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Melissa Block, Robert Siegel, Audie Cornish

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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Shredding To Metallica, Dancing To 'Jump'

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Daron Rahlves of the U.S. competes during the Men's Freestyle Ski Cross qualification at Cypress Mountain during the Vancouver Winter Olympics.

By NPR Staff

2:00 pm

Fri January 27, 2012

Carnahan Discusses 'The Grey'

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Director Joe Carnahan's new movie "The Grey" may appear to be about a group of guys beating up wolves. In fact, it's about how we live our lives, the choices we make, and the mistakes and regret that can stalk us all. Audie Cornish talks to Carnahan about the movie — out today.

Energy

4:33 pm

Thu January 26, 2012

Panel Charts Path To New Home For Nuclear Waste

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Without a centralized national repository for nuclear waste, the radioactive material is currently being kept at various sites across the country. Above, large concrete canisters, each holding 14 55-gallon drums of waste, are loaded on a truck in Richland, Wash., in June 2005 where they were later shipped to a facility in New Mexico.

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An underground train emerges from the entrance to the planned Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste Repository in this April 13, 2006, file photo. The government has since abandoned the site as a location for the long-term storage of nuclear waste.

By Christopher Joyce

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A panel of experts today set forth a plan for getting rid of thousands of tons of highly radioactive nuclear waste.

Most of it is spent fuel from nuclear power reactors. It was supposed to go to a repository in Nevada called Yucca Mountain, but the government has abandoned that plan.

4:04 pm

Thu January 26, 2012

'Birmingham': A Teen Take On The Civil Rights Era

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Christopher Paul Curtis spent years working in automobile plants in Flint, Mich., but dreamed of becoming a writer.

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Originally published on Fri January 27, 2012 12:40 pm

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Welcome to the fourth installment of NPR's Backseat Book Club, where we select a book for young readers — and invite them to read along with us and share their thoughts and questions with the author.

Our selection for January — The Watsons Go to Birmingham – 1963 by Christopher Paul Curtis — describes the civil rights era from the perspective of a young (and extremely mischievous) boy and his family.

3:44 pm

Thu January 26, 2012

Republican Debates Become Must-See TV

By Don Gonyea

This election cycle, one factor stands above all others in driving the dynamics of the race for the Republican presidential nomination: televised debates.

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