Shots - Health Blog
12:53 pm
Thu January 5, 2012

Feds: Standardizing Electronic Health Payments Could Save $4.5 Billion

Here's a twist. You know how you keep hearing that the Affordable Care Act is doing little more than raising health care costs?

Well, the Obama administration says a new rule it's issuing under the law could result in a savings of as much as $4.5 billion over the next decade.

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The Salt
12:27 pm
Thu January 5, 2012

What The Camembert Rind Does For The Cheese Inside

Credit Lukas Gerber
The downy white rind protects and keeps the inside of the cheese clean.

For lovers of Camembert, the downy white rind is the tart bite that balances out the fat-laden, oozing, pungent layer inside.

For a group of Swiss bioengineers, that moldy rind is one of nature's greatest living surfaces, doing double duty as a shield and a cleaner. The rind allows the cheese's deep flavor and aroma to mature, but also defends it against microorganisms that could spoil it. The cheese repays the fungi on the rind by supplying it with nutrients.

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The Two-Way
12:25 pm
Thu January 5, 2012

VIDEO: Car Lands On Roof, Driver Charged With Hit-And-Run

Credit KFSN-TV, Fresno
That's not Santa's sleigh up there.

This is why we created a category called The No-Way:

"A family in Northwest Fresno was stunned Wednesday morning to find a car on the roof of their apartment," KFSN-TV reports.

Police say a 26-year-old man who allegedly stole a car was apparently driving it way too fast when he missed a turn, went on to some rocks and the vehicle launched into the air.

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The Two-Way
12:01 pm
Thu January 5, 2012

Report: Shortly Before MF Global Collapse, Corzine Was Château Shopping

Credit Susan Walsh / AP
Former MF Global Holdings Ltd. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Jon Corzine testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington.

Originally published on Thu January 5, 2012 12:11 pm

In its February issue, Vanity Fair has a long report on Jon Corzine, the former head of Goldman Sachs and former Democratic governor of New Jersey. Corzine has been in the news lately for his role in MF Global, which last year collapsed spectacularly and left $1.2 billion in client money missing.

The piece talks to friends and former associates of Corzine and paints a picture of a CEO who took great risks and micromanaged.

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Shots - Health Blog
11:54 am
Thu January 5, 2012

A Changing Picture For Cancer Deaths In The U.S.

Credit National Cancer Institute
A cluster of malignant breast cancer cells that metastasized to the liver.

New Letters on the Air

New Letters on the Air is a weekly half-hour show that has been entertaining and informing audiences about contemporary writers and literature since 1977. Each week, the program focuses on a writer of poetry, fiction or essays, either in an intimate interview or in a public reading before an audience. Post-produced with narrative and music, New Letters on the Air gives insight into the creative writing process and the universal stories that writers tell.

The Two-Way
11:01 am
Thu January 5, 2012

Prosecutor Wants Death Penalty For Egypt's Hosni Mubarak

As the trial of Egypt's former dictator continued in Cairo, today, one of the prosecutors said Hosni Mubarak should face the death penalty for his role in the killing of protesters during the uprising that toppled his regime, last year.

"Retribution is the solution," Mustafa Khater said on the final day of the prosecution's opening statements. "Any fair judge must issue a death sentence for these defendants."

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National Security
10:44 am
Thu January 5, 2012

Sept. 11 Case A Litmus Test For Military Commissions

Originally published on Thu January 5, 2012 5:24 pm

The long-awaited trial of five men accused of helping plan the Sept. 11 attacks is scheduled to begin early this year in a revamped trial process at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

Initially, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other men charged with planning the attacks were going to be tried in a New York federal court, but congressional opposition forced the Obama administration to reverse course.

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It's All Politics
10:43 am
Thu January 5, 2012

Young Conservatives In New Hampshire: A Conversation At The Dartmouth Review

The theme of the 2012 GOP presidential contest has been dissatisfaction with the candidates, and a rollicking battle for the honor of being the anti-Mitt Romney alternative.

We were curious about what young conservatives have been thinking about the race, which moved to New Hampshire Wednesday after Iowa's decidedly non-decisive caucuses.

So NPR photographer John Poole and I, after a night at former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum's headquarters in Bedford, N.H., decided to head west to Dartmouth College in Hanover.

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