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News Director, WBOI; Host, Morning Edition & Midday Matters
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Reporter, WBOI; Host, All Things Considered & Midday Matters
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All Things Considered

Weekdays from 4:00 - 7:00pm on WBOI 89.1
Robert Siegel, Michele Norris and Melissa Block

In-depth reporting and transformed the way listeners understand current events and view the world. Every weekday, hear two hours of breaking news mixed with compelling analysis, insightful commentaries, interviews, and special - sometimes quirky - features.

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Music Reviews
3:13 pm
Fri October 19, 2012

Elina Duni: Love, Lust And Albanian Folk Songs

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On Matane Malit, the Elina Duni Quartet lays expansive instrumentation over traditional Albanian folk melodies.
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Originally published on Fri October 19, 2012 7:12 pm

The spread of formal jazz education has created a new breed of global musician: one who uses improvisation, and other devices associated with jazz, to transform folk and traditional music. The Albanian singer Elina Duni is part of this rising class. Her latest release, Matane Malit ("Beyond the Mountain"), offers a transfixing balance of old and new.

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Planet Money
12:36 pm
Fri October 19, 2012

Watch Our Fake Presidential Candidate's First Real Ad

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The fake candidate.
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Originally published on Fri October 19, 2012 7:12 pm

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Around the Nation
5:32 pm
Thu October 18, 2012

To Shrink Rents, SF Considers Shrinking Apartments

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The development firm Panoramic Interests is building about two dozen "micro-apartments" in San Francisco. The company is poised to offer even smaller units if the city approves a proposed new minimum size of 220 square feet.
Credit Artist's Rendering Courtesy of Panoramic Interests
Spaces must serve double duty in micro-units — like the dining table above that converts into a Murphy bed.
Credit Artist Rendering of Smartspace Unit Courtesy of Panoramic Interests
Spaces must serve double duty in micro-units — like the dining table above that converts into a Murphy bed.
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Originally published on Thu October 18, 2012 8:32 pm

In many large cities, like Dallas, Phoenix and even parts of Chicago, $800 a month is enough for a clean one-bedroom apartment, decked out with a living room, washer and dryer — and maybe even a pool, in a larger complex.

But if you want to live alone in San Francisco, getting those amenities at that price is practically a pipe dream. With the region's resurgent high-tech industries luring many well-educated, well-paid workers to the Bay Area, the average rent for a studio apartment in the city now runs around $2,000.

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Media
4:59 pm
Thu October 18, 2012

After 80 Years In Print, Newsweek Goes All Digital

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Tina Brown, editor-in-chief of Newsweek, announced Thursday that the 80-year-old newsmagazine will publish its final print edition on Dec. 31 and shift to an all-digital format in early 2013.
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Originally published on Thu October 18, 2012 8:00 pm

Newsweek editor Tina Brown announced Thursday she would embrace a fully digital future as she revealed that the magazine's final print edition would be published at the end of the year.

Her announcement was a bow to gravity, as her unique blend of buzz and brio proved incapable of counteracting Newsweek's plummeting circulation and advertising amid an accelerating news cycle. Brown said there would be an unspecified number of layoffs as well.

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Sports
4:40 pm
Thu October 18, 2012

NHL Season On Thin Ice With Labor Dispute

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Originally published on Thu October 18, 2012 8:00 pm

Thursday in Toronto, the National Hockey League owners and the players union are meeting to try and get the season back on track. The first two weeks of the season were cancelled after the owners locked out the players over labor disputes. Melissa Block checks in with Greg Wyshynski of Yahoo Sports' Puck Daddy blog about the current status of the negotiations and the chances of having a full season.

NPR Story
4:16 pm
Thu October 18, 2012

Ex-Serbian Leader Charged With Genocide

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Originally published on Thu October 18, 2012 8:00 pm

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MELISSA BLOCK, HOST:

This is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED from NPR News. I'm Melissa Block.

ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST:

And I'm Robert Siegel.

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It's All Politics
3:46 pm
Thu October 18, 2012

Swing-State Billboards Warning Against Voter Fraud Stir Backlash

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An anonymous "family foundation" is paying for billboards warning against voter fraud, like this one in a minority neighborhood on the east side of Cleveland. Clear Channel, which owns the space, says the anonymity violates its policies but it will not take the ads down.
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Originally published on Thu October 18, 2012 8:00 pm

Dozens of anonymous billboards have popped up in urban areas in the crucial battleground states of Ohio and Wisconsin. The signs note that voter fraud is a felony, punishable by up to 3 1/2 years in prison and a $10,000 fine.

Civil rights groups and Democrats complain that the billboards are meant to intimidate voters.

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It's All Politics
3:26 pm
Thu October 18, 2012

Underdog Democrat Is Keeping Things Close In Nevada Senate Race

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Democatic Rep. Shelley Berkley greets Republican Sen. Dean Heller before the second of their three debates, on Oct. 11 in Las Vegas.
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Originally published on Thu October 18, 2012 8:00 pm

Early in-person voting in Nevada starts Saturday, and it's not just the presidential contest that's being closely watched in this swing state.

The race for the U.S. Senate is also seen as a tossup, a bit of a surprise for Republicans, who have counted on retaining the GOP-held seat as they try to build a majority.

Republican Sen. Dean Heller — in office for only 18 months — faces seven-term Rep. Shelley Berkley on Nov. 6.

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Around the Nation
2:32 pm
Thu October 18, 2012

No Roof Rookies Here: Cleaning The Superdome

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Rene Lopez and Devin Burrell blast dirt off the polyurethane coating the iconic white roof of the Superdome in New Orleans. The job will cost about $130,000 and take roughly a month, partly because the roofers must move slowly. "You have to constantly be aware of where you're at," says project manager Tom Keller. "If something stupid happens, it's not going to end up pretty."
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Keller helped rebuild the damaged roof of the Superdome after Hurricane Katrina. "It's not just a roof," he says. "This is the Superdome. It's probably the most infamous roof, and now famous roof, in the whole world."
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The Louisiana Superdome plays an iconic role in the skyline--and heart--of New Orleans.
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As the roofers get to the top, they literally straddle the void, swinging their bodies from the ladder to the roof over a small but frightening gap.
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Originally published on Fri October 19, 2012 2:42 am

Most people have their route to work memorized; they can do it with their eyes closed. Heading into the office is some combination of elevators — stairs if you're more ambitious — and hallways. Easy.

Tom Keller's route is a bit more complicated.

"Step here, and there's a bad railing right here with a step," Keller cautions, threading his way up along a series of dimly lit, narrow catwalks suspended above the football field inside the New Orleans Superdome.

The stadium is home to the New Orleans Saints and will host this year's Super Bowl.

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World
2:29 pm
Thu October 18, 2012

Radio Liberty Going Off The Air In Russia

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Police officers detain Kirill Filimonov, one of the supporters of Radio Liberty in Moscow during a recent protest. The service will stop AM radio broadcasts and will become an Internet operation. It can also be heard on short wave radio.
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Originally published on Fri October 19, 2012 5:42 am

Radio Liberty was founded in the 1950s to broadcast American views into the former Soviet Union when the Cold War was at its peak. Radio Liberty transmitted on short wave, and the Soviet government did all it could to jam the broadcasts.

But after the fall of the Soviet Union, Russian President Boris Yeltsin granted the service permission to open a Moscow bureau and broadcast within the country on AM radio.

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