Obama Wades Through New Jersey's Recovery
Transcript ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: From NPR News, this is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. I'm Robert Siegel.AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: And I'm Audie Cornish.The most populous city in the country is drying out, and...
View ArticleN. Korea Fires Long-Range Rocket
North Korea appears to have taken a step forward in its long-range missile program. The country has fired a long-range rocket in spite of warnings from the U.S. and the United Nations.
View ArticlePolice Cordon Off Conn. Shooter's Mother's House
Robert Siegel talks to Robert Smith about the scene in Newton, Conn., after a deadly elementary school shooting.
View ArticleU.S. Charges NSA Leaker Snowden With Espionage
Transcript ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: NPR has learned that the U.S. Department of Justice has prepared the documents to formally charge Edward Snowden with espionage. Snowden is the former contractor who has...
View ArticleHouse Rejects Measure That Would Have Curbed NSA Program
Transcript ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: From NPR News, this is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. I'm Robert Siegel.On Capitol Hill, an effort to limit the authority of the National Security Agency has fallen short. It...
View ArticleNew Head Of Olympic Committee Faces A Number Of Challenges
The International Olympic committee (IOC) has elected a new president, Thomas Bach of Germany. He assumes leadership of an organization that faces criticism over politics, costs and what some view as...
View ArticleHow Tiny Qatar 'Punches Above Its Weight'
Qatar is a tiny place that insists on being heard.The Arab nation just off the coast of Saudi Arabia has made itself a major diplomatic player, a generous donor of foreign aid, and a leader in...
View ArticleAs World Cup Looms, Qatar's Migrant Worker System Faces Scrutiny
Over the past decade, Qatar's population has soared from 660,000 to more than 2 million. Here's the catch: Qataris themselves number only around 260,000.The rest, more than 85 percent of the...
View ArticleInstead Of Sending Students Abroad, Qatar Imports U.S. Colleges
In Qatar's rapid race to modernity, the emirate has created a distinctive approach to educating its young: It has effectively imported a host of American universities.Dr. Sheikha Aisha bint Faleh bin...
View Article'Bluish' Light May Help Alzheimer's Patients Find Bearings
Transcript ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: Now, health and electrical lighting. Last month, Mariana Figueiro showed me something she has developed to help seniors avoid falls in the night. Figueiro researches...
View ArticleTo Sell Health Care To Young People, Obama Steps 'Between Two Ferns'
President Obama's pitch for his health care law has brought him to an awkward place: "Between Two Ferns." In a bid to up the enrollment of young people, Obama visited Zach Galifianakis' Internet show.
View ArticleLetters: 'The Big Broadcast' And Laughing Down The Hall
Melissa Block and Robert Siegel read emails from listeners about Game of Thrones and The Big Broadcast.
View ArticleWhat's Known — And Still Unclear — About The Fort Hood Shooting
Transcript ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: From NPR News, this is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. I'm Robert Siegel. We're continuing to follow developments in yesterday's deadly shooting at Fort Hood that left four...
View ArticleFrom Waltz To '90s Icon: The Unforgettable Life Of The Nokia Ringtone
Transcript ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: There was a time when cell phones were used to make calls and many of the calls were defined by this.(SOUNDBITE OF NOKIA RINGTONE)SIEGEL: The Nokia ringtone, it was...
View ArticleOn Auction Block: Draft Of 'Like A Rolling Stone,' And Some Doodles
Transcript ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: It's not all politics here in Washington. On Pennsylvania Avenue, there used to be a hotel called the Roger Smith. The top of the hotel's stationery proclaimed it was...
View ArticleUK Government Asks: What's The Greatest Challenge Of Our Time?
Transcript AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: Now, a prize that's making a return: the Longitude Prize.ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: It was set up in 1714 by the British government to solve the greatest challenge of that...
View ArticleMadeleine Albright: A Free, Fair Election Possible In Ukraine
Robert Siegel speaks with former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, who is in Kiev leading a team of international election observers set to monitor voting in Ukraine on Sunday.
View ArticleAn American Suicide Bomber In Syria
Transcript MELISSA BLOCK, HOST: This is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED from NPR News. I'm Melissa Block.ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: And I'm Robert Siegel. The State Department has confirmed that a U.S. citizen was...
View ArticleLetters: Maya Angelou And Doc Holliday
Robert Siegel and Melissa Block read letters from listeners about a mistaken Wild West reference and the death of the poet Maya Angelou.
View Article'A Change-up On Steroids:' The History Of A Sky-Scraping Pitch
In a recent Nippon Professional Baseball game in Japan, Kazuhito Tadano threw a slow, arcing pitch that caught the batter by surprise. Video of the play quickly went viral on the Internet, but the...
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