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Enlarge image i President Obama on Friday at the G-20 Summit in St. Petersburg, Russia. Kevin Lamarque /Reuters/Landov President Obama on Friday at the G-20 Summit in St. Petersburg, Russia. Kevin Lamarque /Reuters/Landov ‘);}},onPlay:function(){if($(“#jwPlayer219591071_wrapper .loading”).length0){$(‘#jwPlayer219591071_wrapper .loading’).remove();}}}});}}catch(e){NPR.messaging.exception(e,’jw player javascript’,’look in CommonJwPlayer.inc’,NPR.messaging.constants.PLAYER_JS_ERROR);}; From ‘Morning Edition’: White House adviser Tony Blinken talks with NPR’s Steve Inskeep Article source: […]

Enlarge image i President Obama on Friday at the G-20 Summit in St. Petersburg, Russia. Kevin Lamarque /Reuters/Landov President Obama on Friday at the G-20 Summit in St. Petersburg, Russia. Kevin Lamarque /Reuters/Landov ‘);}},onPlay:function(){if($(“#jwPlayer219591071_wrapper .loading”).length0){$(‘#jwPlayer219591071_wrapper .loading’).remove();}}}});}}catch(e){NPR.messaging.exception(e,’jw player javascript’,’look in CommonJwPlayer.inc’,NPR.messaging.constants.PLAYER_JS_ERROR);}; From ‘Morning Edition’: White House adviser Tony Blinken talks with NPR’s Steve Inskeep Article source:

Enlarge image i President Obama during his news conference Friday in St. Petersburg, Russia. Jewel Samad /AFP/Getty Images President Obama during his news conference Friday in St. Petersburg, Russia. Jewel Samad /AFP/Getty Images Saying he will continue to “make the best case” in coming days for taking military action against the regime of Syrian President

Enlarge image i President Obama during his news conference Friday in St. Petersburg, Russia. Jewel Samad /AFP/Getty Images President Obama during his news conference Friday in St. Petersburg, Russia. Jewel Samad /AFP/Getty Images Saying he will continue to “make the best case” in coming days for taking military action against the regime of Syrian President

One of the most famous scenes in the movie Rain Man unfolds when a waitress drops a box of toothpicks on the floor. Dustin Hoffman’s character, Ray, takes a look and says, “82, 82, 82.” He quickly sums the numbers, declaring, “Of course, 246 total.” It was almost if Ray had a sense about how

One of the most famous scenes in the movie Rain Man unfolds when a waitress drops a box of toothpicks on the floor. Dustin Hoffman’s character, Ray, takes a look and says, “82, 82, 82.” He quickly sums the numbers, declaring, “Of course, 246 total.” It was almost if Ray had a sense about how

Stanley Kunitz, one of our great poets, planted a spruce tree next to his house in Provincetown, Mass., and over the years that tree attracted some tenants, a family of garden snakes. I didn’t know garden snakes climb trees, especially needly ones like a spruce, but they do. Here’s something else I didn’t know. Sometimes,

Enlarge image i If you’re in those circles, you may be able to see something in the sky late Friday night when NASA launches a rocket from its spaceport on the Virginia coast. NASA.gov If you’re in those circles, you may be able to see something in the sky late Friday night when NASA launches

There were 176,000 more jobs on private employers’ payrolls in August than the month before, according to the latest ADP National Employment Report. That’s slightly slower growth than the 198,000-gain from June to July. But Mark Zandi, chief economist of Moody’s Analytics, says in the ADP report that “it is steady as she goes in

Enlarge image i Sergio Garcia speaks at The Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles (CHIRLA) news conference on Aug. 27. Garcia, 36, is a law school graduate who passed California’s bar examination, but he’s living in the United States illegally. California State Bar officials have not issued him a lawyer’s license because of

Enlarge image i Joe Buley owns Screamin’ Ridge Farm in Montpelier, Vt. He says the FDA’s new food safety rules threaten the viability of small New England farm operations like his. Here, Buley harvests cucumbers. Emily Corwin Joe Buley owns Screamin’ Ridge Farm in Montpelier, Vt. He says the FDA’s new food safety rules threaten

The next bed could cost you a lot if the hospital says you’re there on observation. iStockphoto.com If you’re on Medicare and you’re in the hospital for a few days, you may think you’re an inpatient. The hospital may have other ideas. Increasingly, hospitals are placing older patients on “observation status”. They may be there