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4:22 pm
Sat December 29, 2012

In Limbo: Stateless Man Stuck On American Samoa

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Mikhail Sebastian lived in Los Angeles before his fateful trip to American Samoa.
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Originally published on Sun December 30, 2012 6:42 am

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Law
4:17 pm
Sat December 29, 2012

Years Delayed, Detroit Starts Testing Rape Kits For Evidence

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Originally published on Sat December 29, 2012 6:00 pm

Detroit is starting to sort through thousands of boxes of potential evidence in rape cases that have been left unprocessed. The 11,000 "rape kits" were discovered in 2009, and Wayne County prosecutor Kym Worthy has been leading the effort to process them.

In April, she told weekends on All Things Considered that they began with a random sample of 400 kits to get a snapshot of what they were dealing with. That sampling led to two trials, which resulted in convictions.

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Music Interviews
3:38 pm
Sat December 29, 2012

Beck Explains 'Song Reader,' An Album Fans Perform Themselves

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Beck's newest album, Song Reader, is a collection of sheet music intended to be arranged and recorded by his fans.
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Beck's newest album, Song Reader, is a collection of sheet music intended to be arranged and recorded by his fans.
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Song Reader original art for the song "We All Wear Cloaks."
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Song Reader original art for the song "Don't Act Like Your Heart Isn't Hard."
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Song Reader original art for the song "Do We? We Do."
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The sheet music for Beck's "Do We? We Do." as it appears in the Song Reader package.
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Originally published on Wed January 2, 2013 1:57 pm

Few artists have changed the face of music over the past two decades quite like Beck. Wherever his interests took him — through experiments in hip-hop, electronica, Tropicália, blues, funk, folk — Beck Hansen found a ravenous audience awaiting each new departure. For his latest project, however, he hasn't recorded a note.

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The Salt
3:18 pm
Fri December 28, 2012

One Lunch Lady's Cafeteria Conversion

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Kathy Del Tonto (far right) participates in a class that teaches school cafeteria workers how to prepare meals from scratch.
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Originally published on Fri December 28, 2012 5:02 pm

Kathy Del Tonto started cooking school food 30 years ago in the Montrose school district at the foot of Colorado's San Juan Mountains. Back then, the cafeteria workers made everything from scratch.

"My first kitchen that I managed was a little country school out south of town, and we made our own ketchup and everything," she says.

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Music
3:18 pm
Fri December 28, 2012

Remembering Fontella Bass, Voice Of A Soul Classic

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Originally published on Fri December 28, 2012 4:06 pm

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AUDIE CORNISH, HOST:

The voice of a great soul classic has died. Fontella Bass sang the 1965 hit "Rescue Me." She was 72 years old and died from complications caused by a recent heart attack. NPR's Elizabeth Blair has this appreciation.

ELIZABETH BLAIR, BYLINE: It's a perfect song with a perfect voice.

(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "RESCUE ME")

FONTELLA BASS: (Singing) Rescue me. Take me in your arms. Rescue me. I love your tender charms. I'm rather lonely and I'm blue. I need you and your love, too. Come on and rescue me.

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Robert Siegel, Melissa Block, Michele Norris
Clinton Wieden and Mitch Watson

 

On May 3, 1971, at 5 p.m., All Things Considered debuted on 90 public radio stations.

In the 40 years since, almost everything about the program has changed, from the hosts, producers, editors and reporters to the length of the program, the equipment used and even the audience.

However there is one thing that remains the same: each show consists of the biggest stories of the day, thoughtful commentaries, insightful features on the quirky and the mainstream in arts and life, music and entertainment, all brought alive through sound.

All Things Considered is the most listened-to, afternoon drive-time, news radio program in the country. Every weekday the two-hour show is hosted by Robert Siegel, Michele Norris and Melissa Block. In 1977, ATC expanded to seven days a week with a one-hour show on Saturdays and Sundays, currently hosted by Guy Raz. During 2012, while Michele is focusing on other reporting assignments, Weekend Edition Sunday host Audie Cornish will fill in for her in the host chair.

Local Host(s): 
Clinton Wieden, Mitch Watson
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