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Can newspaper muckraking carry on in nonprofits?

2010-02-22T18:56:03Z

<div id="subtitle">Nonprofit groups spread investigative journalism, but their financial status is questionable</div><div><p>Nonprofit groups that specialize in investigative reporting have had some big scoops, cracking the front page of such newspapers as The Washington Post and forcing officials out of their jobs. Now the question is whether these organi...

Carl Kasell Retires From National Public Radio

2009-12-30T10:31:16Z

WASHINGTON - DECEMBER 30: National Public Radio's Carl Kasell embraces his fellow newscaster Jean Cochran after delivering his last newscast at NPR December 30, 2009 in Washington, DC. A news...

What Can I Do With Twitter?

2010-02-23T11:25:03Z

The world is saturated with twits, tweets, and tweeps. Everyone, from Oprah to NPR has decided that this is the most brilliant application ever devised by man. They constantly cite it, talk about it, and overhype it to the Nth degree.<br><br>The one thing they never explain about twitter is how it is intended to be used. They...

Missing US-Somali youth to spark new terror charges

2010-02-24T01:37:33Z

<div><p>New terrorism charges were expected Monday in the case of dozens of Somali-Americans, who disappeared from their homes in Minnesota and are believed to have joined an Islamist militia in Somalia.</p><p>A spokeswoman for the Department of Justice confirmed ...

NPR's Carl Kasell to retire from 'Morning Edition'

2010-02-24T01:39:41Z

<div id="subtitle">Carl Kasell, long a pre-eminent voice on NPR, to retire from 'Morning Edition'</div><div><p>Carl Kasell will finally get to sleep in. The veteran newscaster is retiring from NPR's "Morning Edition."</p><p>The 75-year-old Kasell has done the newcast during NPR's flagship morning program since its inception 30 years ago. NPR says he will give his last broadcast on Dec. 30.</p>&l...

Radio Carl Kasell

2009-11-23T10:45:29Z

In this undated publicity image released by National Public Radio, Carl Kasell is shown. (AP Photo/NPR, Anthony Nagelmann)

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US doctors worried suspect was 'psychotic:' report

2010-02-24T06:43:22Z

<div><p>US military doctors had worried that the suspected gunman in the Fort Hood shootings was "psychotic" and unstable but did not seek to sack him, National Public Radio reported on Wednesday, citing unnamed officials.</p><p>Psychiatrists a...

US colleagues of shooter considered sacking him: report

2010-02-24T07:24:36Z

<div><p>Colleagues of the accused gunman in the Fort Hood shooting rampage were troubled by his lackluster performance as an army psychiatrist and had discussed removing him, National Public Radio said Tuesday.</p><p>Psychiatrists told NPR that Maj...

NPR's `Wait, Wait' quiz show plays Carnegie Hall

2010-02-24T15:35:11Z

<div id="subtitle">NPR's popular news quiz show `Wait, Wait ... Don't Tell Me!' has its moment at Carnegie Hall</div><div><p>"Wait, Wait ... Don't Tell Me!" took the long road to Carnegie Hall.</p><p>NPR's weekly satirical news quiz show has been on the air for 11 years and has toured the country since 2005. Along with cities such as

Radio-Wait Wait

2009-10-22T14:00:52Z

In this publicity image released by NPR, Carl Kasell, left, and Peter Sagal from the NPR satirical news quiz show, "Wait, Wait...Don't Tell Me!" are shown. (AP Photo/NPR, Tony Nagelmann)

Copyright 2009 Hamptons' NPR station</div><div><p>Imagine the Hamptons without the ocean.</p><p>Residents of one of the world's best known playground for the haves and have-mores use the dramatic comparison when talking about a public radio station that has been a beacon for community groups, artists an...

Bagram inmates win right to challenge detention

2010-02-25T07:25:09Z

<div><p>For the first time, the United States is granting some 600 prisoners held at a US detention center dubbed Afghanistan's Guantanamo the right to challenge their detention, officials said.</p><p>Some of the men, many of whom have languished for years at the

Bagram inmates can challenge detention: Pentagon

2010-02-25T07:38:14Z

<div><p>The Pentagon is to give some 600 prisoners held in the US air base in Bagram, Afghanistan, the right to challenge their detention, Defense Department spokesman Bryan Whitma...

Afghan prisoners get new rights: Pentagon

2010-02-25T07:38:57Z

<div><p>The Pentagon is to give some 600 prisoners held in the US air base in Bagram, Afghanistan, the right to challenge their detention, Defense Department spokesman Bryan Whitma...

Core financial reforms to succeed: Geithner

2010-02-25T09:42:11Z

<div><p>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama will succeed at winning core reforms to improve consumer protection and financial system stability despite a "tremendous fight" on the issue in Congress, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said on Wednesday.</p>&...

Florida News - August 24, 2009

2009-08-26T14:30:58Z

0066390A.082409 met wxel photo by ELIZA GUTIERREZ/The Palm Beach Post WITH STORY by Laura Green.--WEST PALM BEACH--.. (L-R) Richard Rampell, member of the board of trustees of National Public Radio,

Danger Mouse/Sparklehorse album release scrapped

2010-02-27T10:00:55Z

<div><p>NEW YORK (Billboard) - It's been one of the most hotly anticipated albums of 2009 since it was first announced: "Dark Night of the Soul," a collaboration between the producer Danger Mouse (Gnarls Barkley, Gorillaz, The Black Keys) and criti...

Webbys for NY Times, Boston Globe, Guardian, BBC

2010-02-27T15:18:57Z

<div><p>The New York Times, the endangered Boston Globe, Britain's Guardian and the BBC scooped up Webby Awards for online excellence on Tuesday.</p>&...

Meet the Press

2009-04-12T09:16:03Z

WASHINGTON - APRIL 12: (AFP OUT) (L-R) Alex Blumberg, producer of Chicago Public Radio's "This American Life", and Adam Davidson, international business and economics correspondent for MICHELE MILLER | Times NEW PORT RICHEY Ibrahim Yagoub, a Sudanese refugee, and his wife, Khadiga, and their five children have moved into Ebeneezer Vincent Apartments in NPR after falling on hard times: He lost his job, they lost their house to foreclosure and she's sick. She's at