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Environment
4:53 pm
Sat January 12, 2013

From Corn Belt To Main Street: The Drought's Far-Reaching Grasp

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The sun shines above a farm near White City, Kan., in November.
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Originally published on Sat January 12, 2013 6:37 pm

The U.S. had its hottest year on record last year. That heat, combined with the relatively dry winter that came before, has brought a historic drought.

From forest fires and low crop yields, to infrastructure and recreation, the drought has been costly, with early estimates putting the cost at between $50 billion and $80 billion.

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Remembrances
3:56 pm
Sat January 12, 2013

Remembering PFLAG Founder And Mother

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Jeanne Manford, gay rights advocate and PFLAG founder.
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Manford was the grand marshal of the pride parade in Queens.
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Jeanne Manford, founder of the national support group Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays, or PFLAG, holds a photo of her son, Morty, circa 1993. Manford died Tuesday at 92.
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Manford's support group has swelled to more than 350 groups nationwide with thousands of members.
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Manford marches with Morty in what would become New York City's gay pride march, in 1972.
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Journalist Andy Humm interviews Manford at a gay pride march in Queens in 1993.
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Jeanne Manford, founder of the national support group Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays, or PFLAG, holds a photo of her son, Morty, circa 1993. Manford died Tuesday at 92.
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Originally published on Sat January 12, 2013 9:32 pm

President Obama spoke about Jeanne Manford in a speech he gave at the annual Human Rights Campaign National Dinner in 2009. Her son, Morty, was an important figure in New York City's gay community during the turbulent 1970s.

"Soon after the protests at Stonewall 40 years ago, the phone rang in the home of a soft-spoken elementary school teacher named Jeanne Manford," he said. A police officer told her Morty had been arrested.

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Movie Interviews
3:56 pm
Sat January 12, 2013

Ann Dowd's One-Woman Oscar-Nomination Campaign

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Ann Dowd plays Sandra, a hard-nosed Midwestern manager of a fast-food franchise in Compliance. The actress spent $13,000 to try to get an Oscar nomination for the role.
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Originally published on Sun January 13, 2013 10:01 am

Actress Ann Dowd won huge praise from critics for her role in the indie movie Compliance. But when it came time to start campaigning for nominations ahead of awards season, Magnolia Pictures — the studio that produced the film — told her they didn't have the budget to lobby the Academy for a best supporting actress award for her.

So Dowd did something exceedingly rare in Hollywood: She started her own campaign.

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Analysis
3:56 pm
Sat January 12, 2013

Week In News: The Debt Ceiling Whack-A-Mole

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Originally published on Sat January 12, 2013 6:37 pm

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JACKI LYDEN, HOST:

It's WEEKENDS on ALL THINGS CONSIDERED from NPR News. I'm Jacki Lyden.

(SOUNDBITE OF NEWS REPORTS)

UNIDENTIFIED MAN #1: The Federal Reserve should knit a trillion dollar platinum coin.

UNIDENTIFIED MAN #2: And the government could use that to pay the debt, avoid default and pre-empt the debt ceiling crisis.

UNIDENTIFIED MAN #3: This is the kind of stuff that happens right before the downgrade. The last days of Rome, this is what happened.

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Energy
5:11 pm
Fri January 11, 2013

Coal Loses Crown As King Of Power Generation

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Georgia Power's coal-fired steam-turbine electric generating Plant Bowen in Euharlee, Ga., seen in 2009. The utility is planning on shuttering 15 coal- and oil-fired generating units at its facilities.
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Georgia Power's Plant McDonough-Atkinson was converted to natural gas from coal. The facility produces enough electricity to power 625,000 homes.
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Originally published on Fri January 11, 2013 5:31 pm

Just a few years ago, Georgia Power generated nearly three-fourths of its electricity with coal. Last year, for the first time, natural gas edged out coal, and just this week the company announced plans to close 10 coal-fired power generators within the next few years.

"We do recognize this is a historic event for our company. We've never announced this many closings at one time," says Mark Williams, a company spokesperson.

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 All Things Considered debuted on 90 public radio stations at 5:00pm on May 3, 1971.

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