9:55am

Mon May 23, 2011
Shots - Health Blog

FDA Warns Against Food Thickener For Premature Infants

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The Food and Drug Administration is telling parents, health care workers and people who take care of babies to avoid using a thickener for breast milk or formula fed to premature infants.

A product called SimplyThick may be causing life-threatening damage to children's intestines, the agency said. The FDA, which first learned about possible problems with SimplyThick on May 13, is now aware of 15 cases of necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC), including two deaths.

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9:52am

Mon May 23, 2011
The Two-Way

With Lights, People In Eastern Libya Press For Help

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As the revolt against Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi drags into its fourth month, people in the rebel-controlled city of Benghazi are doing what they can to keep themselves motivated — and to keep the outside world, interested.

Sunday night, that meant a light show.

As dusk fell, people gathered in a plaza outside our hotel, holding up lights. They formed the outlines of a crescent and star — symbols of the rebel flag — while others spelled out the names of other Libyan cities; including that of Zintan, a town in the western mountains.

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9:44am

Mon May 23, 2011
Opinion

The Root: The Sad History Of Cemented Cemeteries

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Jonathan Pourzal conducts study tours that illuminate the ancient Egyptian influence on America's founding fathers. He has also written about his travels to Egypt to help excavate 25th Dynasty tombs.

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9:41am

Mon May 23, 2011
Go Figure

Cracked Asphalt

Many NPR listeners are familiar with the term "driveway moment." You know, you've become so entranced by a story that you sit in your car long after the drive is over or run an extra lap around the block just to hear the conclusion of a story. Do you remember your first "driveway moment?"

I do.

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9:25am

Mon May 23, 2011
Eastern and Central Kentucky

TV Documentary Highlights KY History

A new documentary premieres on KET this week, focusing on how the land of Kentucky shaped the Commonwealth's history and how those stories reflect the history of the country.

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9:06am

Mon May 23, 2011
Opinion

Weekly Standard: Obama And The Freedom Agenda

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Lee Smith is a senior editor at The Weekly Standard.

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9:04am

Mon May 23, 2011
The Two-Way

Suspect Arrested In Beating Of Giants Fan; Key Tip Came From Parole Officer

"Giovanni Ramirez, a stocky 31-year-old with a head shaved bald," was arrested by Los Angeles police yesterday in connection with the March 31 beating of a San Francisco Giants fan following the Opening Day game between the Giants and the Los Angeles Dodgers.

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8:29am

Mon May 23, 2011
The Two-Way

Eyewitness: We Knew The Tornado Was Bad

Authorities in Joplin, Missouri say at least 89 people are dead after a huge tornado passed over the town at sunset, yesterday. the city manager delivered the shocking news outside a hospital abandoned because it was so badly wrecked.

Joplin Globe sports writer Ryan Atkinson estimates the twister's path begins at the destroyed hospital and stretches down through the center of town where a number of shoppers were out.

Ryan was at work last night at Globe headquarters when he and colleagues noticed the bad storm beginning.

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8:26am

Mon May 23, 2011
The Two-Way

'Rapture' Prophet Harold Camping Says He Had 'A Really Tough Weekend'

When you famously predict that Judgment Day will come on May 21, and it doesn't, what do you say for yourself?

"It has been a really tough weekend," 89-year-old radio preacher Harold Camping told The San Francisco Chronicle on Sunday.

He's "flabbergasted" that The Rapture hasn't begun.

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8:25am

Mon May 23, 2011
Opinion

New Republic: No Rapture, Just Judgment

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Tiffany Stanley is a reporter-researcher at The New Republic.

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