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5:10 am
Mon May 28, 2012

Sick In America: Americans' Views On Health Care

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Morning Edition's Renee Montagne talks with Dr. Elliott Fisher, director of Dartmouth's Center for Population Health, about the issues raised in our series "Sick in America." NPR, along with Harvard and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, recently surveyed 1,500 Americans on their views about the cost and quality of health care.

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5:03 am
Mon May 28, 2012

Recalling The Past: The Intimate Objects Of Childhood

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Jeffrey Lewis was a writer and producer for the critically acclaimed television series Hill Street Blues.
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Originally published on Tue May 29, 2012 7:08 am

Jeffrey Lewis is the author of Berlin Cantata.

Some authors have snob appeal.

Like many people, I long wanted to read, or at least be able to say that I had read, Walter Benjamin, widely acclaimed as one of the geniuses of 20th century literature. But I was daunted by the fact that his most celebrated work, The Arcades Project, is difficult, long and surrounded by dense clouds of academia, mystifying would-be readers in Europe and America.

I became un-daunted, and un-snobbed, when I discovered his Berlin Childhood around 1900.

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Movies
4:49 am
Mon May 28, 2012

NFL Players Learn The Drills To Take On Tinseltown

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At the 2012 Pro Hollywood Boot Camp in Los Angeles, former Green Bay Packers running back Ahman Green (left) and free agent fullback Ovie Mughelli hang out on the back lot at Universal Studios.
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Baltimore Ravens linebacker Terrell Suggs holds a slate.
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Originally published on Mon May 28, 2012 6:26 am

Movie sets are usually sort of surreal — all that make-believe and artifice wrapped in the mechanics of a high-stakes industry. But this particular set, in the Universal Studios back lot, is even weirder. It was built for Westerns, with an old-timey saloon and hitching posts.

Right now, it's overrun by professional football players dressed up as cowboys or working as crew.

"Jackson, you're on the boom!" someone shouts.

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Election 2012
4:49 am
Mon May 28, 2012

For A Billionaire, $2M Gets You Superdonor Status

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Bill Koch (center) celebrates his team's 1992 America's Cup win. Koch, the brother of billionaire GOP donors Charles and David, has given $2 million to the superPAC backing Mitt Romney.
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Originally published on Mon May 28, 2012 9:25 am

In the world of high-dollar politics, the billionaire industrialists David and Charles Koch are famous for their lavish funding of conservative politicians and causes. But there's another Koch brother — William — who is passionate about many things, but only recently about politics.

Bill Koch is an avid yachtsman, and he set out to win the 1992 America's Cup. It would take four boats, more than 260 team members and single-minded determination.

David Rosow was the team's business manager and is a longtime friend of Koch's.

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Shots - Health Blog
4:49 am
Mon May 28, 2012

Patients Find Each Other Online To Jump-Start Medical Research

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Katherine Leon says she spends up to 12 hours a day online interacting with others who share her rare heart condition.
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Originally published on Tue May 29, 2012 10:17 am

People with extremely rare diseases are often scattered across the world, and any one hospital has a hard time locating enough individuals to conduct meaningful research.

But one woman with an extremely rare heart condition managed to do what many hospitals couldn't. Katherine Leon connected with enough people online to interest the Mayo Clinic in a research trial.

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