink anyway. But researchers in the Netherlands have found that parental disapproval can [...]

Goodbye To The King Size: Mars To Downsize Candy Bars In 2013

NPR — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 22:14:43 +0000

John Rose/NPR By the end of 2013, Mars says it will shave 30 calories, or about 11 percent (approximated here), off the current version of the Snickers bar. Ready to say goodbye to a sliver of your Snickers? And how about a slightly slimmer Mars bar? By the end of 2013, chocolate-maker Mars says all [...]

Drinking Takes Center Stage As London Prepares For Olympic Spotlight

NPR — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 22:14:16 +0000

Leon Neal/AFP/Getty Images Prime Minister David Cameron calls binge drinking “one of the scandals of our society.” Here, a man drinks a pint of beer through a makeshift “Vuvuzela of Ale” in London, in a file photo from 2010. Britain has a drinking problem. And it’s not just a question of alcoholism, but how the [...]

Critics Call For Transparency Of Bird Flu Research

NPR — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 22:14:08 +0000

February 15, 2012 Controversial experiments on bird flu have split the scientific community. Scientists recently took a bird flu virus and altered its genes and now it can spread through the air between lab animals. When word got out, there was an uproar and critics fear that if this virus ever escapes the lab, it [...]

Fed Divided On Further Action To Boost Economy

NPR — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 22:13:45 +0000

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Big Changes Ahead For American Schools?

NPR — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 22:13:38 +0000

[11 min 50 sec]Download The Audio February 15, 2012 President Obama’s 2013 budget calls for a $5 billion competitive grant to get states to overhaul teacher evaluations and training programs. Also, the president recently gave 10 states waivers from some of the rules of the No Child Left Behind Act. Host Michel Martin speaks with [...]

Should Facebook’s Users Share Its Riches?

NPR — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 22:13:29 +0000

February 15, 2012 When Facebook goes public, the social network will raise up to $100 billion. But the people who produce all of its content — the users — will make nothing. One well-known thinker on the impact of technology on society takes issue with that. Computer scientist Jaron Lanier has a proposal for how [...]

American-Born ‘Linderella’ Is The Pride Of China

NPR — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 22:13:13 +0000

Peter J. Thompson/MCT /Landov New York Knicks star Jeremy Lin (shown here during first-half action against the Toronto Raptors on Tuesday) has taken the NBA by storm. Now, Chinese basketball fans are claiming the California native as their own. February 15, 2012 How do you say “Linsanity” in Chinese? Lin Shuhao feng. And how do [...]

Consumer Groups Want Lead Out Of Lipstick

NPR — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 16:04:50 +0000

iStockphoto.com Time to get the lead out? Valentine’s Day brought new attention to an old issue. Is the amount of lead found in lipstick a health hazard? The Campaign for Safe Cosmetics, a consortium of consumer and environmental groups, thinks so. They’ve argued that there’s no safe level for lead in lipsticks — especially for [...]

108 Years Since Women Last Boxed In The Olympics, They Prepare A Return

NPR — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 16:04:49 +0000

Listen to the Story Add to Playlist Transcript Tom Goldman/NPR Five-time U.S. Nationals Champion Queen Underwood listens to instructions by her coach Basheer Abdullah. Olympic history in the making is going on this week in Washington state. Two dozen of the best female boxers in the country are in wintry Spokane with a goal [...]

Factories Show Strength In Latest Sign Of Recovery

NPR — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 16:04:47 +0000

February 15, 2012 U.S. factories boosted output last month and December ended up being their best month for growth in five years. Busier factories are helping drive the economy. The Federal Reserve said Wednesday that manufacturing production increased 0.7 percent in January. And output soared 1.5 percent in December, according to an upward revision. That [...]

Honduras Prison Fire Kills Hundreds Of Inmates

NPR — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 16:04:39 +0000

February 15, 2012 Trapped inmates screamed from their cells as a fire swept through a Honduran prison, killing at least 300 inmates, authorities said Wednesday. Some 475 people escaped from the prison in the town of Comayagua and 356 are missing and presumed dead, said Hector Ivan Mejia, a spokesman for the Honduras Security Ministry. [...]

Crapo Calls President’s Budget a Gimmick

Samantha Wright — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 14:35:08 +0000

Disappointing. That’s how Idaho Senator Mike Crapo describes the President's budget.

Santorum Courts Idaho Voters

Sadie Babits — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 09:23:06 +0000

Republican presidential candidates have Idaho on their campaign schedules ahead of Super Tuesday. Rick Santorum arrived Tuesday to flex his conservative credentials.

Santorum, Romney’s New Michigan Ads: Native Son Vs True Conservative

NPR — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 23:14:29 +0000

Both Rick Santorum and Mitt Romney have new ads up in Michigan as they try to shape their images for voters with the state’s primary approaching in two weeks. Their approaches are strikingly different. Santorum’s two ads are meant to cast him as the true conservative in the contest for the Republican presidential nomination. YouTube [...]

Got A Sinus Infection? Antibiotics Probably Won’t Help

NPR — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 23:14:26 +0000

iStockphoto.com Go ahead and blow, but resist the antibiotics for a typical sinus infection. If you’ve ever had a painful sinus infection, all you want is relief — fast! So off to the doctor you go, and, as often as not, you get a prescription for an antibiotic. Three days later, you start to feel [...]

How Much Sleep Do Kids Need? Not Such A Mystery After All

NPR — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 23:14:16 +0000

iStockphoto.com Here’s one clue that your child may not be getting enough sleep. Are doctors really clueless on how much sleep children need? That was the provocative premise of a study we reported on yesterday. It sparked a lot of attention from parents like me, who were left wondering where pediatricians come up those recommendations [...]

Is That A Starfish On My Face?

NPR — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 23:13:47 +0000

The problem is we don’t see the problem. Because coral reefs sit below the water line, when they start to disintegrate (from pollution, overfishing, climate change, ocean acidification … the list is long) most of us wouldn’t notice. Or — and here’s an irony — the more we notice, the more they disintegrate. Some coral [...]

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