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March 20, 2010 | NPR· House leaders abandon the "deem and pass" parliamentary maneuver that would have enabled Democrats to approve the Senate version of the bill without a straight up-or-down vote. The move comes as the House Rules Committee was meeting to set terms for floor debate and a final vote Sunday. March 20, 2010 | NPR· St. Mary's surprised Villanova, 75-68, as second-round action got under way in the NCAA men's basketball tournament. Butler staved off an upset bid by Murray State in another second-round game and underdog Ohio University lost to Tennessee. Five more games are on tap Saturday afternoon and evening. March 20, 2010 | NPR· The U.S. Army is overhauling its basic training program for the first time in 30 years. Part of the shift is intended to train a new generation of soldiers whose experience with fighting is usually limited to video games. more Top Stories from NPR
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March 20, 2010 | NPR· Democratic House leaders say they've got the votes to pass a landmark health-care overhaul Sunday. And they're confident enough of getting an overhaul done that they've agreed to set aside the controversial "deem and pass" strategy. Host Guy Raz checks in with NPR's Julie Rovner on the latest maneuvering on Capitol Hill. March 20, 2010 | NPR· House leaders abandon the "deem and pass" parliamentary maneuver that would have enabled Democrats to approve the Senate version of the bill without a straight up-or-down vote. The move comes as the House Rules Committee was meeting to set terms for floor debate and a final vote Sunday. March 20, 2010 | NPR· President Barack Obama packed the Patriot Center at George Mason University in Fairfax, Va., Friday for one more health care rally. Speaking to students in a swing state, Obama hoped to put a bit of his campaign magic on the legislative drive to overhaul the nation's health care system. more Politics from NPR
Health & Science
March 20, 2010 | NPR· Video game developer Richard Garriott bought the broken Soviet lunar rover at an auction in 1993 — this week, thanks to new photos released by NASA, he's been able to see it on the moon for the first time. March 19, 2010 | NPR· In perhaps the cutest study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, psychologist Marcel Zentner and Tuomas Eerola found that babies will spontaneously groove to music. While babies are not great dancers, they smile more when they do hit the beat. March 19, 2010 | NPR· When Vladimir Lenin — leader of the Russian Revolution — died, Stalin hired two scientists to preserve his body. A new play called Lenin's Embalmers explores the story. Stuart Firestein and Vern Thiessen explain how the play brings together science, politics and, strangely enough, humor. more Health & Science from NPR
Business
March 20, 2010 | NPR· You'd think it would take an army to truth-squad the rapid-fire rumors of the World Wide Web. But at Snopes.com, that task falls to husband-and-wife myth debunkers David and Barbara Mikkelson. March 20, 2010 | NPR· Video game developer Richard Garriott bought the broken Soviet lunar rover at an auction in 1993 — this week, thanks to new photos released by NASA, he's been able to see it on the moon for the first time. March 20, 2010 | NPR· President Barack Obama packed the Patriot Center at George Mason University in Fairfax, Va., Friday for one more health care rally. Speaking to students in a swing state, Obama hoped to put a bit of his campaign magic on the legislative drive to overhaul the nation's health care system. more Business from NPR
Arts & Entertainment
March 18, 2010 | NPR· Marco Bellocchio's historical drama follows the little-known Ida Dalser — Benito Mussolini's discarded lover, who spent much of her life fighting for the infamous dictator's recognition of both her and her son. Full of shadows, passion and madness, Vincere plays out like a grand opera — tragic ending and all. March 19, 2010 | NPR· Based on a popular novel by Swedish author Stieg Larsson, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo follows the unlikely partnership between a brilliant young hacker and a discredited investigative journalist who team up to solve a 40-year-old murder. Hollywood already plans to remake it, but you're better off catching the original. March 19, 2010 | NPR· This weekend, Ben Zimmer will take over The New York Times Magazine column William Safire originated in 1979 and continued to write until his death last year. Zimmer's first column will be on the word "no." more Arts & Entertainment from NPR
Opinion
March 19, 2010 | NPR· Plans for immigration reform haven't moved beyond rhetoric. Looking ahead at the planned rally in Washington, D.C., this Sunday, Hector E. Sanchez explains that re-examining the immigration reform will be a necessity for the Obama administration economically and at the polls. March 19, 2010 | NPR· If the house votes 'yes' on health care reform this Sunday, the bill will be ready for a presidential signature. Though Democrats dropped the federal government's power to review insurance rates, Jonathan Cohn says he believes the final draft will pass. March 18, 2010 | NPR· On the make-or-break roll call that will determine the fate of health care reform, bishops are urging that the bill be voted down based on a reading of the abortion provisions in the Senate measure. E.J. Dionne Jr. says if health reform is defeated, the bishops will have played a major role in its demise. more Opinion from NPR
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March 19, 2010 | NPR· Thanks to specials like zero percent financing and price cuts, Toyota sales have risen sharply. A recent Edmunds.com dealer survey finds that so far this month, Toyota has regained the same market share of sales it had before the gas pedal recall. March 19, 2010 | NPR· The problems with Toyota's gas pedals have been front page news for weeks now, but what about the people in front of the pedals? Earlier studies have found that the majority of car-surging incidents were actually the fault of the driver. But the recent problems with cars continuing to accelerate haven't been studied yet. March 19, 2010 | NPR· Western nations have long criticized Afghanistan's failure to curtail opium production, a main source of income for the Taliban. But counterterrorism officials say the problem is far more complex than just drug money, including diverted charity payments and "protection money" from convoys seeking to resupply U.S. forces in Afghanistan.
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March 20, 2010 | NPR· You'd think it would take an army to truth-squad the rapid-fire rumors of the World Wide Web. But at Snopes.com, that task falls to husband-and-wife myth debunkers David and Barbara Mikkelson. March 20, 2010 | NPR· Video game developer Richard Garriott bought the broken Soviet lunar rover at an auction in 1993 — this week, thanks to new photos released by NASA, he's been able to see it on the moon for the first time. March 20, 2010 | NPR· The host of KPFK's world music show discusses some of his favorite tracks with Weekend All Things Considered host Guy Raz. Among them are songs by Jorge Drexler, Omar Sosa and Lila Downs.
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March 20, 2010 | NPR· Prokofiev's symphonic story Peter and the Wolf is a classic for kids. An enterprising little boy named Peter, together with a duck, a cat and a bird, outsmarts a wolf. It has been narrated by some of the world's great vocal actors, including Sir Peter Ustinov and Sir John Gielgud. And now — NPR's Scott Simon.
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March 14, 2010 | NPR· He's kicking off a concert tour with a full orchestra. The band he founded, Genesis, will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. And, at age 60, Gabriel has just released Scratch My Back, on which he reworks great pop songs across the ages.
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