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Friday, January 11 2013

  • Movie Date Award Season Dispatch: The Oscar Nominees! January 11, 2013

    Welcome to the first of several Movie Date Award Season Dispatches. Each dispatch is taken from a live interview, led by WNYC's Amy Eddings, and broadcast during All Things Considered... (article)

  • Movie Date: 'Gangster Squad,' Oscar Nods, Razzie Nods, and Golden Globes January 11, 2013

    In this week's podcast, Rafer and Kristen talk about whether Gangster Squad is a horrible date, or merely a tolerable one. They also share their excitement about the Oscar nominations... (article)

  • Today's Takeaway | January 11, 2013 January 11, 2013

    CDC Responds to Rampant Flu Outbreak | Rape Kits Mishandled at NYC Lab | Boston Declares Public Health Emergency | Floods and Fraud: Congress Considers Sandy Aid | More Drug Tests for... (episode)

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    • CDC Responds to Rampant Flu Outbreak January 11, 2013

      Flu season is back, and this year's strain of the virus is especially brutal. But why is the 2013 influenza strain so bad? Dr. Joseph Bresee, chief of the Epidemiology and Prevention ...

    • Rape Kits Mishandled at NYC Lab January 11, 2013

      The New York City Medical Examiner has announced that the office is reviewing more than 800 rape kits, cases were handled by a former lab technician who made a series of incorrect rep...

    • Floods and Fraud: Congress Considers Sandy Aid January 11, 2013

      Residents of Coastal New York and New Jersey are still feeling the aftereffects of Sandy more than two months after the powerful storm. President Obama signed a $9.7 billion Sandy aid...

    • Boston Declares Public Health Emergency January 11, 2013

      The flu outbreak is so severe in Boston that Mayor Thomas Menino declared a health emergency this week. Dr. Brien Barnewolt, chair of emergency medicine at Tufts Medical Center, descr...

    • More Drug Tests for Major League Baseball January 11, 2013

      This week, the Baseball Writers of America decided that in 2013, no players would be elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame. Potential inductees included players hailing from the infamo...

    • Tackling the Coming Debt Ceiling Crisis January 11, 2013

      The national borrowing limit is set at $16.4 trillion, but that limit needs to be raised in order for the Treasury Department to continue to be able to pay for what Congress has alrea...

    • Oscars! Globes! Razzies! Welcome to Red Carpet Season January 11, 2013

      This weekend, Queens of Comedy Tina Fey and Amy Poehler host the Golden Globes, just a few days after Emma Stone and 2013 Oscar host Seth McFarlane presented the Oscar nominations. Ad...