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Since its debut in 1971, All Things Considered has delivered in-depth reporting and transformed the way listeners understand current events and view the world. Every weekday afternoon, hosts Robert Siegel, Melissa Block, and Audie Cornish bring listeners breaking news mixed with compelling analysis, insightful commentaries, interviews, and special - sometimes quirky - features. WNIJ airs a one-hour edition of the program at 4pm on Saturday and Sunday.

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Fed Extends 'Operation Twist'

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Originally published on Wed June 20, 2012 5:23 pm

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Well, if like me, you're more than a little mystified by Operation Twist, the Federal Reserve policy that's being extended, join me now for a four-minute tutorial. We've got a very classy tutor, economics professor Alan Blinder of Princeton, who is a former Fed vice chairman. Welcome back to the program.

ALAN BLINDER: Thanks very much, Robert.

4:21 pm

Wed June 20, 2012

Senate Votes To Keep Mercury Limits On Power Plants

By Tamara Keith

Originally published on Wed June 20, 2012 5:23 pm

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This is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED from NPR News. I'm Melissa Block.

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And I'm Robert Siegel.

The Senate has narrowly rejected an effort to scrap tough limits on mercury emitted from power plants. The Obama administration has trumpeted the rules affecting coal-burning power plants as an environmental triumph. But to industry groups, and many Republicans, these rules are the latest salvo in a war against coal. NPR's Tamara Keith reports.

3:14 pm

Wed June 20, 2012

Saving Calif. State Parks: The End Of Public Funding?

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Brad Beadell (right) takes his 11-year-old son, William, on his first backpacking trip through Henry W. Coe State Park in Morgan Hill, Calif.

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Coe Park is California's second-largest state park, spanning more than 87,000 acres.

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Dan McCranie (left) hands over a check for $279,000 to Ruth Coleman, director of California State Parks, at a ceremony at Coe Park in May. The amount is the first installment of about $900,000 from the Coe Park Preservation Fund that will keep the park open for three years.

By Melissa Block

Originally published on Wed June 20, 2012 5:23 pm

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On July 1, 15 California state parks are slated to be closed permanently to the public — the first such closures in the state's history. They're the victim of budget cuts in a state with a $16 billion shortfall.

Over the past year, park enthusiasts have scrambled to save dozens of parks from closure, including Henry W. Coe State Park, California's second-biggest state park, located about 30 miles south of San Jose.

11:58 am

Wed June 20, 2012

Seattle Forager Inspires Others To Learn About Wild, Forgotten Foods

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Langdon Cook shows off the morel and porcini mushrooms he's foraged and stored in the trunk of his car.

By Martin Kaste

Originally published on Wed June 20, 2012 8:17 pm

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For Langdon Cook, a walk in the woods isn't that different from a walk through the produce section of the supermarket. He's a writer, blogger and all-around outdoorsy type, but in outdoorsy Seattle, he's made his name primarily as a forager.

5:59 pm

Tue June 19, 2012

Board Member Resigns After U.Va. President Fired

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