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Tuesday, May 1 2012

  • Movie Date: 'The Five Year Engagement' May 1, 2012

    In this week's Movie Date, Rafer bemoans what he considers the death of the romantic comedy. Kristen, as you'd expect, tell him to stop being a negative Nancy. It's all in honor of "T... (article)

  • Today's Takeaway: Occupy Movement Plans May Day Strikes May 1, 2012

    Across the country, leaders of the Occupy movement are planning strikes and protests in 125 cities. It’s being billed as "a day without the 99%,” and they're asking participants to ma... (episode)

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    • Status of Escaped Chinese Dissident Overshadows Diplomatic Talks May 1, 2012

      Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner arrive in China Wednesday morning. Ahead of their visit, American diplomats reportedly met with of...

    • Why Kids Are The Best Scientists May 1, 2012

      The next time your children get filthy playing in the riverbed or taking apart the remote control, stop before you scold. Scientists say that this kind of play is actually like hands-...

    • Campaign Slogans from This Moment Forward May 1, 2012

      Presidential campaign slogans: we’ve come to know them, love them, loathe them, and in some cases, completely forget them. Some slogans, like Warren G. Harding’s "Cox and Cocktails," ...

    • One-Term Presidents and One-Hit Wonders May 1, 2012

    • Vatican Reprimands American Nuns for Promoting 'Radical Feminist Themes' May 1, 2012

      The largest and most influential group of Catholic nuns in the United States has been reprimanded by the Vatican for promoting“radical feminist themes incompatible with the Catholic f...

    • Occupy Movement Plans May Day Strikes May 1, 2012

      It’s being billed as "a day without the 99%" and it coincides with May Day — a day traditionally associated with worker's rights around the world.  Today, leaders of the Occupy move...

    • Bin Laden as Political Playing Card May 1, 2012

      Catching Bin Laden was the government's foremost security goal since September 11. How much leverage did his death actually give Obama for the upcoming election? And how is Mitt Romne...

    • Voting in Iran a 'Tragic Farce' May 1, 2012

      A long winter of heightened tensions between Israel, Iran and the United States seems to finally have thawed, on this first day of May. But while Iran’s international relations may be...

    • Anti-Psychotics for the Non-Psychotic May 1, 2012

      Entering a nursing home is a decision that many of us will make for ourselves and for the people we love. And when we make that decision, it’s with the hope that the highest level of ...

    • New Report Blasts Media Mogul Rupert Murdoch May 1, 2012

      British lawmakers who investigated phone hacking at the British newspaper News of the World have issued a damning report which concludes that Rupert Murdoch is not a fit person to run...

    • Musical Trends in Major Cities May 1, 2012

      Many cities have rich musical traditions. But how can we decide what people listen to and how music shapes the culture of a certain location. Conrad Lee did the research for his Phd a...