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Why top tech CEOs joined Trump on his trip to Saudi Arabia
Several major tech CEOs joined President Trump on his trip to Saudi Arabia this week. It's part of a thaw in the once-strained relationship between Big Tech and the oil-rich state.
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'Everybody's got bills to pay': The price of a prolonged government shutdown
The government shutdown's economic impact has been limited so far, but experts warn the costs -- and its burden on Americans -- could grow with time.
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Not Your Garden-Variety Calendar
Host Scott Simon talks with Lee Dassler, Director of the McLaughlin Garden in South Paris, Maine. Friends of the Garden misplaced their clothes to be photographed in the nude for a 2003 calendar titled "Altogether for the Garden." Proceeds from the calendar sales are paying down the Garden's debt.
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Move over, Jeff Bezos. India's richest man is now wealthier than the Amazon founder
Gautam Adani's fortune lies somewhere between $147 billion and $152 billion, according to lists maintained by Forbes and Bloomberg.
Nick Grant: Tiny Desk Concert
The Atlanta-based MC came through with the flu and coolly earned our praise. How sick is that?
'On Sondheim': The Musical-Theater Legend At 80
The New York Times calls Stephen Sondheim the "greatest and perhaps best-known artist in American musical theater." Sondheim composed the music and lyrics for, among others, Sweeney Todd, Into the Woods and Company. In 2010 he joined Fresh Air to discuss his career in musical theater.
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For one rape survivor, new abortion bans bring back old, painful memories
The story of a young rape victim in Ohio who had to travel out of state for an abortion this summer is recalling painful memories for an older generation.
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Southwest Michigan Today: Wednesday July 17, 2019
West Michigan Republican Fred Upton and Independent Justin Amash join Democrats in voting for a resolution condemning President Trump’s racist tweets. The…
Southwest Michigan Today: Tuesday March 12, 2019
President Trump’s proposed budget includes cuts in Great Lakes restoration programs. Petition language is approved for a recall of Albion’s mayor pro tem.…
A play about censorship is censored — and free speech groups are fighting back
PEN America and two other free speech groups are calling for school officials in Florida to reinstate a high school production of Paula Vogel's Indecent, a play that is itself about censorship.
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