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3:00 am
Mon February 27, 2012

The Last Word In Business

Steve Inskeep has the Last Word in business.

NPR Story
3:00 am
Mon February 27, 2012

Afghan Violence Continues Over Quran Burning

Originally published on Mon February 27, 2012 6:02 am

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STEVE INSKEEP, HOST:

And let's go next to Afghanistan, where a car bomb exploded outside a U.S. air base today. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack which killed nine people. This latest wave of violence follows reports of American soldiers burning several copies of the Muslim holy book, the Quran.

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3:00 am
Mon February 27, 2012

Business News

David Greene has business news.

Race
2:26 am
Mon February 27, 2012

Through Video, Lakota Students Reject Stereotypes

Credit Jim Kent
Feather Rae Colombe (from left) appeared in the Lakota student video More Than That. Kim Bos is a video technology teacher who helped produce the video. Student John Whirlwind Soldier directed the video.

Unhappy with portrayals of Native Americans in mainstream media, a group of students from South Dakota's Rosebud Sioux Reservation created a video to show that their community is about more than alcoholism, broken homes and crime.

The students are visiting Washington, D.C., on Monday to lobby Congress for increased funding for schools on reservations.

Filmed in black and white, the student-produced video More Than That takes viewers through the hallways, classrooms and gymnasium of the Rosebud Sioux Reservation's county high school.

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Author Interviews
2:24 am
Mon February 27, 2012

How You Can Harness 'The Power Of Habit'

The 19th century psychologist William James observed, "All our life ... is but a mass of habits."

Ad men in the 20th century took this aphorism to heart. It wasn't enough to simply sell a product; the goal was to hook consumers and keep them coming back.

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