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After Second Round Of Talks, Cubans, Americans Emerge Upbeat
Roberta Jacobson, the American diplomat leading the talks, said the talks were "productive and encouraging" and a U.S. embassy could open in Havana by April.
Putin Critic Boris Nemtsov Shot Dead In Moscow
On Friday, gunmen shot to death the prominent Russian opposition figure Boris Nemtsov. Nemtsov was a longtime Russian opposition leader and a sharp critic of President Vladimir Putin.
Mexican Attorney General Who Handled Case Of Vanished Students Will Step Down
Jesus Murillo Karam ran the investigation when 43 college students disappeared.
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Film About Campus Sexual Assault Tells Survivors: 'You Are Not Alone'
Survivors Annie Clark and Andrea Pino brought a Title IX complaint against the University of North Carolina. "This is not about UNC," Clark says. "We're not doing this to vilify our institution."
Tense 'Eastern Boys': Cruising, and Bruising
NPR film critic Bob Mondello reviews Eastern Boys, a French film that is half love story, half home invasion drama.
He Was, And Will Always Be, Our Friend: Remembering Leonard Nimoy
The Star Trek actor, writer, poet and photographer has died of lung disease at 83. NPR's Neda Ulaby has a look back at the long career of the man who was (and was not) Spock.
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Wisdom through Stories
I was sitting on my couch one recent Friday morning enjoying a cup of coffee and checking my email when a StoryCorps segment on Morning Edition grabbed my attention and reminded me why public radio matters.
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Both Side of the Aisle
If a small town store is a reflection of a community, then looking around the Ruch Country Store, one gets the sense of the diverse set of people who live in the surrounding areas. On a small, recycled magazine rack, back issues of The New Yorker sit next to copies of American Rifleman.
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Dying with Grace
Preparing for the End of Life
On a sunny day last March over a hundred mostly gray-haired people file into an auditorium at Asante’s Smullin Health Education Center in Medford. A large screen behind the stage projects the afternoon’s agenda: HAVING THE CONVERSATION. On stage are two empty armchairs, violet with pale blue dots, a white rug, and a hospital gurney. On the gurney lies a manikin, its hairless head resting incongruously against a flowered pillow. For some reason I find this detail heartbreaking.
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