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Biden Debate Coach On VP's Performance

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Originally published on Fri October 12, 2012 11:46 am

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CELESTE HEADLEE, HOST:

This is TELL ME MORE from NPR News. I'm Celeste Headlee. Michel Martin is away. Coming up, President Obama honored late labor and civil rights leader Cesar Chavez earlier this week but a new book questions whether the full story of his life and legacy isn't perhaps more complicated. That's in a moment.

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Nelson Mandela, Mother Teresa, And Now The EU?

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Originally published on Fri October 12, 2012 11:46 am

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This morning, the Norwegian Nobel Committee announced the winner of the 2012 Nobel Peace Prize and they chose the European Union.

THORBJORN JAGLAND: The European Union is currently undergoing grave economic difficulties and (unintelligible) social unrest. The Norwegian Nobel Committee wishes to focus on what it sees as the EU's most important result, the successful struggle for peace and reconciliation and for democracy and human rights.

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Fri October 12, 2012

Casinos Not An Easy Bet For Local Governments

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The MGM Grand Detroit is one of three resort casinos that have opened in the city since 1999.

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Gamblers play slots during the grand opening of the Hollywood Casino in Toledo, Ohio, in May. It was the second casino to open in the state.

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More states and cities are turning to casinos to generate revenue and plug budget holes.

The latest to try its luck is Maryland, where groups are waging an expensive campaign over a ballot question that will be put to voters next month. Proponents promise jackpots of jobs and funding for public schools, but analysts say the gamble doesn't always pay off at the levels promised for public coffers.

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Fri October 12, 2012

Sun Goes Down. Up Comes A Mystery

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By Robert Krulwich

Originally published on Fri October 12, 2012 10:53 am

Here's a question you probably didn't know was a question: Why is the sky dark at night?

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Fri October 12, 2012

The Man Who Tracks Viruses Before They Spread

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H1N1 virus virons appear in a tissue sample.

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Nathan Wolfe is founder and CEO of Metabiota Inc, and founder of the non profit company Global Viral.

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Originally published on Fri October 12, 2012 11:53 am

This interview was originally broadcast on Oct. 11, 2011. The Viral Storm will be published in paperback on Oct. 16.

The New Yorker once called virologist Nathan Wolfe "the world's most prominent virus hunter." Wolfe, the director of the Global Viral Forecasting Initiative, spends his days tracking emerging infectious diseases before they turn into deadly pandemics.

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