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All Things Considered

Weekday afternoons from 4-6 and 6:30-7. Weekend afternoons from 4-5.
Justin Willingham

This NPR newsmagazine offers a balanced perspective on the events of the day.

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5:03 pm
Fri May 24, 2013

History Makes Hiring Household Help A Complex Choice

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Actress Marla Gibbs (as maid Florence Johnston) and actor Sherman Hemsley (as her boss, George Jefferson), appear in an episode of The Jeffersons.
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Originally published on Fri May 24, 2013 7:00 pm

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World
5:03 pm
Fri May 24, 2013

Toronto Mayor Dodges Accusations Of Crack Cocaine Use

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Originally published on Fri May 24, 2013 5:28 pm

Melissa Block talks to Jeff Semple of the CBC about the video that appears to show Toronto Mayor Rob Ford smoking crack cocaine.

The Deadly Tornado In Moore, Okla.
5:03 pm
Fri May 24, 2013

Tornado Safe Rooms In Schools A Popular, But Costly Idea

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Many school safe rooms, like this one inside Jeffries Elementary in Springfield, Mo., also serve as gymnasiums. Constructed with a $1.6 million grant from FEMA, which covered 75 percent of the cost, the shelter can hold more than 500 people — enough to accommodate all the school's students and employees.
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In the days since a tornado ripped through Moore, Okla., talk of constructing safe rooms in public schools has become commonplace.

In southwest Missouri, officials have built a few of them already, and they are seeking funding to build more.

'A Sense Of Peace'

Karina O'Connell is preparing dinner tonight under the pavilion at Phelps Grove Park in Springfield, Mo., where she's eating with her 9-year-old twin sons, Samuel and John Patrick.

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Sports
3:53 pm
Fri May 24, 2013

German Soccer Teams Face Off For League Championship

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Originally published on Fri May 24, 2013 5:03 pm

Robert Siegel speaks with sportswriter Stefan Fatsis about soccer news and Saturday's unlikely Champions League final between two German teams — Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund at Wembley Stadium in London.

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3:41 pm
Fri May 24, 2013

A Race Against Time To Find WWI's Last 'Doughboys'

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Arthur Fiala, shown here in 1918 and 2005, was a private in the 26th Company of the 20th Engineers Regiment during World War I.
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Richard Rubin has written for The Atlantic and The New York Times Magazine. His other books include Confederacy of Silence and Everyday American History of the 20th Century.
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George Briant, shown here in an undated photo and in 2004, recalls Nov. 11, 1918, the day the war ended and the guns fell silent: "You looked like you were in a new land; you couldn't believe that everything is quiet".
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Originally published on Fri May 24, 2013 5:03 pm

Ten years ago, writer Richard Rubin set out to talk to every living American veteran of World War I he could find. It wasn't easy, but he tracked down dozens of centenarian vets, ages 101 to 113, collected their stories and put them in a new book called The Last of the Doughboys. He tells NPR's Melissa Block about the veterans he talked to, and the stories they shared.

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