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May 22, 2012 — As an austerity move, Spain is considering rearranging its holiday schedule. Holidays that fall on a Tuesday or Thursday tend to become four-day weekends. But now there's a move to mark them on Monday, and limit the weekend to three days.
May 22, 2012 — Over the past decade, employee background checks have become a billion-dollar business. Some lawmakers think companies that want to know not just about criminal backgrounds but social media passwords have gone too far.
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May 22, 2012 — After their first meeting in 1989, legendary law professor Laurence Tribe was so impressed with the skinny first-year law student in jeans, a sweatshirt and an afro, that he made a special notation on his calendar. The student, Barack Obama, went on to become the first black president of the Harvard Law Review.
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May 22, 2012 — President Obama and his expected Republican challenger are tied on the all-important question of who best to deal with the ailing economy, according to a poll released Tuesday.
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May 22, 2012 — President Obama is back in Washington after a long weekend of international diplomacy. First there was the G8 summit at Camp David and then the NATO summit in Chicago. The Windy City is also home to the president's re-election headquarters, and at news conference Monday, he was forced to defend his campaign attacks on Republican rival Mitt Romney.
May 22, 2012 — The Obama campaign continues its attack on Mitt Romney's time at the private-equity firm Bain Capital. Over the weekend, Newark, New Jersey, Mayor Cory Booker seemed to veer off the campaign's message. Later, Booker tempered his remarks in a YouTube video. But it didn't take long for the Romney campaign to seize on Booker's comments.
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Health & Science
May 22, 2012 — A mile below the sea surface near a deep sea oil drill, a robotic camera caught a glimpse of a green-gray blob of a sea creature. The camera operator spun the rig around to catch sight of the glimmering, undulating animal. What was it?
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May 21, 2012 — The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force says the testing doesn't save enough lives to justify the risk of unnecessary surgery and radiation. But one testing supporter says, "If all PSA screening were to stop, there would be thousands of men who would unnecessarily suffer and die from prostate cancer."
May 21, 2012 — Gregory Jaczko, the controversial head of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, is resigning his post. During his tenure he frequently clashed with fellow commissioners and was called a bully. But in announcing his resignation, he didn't mention the internal strife.
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Business
May 22, 2012 — Over the past decade, employee background checks have become a billion-dollar business. Some lawmakers think companies that want to know not just about criminal backgrounds but social media passwords have gone too far.
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May 22, 2012 — "Celebrate" was recorded for the upcoming film Sparkle. The duet by Whitney Houston and Jordan Sparks debuted on Ryan Seacrest's radio show.
May 22, 2012 — A mass tax revolt is under way in Ireland, and hundreds of thousands of people have resolved to break the law and refuse to pay a newly-introduced levy on households. The tax is $125 a year, but protesters say it could lead to larger property taxes in the future.
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Arts & Entertainment
May 22, 2012 — Martha Gellhorn was one of the first great female war correspondents. But her reputation as a journalist was sometimes overshadowed by her marriage to Ernest Hemingway. A new HBO film looks at the relationship between this passionate power couple.
May 21, 2012 — Each month, NPR's All Things Considered invites a poet into the newsroom to see how the show comes together and to write an original poem about the news. This month, our NewsPoet is Carmen Gimenez Smith. Want to write your own poem about the day's news? You can put them in the comments below.
May 21, 2012 — For Nancy Pearl, beach reading doesn't mean light reading. NPR's go-to librarian has dug up a diverse mix of titles old and new — a selection of mystery, memoir and more — that will leave you with some substantial summer reading.
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Opinion
May 22, 2012 — Francois Hollande is the first socialist president of France in 17 years — but how ideological will he be in office? Eric Pape of Foreign Policy argues that that his choice of government ministers suggest that he plans to be a social justice-driven center-left president.
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May 22, 2012 — What will be the focus of the coming election? Jay Cost of The Weekly Standard has some advice for Mitt Romney: people are already disappointed with the President's record on jobs, you just need to convince them to act on their convictions.
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May 22, 2012 — Mitt Romney's presidential campaign has tried to present this election as one about the economy. But Ed Kilgore of The New Republic argues that his base might not let him ignore social issues.
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May 22, 2012 | NPR · The Obama campaign continues its attack on Mitt Romney's time at the private-equity firm Bain Capital. Over the weekend, Newark, New Jersey, Mayor Cory Booker seemed to veer off the campaign's message. Later, Booker tempered his remarks in a YouTube video. But it didn't take long for the Romney campaign to seize on Booker's comments.
May 22, 2012 | NPR · After their first meeting in 1989, legendary law professor Laurence Tribe was so impressed with the skinny first-year law student in jeans, a sweatshirt and an afro, that he made a special notation on his calendar. The student, Barack Obama, went on to become the first black president of the Harvard Law Review.
May 22, 2012 | NPR · Mongolia is now tapping huge natural resources. But they're in the Gobi region, where traditional nomadic herding is under assault and desertification is a major problem. Herders are worried the mines will siphon off already dwindling water supplies, while trucks and roads destroy pastureland.
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May 21, 2012 | NPR · President Obama held a press conference Monday afternoon as NATO wrapped up its Chicago summit. Audie Cornish talks to Scott Horsley for more.
May 21, 2012 | NPR · The U.S. urged NATO allies and other nations during the Chicago summit to make a long-term commitment to Afghanistan once combat forces withdraw in 2014. But many of the European member nations are reeling from the grinding debt crisis, making it hard to justify development and training programs in Afghanistan.
May 21, 2012 | NPR · The case focused on a set of Florida twins who were conceived using in vitro fertilization. Their father had frozen his sperm before he died of cancer. His wife applied for Social Security benefits for the twins, but the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that state law bars inheritance for children conceived posthumously.
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May 19, 2012 | NPR · The star of Rent and Wicked is making standards and pop songs her own — with the help of symphonies around the country.
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May 20, 2012 | NPR · The former lead guitarist of the legendary band Guns N' Roses is a musician with a sound and look all his own. After all the success — and vice — Slash says he's still a work in progress.
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