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Monday, May 21 2012

  • Today's Takeaway: Dharun Ravi, NATO Summit, David McCullough, Chen Guangcheng and Unemployment for Older Americans May 21, 2012

    The case of Tyler Clementi became national news when the Rutgers University freshman, who had recently told his family he was gay, jumped off the George Washington Bridge in September... (episode)

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    • NATO Summit Searches for Path Out of Afghanistan May 21, 2012

      The annual NATO summit opened yesterday afternoon in Chicago, bringing leaders from around the world to President Obama’s former home to confront questions surrounding the future of a...

    • Yemen Suicide Bombing Death Toll Climbing May 21, 2012

      The fight between al-Qaeda and the Yemeni government continues this morning. At least 38 people were killed today when a suicide bomber attacked rehearsal for a military parade. There...

    • 100 Days to the Paralympic Games May 21, 2012

      Organizers are starting to talk about something that's never happened before - a sellout for the Paralympic Games. With 100 days to go before the start of the Paralympics in London, t...

    • This Week's Agenda: NATO Summit, G8 Conference, Rajat Gupta Trial, NAACP's Gay Marriage Endorsement May 21, 2012

      The NATO Summit spurs protests in Chicago all week, while European leaders continue talks that began at the G-8 conference over the weekend. The insider trading case against former Go...

    • Walking the Brooklyn Bridge with David McCullough May 21, 2012

      Historian David McCullough is known for his biographies of monumental American figures: John Adams, Theodore Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman. But McCullough second book, published in 1972,...

    • Lunch with Chef Seamus Mullen May 21, 2012

      Chef Seamus Mullen, owner of the Spanish restaurant Tertulia and the author of the new cookbook, "Hero Food," first visited Spain at the age of 16. "It opened me up to a world of flav...

    • Will Dharun Ravi's Sentence Fit the Crime? May 21, 2012

      The case of Tyler Clementi became national news when the Rutgers University freshman jumped off the George Washington Bridge in September, 2010. Clementi had recently told his family ...

    • NATO and Occupy Protests Rock Chicago May 21, 2012

      Apart from Washington, D.C., Chicago is the first American city to host the NATO Summit. As world leaders arrived for the Summit yesterday, they were greeted by thousands of protester...

    • Lockerbie Bomber Dies at 60 May 21, 2012

      Abdelbaset al-Megrahi, the only person convicted in the 1988 Lockerbie bombing which killed 270 people, including 189 Americans, died yesterday in Libya, at the age of 60. His death c...

    • Chen Guangcheng's Impact from Abroad May 21, 2012

      Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng arrived in New York to a throng of cheering supporters on Saturday. He will soon begin a fellowship at New York University Law School's U.S.-Asia Law...

    • Can Bereavement Be a Mental Illness? May 21, 2012

      In cases of extreme grief, the American Psychiatric Association is putting forth a recommendation that would, for the first time, give guidelines for a diagnosis of bereavement-relate...

    • Facebook Gets Off to a Poor Start as a Public Company May 21, 2012

      After a shaky debut, Facebook is getting off to a bad start on its first week of trading as a publicly held company. Facebook's stock is sinking nearly seven percent, falling below th...