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Monday, February 4 2013

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    John Kerry's New Job | Guantanamo Judge Orders End to Government Censors in His Courtroom | The Ghosts of Super Bowl Halftime Shows Past | Puppy Bowl IX! | Will VAWA Pass the Senate? ... (episode)

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    • John Kerry Begins Work as Secretary of State, Facing Iran, Drone War February 4, 2013

      Experienced as John Kerry is with diplomacy, negotiating foreign policy in regions volatile to the U.S. will not be an easy task. Journalist Stephen Kinzer offers a few theories for h...

    • Guantanamo Judge Orders End to Government Censors in His Courtroom February 4, 2013

      How far can a U.S. government censor go to keep information classified? That's the question surrounding the much-anticipated hearings of Khalid Sheik Mohammed at Guantanamo Bay. Carol...

    • The Ghosts of Super Bowl Halftime Shows Past February 4, 2013

      Millions of viewers got to see Beyonce do her thing on the big stage at yesterday’s Super Bowl halftime show last night. But the halftime show wasn’t always a showcase for solo-artist...

    • Puppy Bowl! February 4, 2013

      The Super Bowl may be the most watched television event of the year, but that doesn’t mean that other networks don’t try their best to lure viewers. The most talked-about counter prog...

    • Will the Violence Against Women Act Pass the Senate? February 4, 2013

      The Violence Against Women Act, originally passed in 1994, provided billions of dollars to train police, physicians, and others on how to handle cases concerning domestic and sexual v...

    • Diagnosing Parkinson's With Some Math and a Phone Call February 4, 2013

      Millions of people around the world suffer from Parkinson’s disease, but not everyone who has the neurological disease has easy access to a diagnosis. Mathematician Max Little has bee...

    • Families of September 11 Victims Follow Hearings from Guantanamo February 4, 2013

      For some people watching the pre-trial hearings in the case of Khalid Sheik Mohammed, the alleged mastermind of the September 11 attacks, there was a simple question: Is that man resp...

    • Remains of King Richard III Found Beneath Parking Lot February 4, 2013

      A few months ago British archeologists announced that they'd found what they believed to be the bones of King Richard III beneath a parking lot in Leicester, England. Based on new DNA...