10:13am

Tue May 24, 2011
Deceptive Cadence

Connecting Kids With Classical Music: Here's What You Told Us

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All last week on this blog we asked the question: How do we best hook kids up with classical music? We asked you, along with a few prominent musicians, and we got a broad variety of responses — from "give the kid a trumpet," to "let them watch Leonard Bernstein's Young People's Concerts."

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10:05am

Tue May 24, 2011
The Two-Way

Day After Being Next To The Obits, Pawlenty Makes Page One In St. Paul

Credit Image at left Courtesy of The Hill; image at right courtesy of the Newseum.

Stories end up in certain spots on newspapers' pages for all sorts of reasons — how important they are; what time they break; how long they need to be.

St. Paul's Pioneer Press had a rather unfortunate juxtaposition Monday when it put its "advance" story on former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty's announcement of his bid for the GOP presidential nomination next to its obituaries.

Today's editions have Pawlenty, who officially launched his bid on Monday, on the front page.

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9:59am

Tue May 24, 2011
Books We Like

Innocence And Injustice In 'Central Park Five'

The story of the woman who was brutally raped on April 19, 1989, and who would come to be known as the Central Park jogger, is a horrifying one. But Sarah Burns' The Central Park Five: A Chronicle of a City Wilding is not about the heartbreaking assault and subsequent heroic recovery of Patricia Meili, the white, 28-year-old victim of the notorious crime. It is the story of the five African-American teens who were convicted of her rape, sentenced and imprisoned, only to have those convictions vacated 13 years later.

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9:52am

Tue May 24, 2011
Opinion

Weekly Standard: And The Next President Is...

William Kristol is editor of The Weekly Standard. He also regularly appears on Fox News Sunday and on the Fox News Channel.

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9:42am

Tue May 24, 2011
The Two-Way

Iceland's Volcano Grounds Hundreds Of Flights In Europe, Airlines Complain

The International Air Transport Association says British air traffic regulators are overreacting to the cloud of ash drifting from Iceland's Grimsvotn volcano over Scotland, Britain and now moving toward Scandinavia. Several airlines have cancelled hundreds of flights, such as British Airways, Air France and KLM, according to the Guardian.

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9:34am

Tue May 24, 2011
The Two-Way

Royal Watchers: This Picture's For You; Obamas Meet William And Kate

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The newlyweds met the American president and first lady today in Buckingham Palace.

Those would be Prince William and Catherine, the duchess of Cambridge (or Kate, as you may know her), talking with President Obama and first lady Michelle Obama. The Obamas also met Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip, with whom they'll be dining this evening. And they're scheduled to sleep at Buckingham Palace tonight.

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9:16am

Tue May 24, 2011
13.7: Cosmos And Culture

You and Your Brain. On Agnosticism And Consciousness.

What is the relationship between matter and mind? On the one hand we have matter. Good old solid matter: dirt, stuff, Goop. It appears to be the foundation of everything we experience. On the other hand we have mind. I really don't know anything first hand about your mind but I have a pretty intimate experience of my own. Since you seem to behave in ways that I recognize I infer that you have a mind pretty much like my own. So there is matter and there is mind and for the last 2,500 years or so we have been trying to figure out the relationship between them.

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9:16am

Tue May 24, 2011
The Two-Way

New York Times Reporter Subpoenaed In Leak Investigation

Federal prosecutors have subpoenaed New York Times reporter James Risen, to try to get him to testify against a former CIA operative accused of leaking classified information about U.S. covert programs that later appeared in Risen's book State of War.

The subpoena was disclosed in a court filing late Monday night in the Eastern District of Virginia, where onetime CIA employee Jeffrey Sterling awaits trial on charges that could send him to prison for decades.

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9:01am

Tue May 24, 2011
The Two-Way

Saudi Woman Defies Ban On Driving While Female

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One woman's effort to end the ban on her gender being able to drive in Saudi Arabia is catching attention around the world.

And on Morning Edition today, the editor of Jeddah's Saudi News said that Manal al-Sharif's campaign is gaining some traction in Saudi Arabia.

"More and more women will take up the wheel," Khalid al Moeena told ME guest host Mary Louise Kelly.

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8:59am

Tue May 24, 2011
Shots - Health Blog

Why Some Workplace Clinics Charge Different Rates For Identical Services

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It's easy to figure out why employers like the idea of clinics at the office. They help keep a lid on health care costs by making it easier for employees to stay healthy.

And it's easy to figure out what workers like about them, too. The convenient clinics treat sniffles and scrapes in addition to providing checkups, vaccines and some drugs free or at reduced cost.

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