Gingrich's History On Health Care Gets An Exam

Some of the positions Gingrich took while at the helm of a health care think tank are getting another look. Ideas such as an insurance mandate and incentives to spur the use of computerized medical records are planks of the Democrats' health overhaul law.

Source: http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2011/11/18/142518903/gingrichs-history-on-health-care-gets-an-exam?ft=1&f=1014

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Occupy Protests: More Trouble Than Change?

Saslow & Lynch, Wash Post
The movement began as a protest of major economic and political issues, but lately the most divisive issue has become the protests themselves. The Occupy Wall Street encampments that formed across the country to spotlight crimes committed on Wall Street have become rife with problems of their own. There are sanitation hazards and drug overdoses, even occasional deaths and sexual assaults.On Tuesday, New York and other cities across the country continued the chaotic, disruptive process of picking sides. Police made arrests in at least six states; three civil rights groups filed lawsuits on...

Source: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/2011/11/16/occupy_protests_more_trouble_than_change_267453.html

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Darlene Love On Phil Spector, Christmas, And How Hate Gives You Wrinkles

Darlene Love sang some of the most well-known girl group songs of to come out of Phil Spector's hit factory. She was credited for only some of them, but almost 50 years later, she still works ? especially at Christmas.

Source: http://www.npr.org/blogs/monkeysee/2011/11/18/142498736/darlene-love-on-phil-spector-christmas-and-how-hate-gives-you-wrinkles?ft=1&f=1057

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Clinton To 'Test Waters' In Myanmar

President Obama says his Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will visit Myanmar next month, the first such visit in half a century. Relations between the U.S. and Myanmar have been strained during years of rule by a secretive military junta, but its new president has started a process of reform that the U.S. wants to encourage. Michele Kelemen

Source: http://www.npr.org/2011/11/18/142518951/clinton-to-test-waters-in-myanmar?ft=1&f=1003

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Analyst Spells Out U.S. Interests In Pacific Rim

President Obama used his trip to the Pacific Rim this week to announce plans for a new American military base in Darwin, Australia. The move changes the stance of U.S. forces in the region ? countering the growing strength and presence of China's military. Guy Raz talks with Thomas P. M. Barnett, chief analyst for Wikistrat, a consultancy that provides geopolitical analysis. He's also executive vice president of the Center for America-China Partnership.

Source: http://www.npr.org/2011/11/17/142472063/analyst-spells-out-u-s-interests-in-pacific-rim?ft=1&f=1003

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American Money Mess: The View From Europe

As the "super committee" approaches its deadline to cut the federal deficit, host Michel Martin explores how our financial challenges are seen in Europe, and whether woes there are fueled by worries over the U.S. economy. Martin hears from NPR Senior Business Editor Marilyn Geewax and Federico Rampini of Italy's newspaper La Repubblica.

Source: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=142457682&ft=1&f=1004

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