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Wednesday, October 16 2013

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    Senate Reaches Bipartisan Fiscal Deal | States Anxiously Hope for Federal Budget Deal | Syrian and Somali Refugees Seek Solace in Malta | The Surprisingly Modern Diet Struggle of Pres... (episode)

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    • Senate Reaches Bipartisan Fiscal Deal October 16, 2013

      The uncertainty on Capitol Hill seems to be over—for now at least. Democratic and Republican Senate leaders have reportedly reached an agreement on a deal to reopen the government and...

    • States Anxiously Hope for Federal Budget Deal October 16, 2013

      The shutdown continues, the debt ceiling deadline looms and states are scrambling to fill in the gaps. In the wake of the Great Recession, state budgets are already stretched thin—and...

    • Syrian and Somali Refugees Seek Solace in Malta October 16, 2013

      Since the start of 2013, more than 4,600 Syrians have fled the civil war and reached Italy by sea, the office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees reported last month....

    • President Taft's Surprisingly Modern Diet Struggle October 16, 2013

      Newly unearthed letters and diaries of President William Howard Taft show that the famously "corpulent" president pursued several modern dieting techniques, including keeping a food d...

    • Iran Nuclear Enrichment Talks Enter Day Two October 16, 2013

      Talks over Iran’s nuclear program enter their second day today in Geneva. Can the discussions produce a negotiated solution to an enduring standoff? George Perkovich, a former foreign...

    • The Latest Cutting-Edge "Stuff" in Science & Technology Innovation October 16, 2013

      David Pogue hosts the NOVA series "Making Stuff," which begins tonight at 9 PM Eastern on PBS with the episode “Making Stuff: Faster.” Other episodes in the series, produced by our pa...

    • First Generation Muslim-Americans Navigate Challenges of Faith and Country October 16, 2013

      This generation of Muslim-Americans are some of the first to grow up entirely in the United States. For those making the choice to depart from their parents’ faith, the decision can ...