Mark Memmott

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Mark Memmott is one of the hosts of NPR's "The Two-Way" news blog.

"The Two-Way," which Memmott helped to launched when he came to NPR in 2009, focuses on breaking news, analysis, and the most compelling stories being reported by NPR News and other news media.

Before joining NPR, Memmott worked for nearly 25 years as a reporter and editor at USA Today. He focused on a range of coverage from politics, foreign affairs, economics, and the media. He's reported from places across the Unites States and the world, including half a dozen trips to Afghanistan in 2002-2003.

During his time at USA Today, Memmott, helped launch and lead three USAToday.com news blogs: "On Deadline;" "The Oval;" and "On Politics," the site's 2008 presidential campaign blog.

Cool Video: Massive Cloud 'Waves' Roll Over Alabama

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Huge clouds roll over Birmingham, Ala., on Dec. 16, 2011.

By Mark Memmott

7:55 am

Tue December 20, 2011

VIDEOS: Lights Go Out At Candlestick During 'Monday Night Football'

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Most of the lights were out, but between camera flashes and emergency back-ups it wasn't pitch black when there were two power failures Monday night at San Francisco's Candlestick Park.

By Mark Memmott

7:20 am

Tue December 20, 2011

Home Construction Rose In November; 2011 Still A Weak Year

By Mark Memmott

There was a 9.3 percent rise in "housing starts" last month vs. October, the Census Bureau and Department of Housing and Urban Development just reported.

"Single-family housing starts in November were at a rate of 447,000," the agencies say. "This is 2.3 percent above the revised October figure of 437,000." The really big increase was in construction of buildings with five or more living units. Starts in that category were up 32.2 percent.

6:55 am

Tue December 20, 2011

'Yes' Means 'No' Today For House Vote On Payroll Tax Cut Plan

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House John Boehner (R-Ohio) at the U.S. Capitol on Monday (Dec. 19, 2011).

By Mark Memmott

Originally published on Tue December 20, 2011 12:23 pm

Update at 12:56 p.m. ET. House Rejects Bill:

Voting mostly along party lines, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to send a Senate bill extending unemployment benefits and a payroll tax cut to conference. With the Senate in recess, the move leaves the bill in limbo and could mean that come January, 2 million Americans will lose their long-term unemployment benefits and 160 million workers could see their taxes rise by 2-percentage points.

Before the vote, Democrats and Republicans went head to head on the House floor.

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