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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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The Two-Way
6:39 pm
Wed May 15, 2013

Take Your Seat, The 'No Photography' Sign Is Lit

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An American Airlines plane at Miami International Airport in February.
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Originally published on Wed May 15, 2013 8:35 pm

You probably saw this bit of Internet virality earlier this week — showing a woman getting kicked off an American Airlines flight for channeling Whitney Houston.

What caught our attention was the sound of flight attendants repeatedly ordering passengers not to take pictures or (presumably) videos.

Apparently, it's an official rule at American Airlines:

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Music Interviews
5:31 pm
Wed May 15, 2013

A Songwriter And An Army Dad Share One Touching Story

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On Monday, the team behind Lee Brice's "I Drive Your Truck" gathered in Nashville to celebrate the song's reaching No. 1 on the Billboard Country Airplay chart. From left: co-songwriters Jimmy Yeary, Connie Harrington and Jessi Alexander, military father Paul Monti and singer Lee Brice.
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Originally published on Sun May 19, 2013 8:26 am

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Politics
4:57 pm
Wed May 15, 2013

White House Addresses Benghazi Emails, IRS Audits

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Originally published on Wed May 15, 2013 6:39 pm

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MELISSA BLOCK, BYLINE: This is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED from NPR News. I'm Melissa Block.

AUDIE CORNISH, BYLINE: And I'm Audie Cornish.

The Obama administration is doing some intensive damage control this evening. Tonight, the president announced that the acting commissioner of the IRS, Steven Miller, is being pushed out over heightened scrutiny given to Tea Party groups and other conservative organizations.

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U.S.
4:44 pm
Wed May 15, 2013

LA Schools Throw Out Suspensions For 'Willful Defiance'

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When Garfield High School in Los Angeles stopped suspending students for "willful defiance" several years ago, it saw suspensions drop from more than 600 to just one. Tuesday, the Los Angeles Unified School District board voted to follow suit in all LA schools.
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Originally published on Wed May 15, 2013 7:50 pm

School suspensions are a big issue in California. Last year, schools handed out 700,000 of them. But the Los Angeles Unified School District took a step to change that this week when it voted to ban suspension of students deemed "willfully defiant."

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Planet Money
4:00 pm
Wed May 15, 2013

Can Economics Save The African Rhino?

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A black dehorned rhinoceros is followed by a calf at the Bona Bona Game Reserve in 2012. South Africa has seen a devastating increase in poaching in recent years as black-market demand for rhino horn has grown.
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Confiscated ivory burning in Kenya.
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Originally published on Wed May 15, 2013 9:52 pm

When Duan Biggs was growing up in the Kruger National Park in South Africa, he used to watch elephants and rhinos walking past his bedroom window. He left home to pursue degrees in biology and economics, and when he returned in 2011 the park looked and sounded "like a pseudo war zone," he says.

"There'd be helicopters flying overhead all the time," he says. "I remember one afternoon coming back to my home from a game drive and the bush was crawling with people with assault rifles, from the army, from the police, and from National Parks. They were looking for poachers."

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