All Things Considered
At Least Six Dead After Tornadoes Tear Through North Texas
A series of tornadoes ripped across north Texas on Wednesday night, killing six people and injuring dozens of others. The strongest tornado hit the city of Granbury with winds approaching 200 mph. Rescue crews were going door-to-door on Thursday searching for survivors.
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David Beckham Retires As One Of Soccer's Most Famous Players
One of the best known athletes in the world has announced his retirement. Soccer player David Beckham will play his final game later this month. Melissa Block talks with Grant Wahl, a senior writer for Sports Illustrated and the author of The Beckham Experiment.
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Pressure Grows In Australia To Legalize Same-Sex Marriage
There's growing pressure in Australia for the government to legalize gay marriage after New Zealand became the 13th country in the world to legalize same-sex marriage earlier this month. Last year, a vote on the issue in Australia's parliament failed to change the law and both political party leaders — the unmarried, atheist Prime Minister who lives with her long-term boyfriend and the staunchly Catholic opposition leader who once studied to become a priest — remain officially opposed to gay marriage. But many believe public and political pressure may have reached a tipping point on the issue in the wake of New Zealand's vote.
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Take Your Seat, The 'No Photography' Sign Is Lit
A viral video from an American Airlines flight highlights a little-known airline policy: no unauthorized photography.
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White House Addresses Benghazi Emails, IRS Audits
The White House has released 100 pages of internal emails related to the development of talking points after the attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, last year. President Barack Obama also addressed the controversy surrounding the Internal Revenue Service's targeting of conservative groups. Audie Cornish talks to Scott Horsley.
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A Songwriter And An Army Dad Share One Touching Story
The song "I Drive Your Truck" is a No. 1 country hit. It began with a father's remembrance of his son, who was killed in action in Afghanistan — and a songwriter who just happened to be listening.
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LA Schools Throw Out Suspensions For 'Willful Defiance'
Students deemed "willfully defiant" accounted for nearly half of California's 700,000 suspensions last year. Many educators are cheering the Los Angeles Unified School District's decision to ban such suspensions, arguing the category is too broad and disproportionately targeted black students.
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One Reason To Apply For Tax-Exempt Status: Anonymity
The IRS scandal has put a spotlight on a part of the tax code increasingly popular with political groups. Donors can't get tax deductions for giving to 501(c)(4) organizations like they would for charities. But the names of those donors can stay private.
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A New 'Smart Rifle' Decides When To Shoot And Rarely Misses
A new rifle goes on sale on Wednesday, and it's not like any other. It uses lasers and computers to make shooters very accurate. A startup gun company in Texas developed the TrackingPoint rifle, which is so effective that some in the shooting community say it should not be sold to the public.
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A New 'Smart Rifle' Decides When To Shoot And Rarely Misses
A new rifle goes on sale on Wednesday, and it's not like any other. It uses lasers and computers to make shooters very accurate. A startup gun company in Texas developed the TrackingPoint rifle, which is so effective that some in the shooting community say it should not be sold to the public.
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Can Economics Save The African Rhino?
Poachers kill rhinos for their horns. Some economists think legalizing the horns could save the rhinos.
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Syrian Minister: Removal Of Assad Means Destruction Of Syria
Melissa Block talks with Syria's Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs, Faisal Mekdad, about the upcoming international conference on Syria in Geneva and about the Syrian government's view of the civil war. Mekdad says the government of President Bashar al-Assad believes a peaceful settlement is necessary to solve the conflict in Syria. However, Mekdad says the replacement of President Assad "means destruction of Syria, means no international conference, and means support of terrorism." Mekdad says Syria will not participate in the conference with any preconditions.
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Google Launches A Streaming Music Service
On Wednesday the company launched All Access, a paid subscription service that will put it in direct competition with Spotify and Pandora.
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Laura Mvula's Velvet 'Moon' Is A Revelation
Mvula's debut is ambitiously distinct and confident, as if she and her band had perfected their sound years ago but only now decided to share it with everyone else.
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Fund To Help Boston Bombing Victims Raises $30 Million
It's been one month since the Boston Marathon bombings that killed three people and injured more than 260 others.
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Television's Fall 'Upfronts' A Relic Of Advertising Past
TV Networks are revealing their plans for the upcoming season. Audie Cornish speaks with media and television critic Eric Deggans of the Tampa Bay Times for more on the new shows, trends and surprises.
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Dam Removal Ushers In New Life In Washington State
New life is coming to Washington State's Olympic Peninsula. Two dams along the Elwha River are being removed, bringing a rush of sediment downstream and exposing hundreds of acres of once-submerged land. The dams were built in the early 1900s to power nearby timber mills. But they blocked salmon migration and their power is no longer needed, so they're coming out. This story originated as part of the public media collaboration, EarthFix.
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Holder Questioned Over Justice Department's IRS Investigation
Attorney General Eric Holder faced critics in both parties at Tuesday's House Judiciary Committee hearing because his Justice Department has subpoenaed two months of phone logs from the Associated Press following a security leak in 2012.
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Military's Sexual Assault Problem Is A Cultural One
On Tuesday, details were revealed about a second military officer accused of sexual offenses, even though he was supposed to be helping to educate people about the danger of sexual assault. The military has developed an elaborate system to deal with continuing waves of assault, and has a plan for dealing with the problem. But getting service members to report the crimes remains a huge challenge because of the unique workplace and chain of command issues. Melissa Block talks to Larry Abramson.
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IRS Inspector General Faults 'Ineffective Management'
Audie Cornish talks to Scott Horsley about the IRS Inspector General's report on the agency's audit of conservative groups.
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