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4:44 pm
Tue October 16, 2012

Hilary Mantel First Woman To Win Booker Prize Twice

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Originally published on Tue October 16, 2012 6:06 pm

Writer Hilary Mantel has won her second Man Booker prize. She was recognized for her book, Bring Up The Bodies. Mantel is the first British writer and woman to win the award more than once.

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4:35 pm
Tue October 16, 2012

Court Reverses Conviction Of Bin Laden's Driver

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Salim Ahmed Hamdan, with his attorney, in a courtroom sketch from 2007.
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Originally published on Tue October 16, 2012 6:01 pm

Today's decision by a federal appeals court to overturn the conviction of a former driver for Osama bin Laden is unlikely to affect the high-profile cases against the accused architect of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks or other suspected terrorists who face multiple charges, NPR's Dina Temple-Raston said earlier on All Things Considered.

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Shots - Health News
4:33 pm
Tue October 16, 2012

Medicare: Where Presidential Politics And Policy Collide

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President Obama and Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney first debated Medicare on Oct. 3.
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Originally published on Tue October 16, 2012 6:06 pm

Medicare, the federal health insurance program for about 50 million senior and disabled Americans, is simultaneously one of the most popular and imperiled programs in America.

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Economy
4:33 pm
Tue October 16, 2012

Home Health Aides: In Demand, Yet Paid Little

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Home health aide trainees Marisol Maldonaldo (center) and Nancy Brown (right), shown here with assistant instructor Miguelina Sosa, are studying to join one of the nation's fastest growing yet also worst paid sectors of the workforce.
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Originally published on Wed October 17, 2012 2:29 pm

The home care workforce — some 2.5 million strong — is one of the nation's fastest growing yet also worst paid. Turnover is high, and with a potential labor shortage looming as the baby boomers age, there are efforts to attract more people to the job.

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Author Interviews
4:33 pm
Tue October 16, 2012

In A 'Dream,' Lincoln Checks In On State Of The Union

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Writer and illustrator Lane Smith teamed up with author Jon Scieszka on the books The Stinky Cheese Man and The True Story of the Three Little Pigs.
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In Abe Lincoln's Dream, the 16th president checks in on the U.S. to see how the nation is doing after the Civil War. A little girl who gets lost on a White House tour reassures the troubled ghost that the country is doing OK.
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Originally published on Wed October 17, 2012 9:48 am

With the country mired in a civil war, Abraham Lincoln had a lot on his mind, so it's not surprising that the 16th president experienced vivid, troubling dreams.

"He was haunted by his dreams," says author and illustrator Lane Smith. In one dream, Lincoln found himself aboard an indescribable vessel moving toward an indistinct shore, Smith tells NPR's Robert Siegel. "He had these dreams apparently several times before momentous events of the Civil War, and in fact he had it the night before he was assassinated."

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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.

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