The Two-Way
10:07 am
Fri March 16, 2012

Rutgers Student Convicted In Spying Case Linked To Roommate's Suicide

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Dharun Ravi in court on Wednesday.

Dharun Ravi, the former Rutgers University student "accused of using a webcam to spy on his gay roommate's love life has been convicted of bias intimidation and invasion of privacy in a case that exploded into the headlines when the victim of the snooping committed suicide" in September, 2010, The Associated Press writes.

The 20-year-old "could face 10 years in prison when he's sentenced," the AP adds.

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'It's All Politics': NPR's Weekly News Roundup
10:05 am
Fri March 16, 2012

It's All Politics, March 15, 2012

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Is the battle for the GOP presidential nomination about history? Or is it about math? Santorum may be getting big headlines with his primary wins, but it's Romney who is advancing further to the magic 1,144 number. And more defeats mean more pressure on Gingrich to pull out. Plus: a tribute to the late Peter Bergman of Firesign Theater. NPR's Ron Elving and Ken Rudin have the latest in this week's political roundup.

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The Two-Way
9:53 am
Fri March 16, 2012

George Clooney Arrested Outside Sudanese Embassy In Washington

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Actor George Clooney is arrested during a demonstration outside the Embassy of Sudan on Friday.

Originally published on Fri March 16, 2012 9:56 am

The Oscar-winning actor George Clooney was arrested this morning, after he and supporters, including congressmen stepped onto the grounds of the Sudanese embassy in Washington D.C.

The Washington Post reports:

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NPR Ombudsman
9:42 am
Fri March 16, 2012

The Cost of Fear: The Framing of a Fukushima Report

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Workers are given radiation screenings as they enter the emergency operation center at Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear power plant.

Originally published on Wed September 19, 2012 2:32 pm

This month marks the one-year anniversary of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster. We keep learning more about what happened and why. New questions also are raised.

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Politics
9:39 am
Fri March 16, 2012

Debate Over Afghanistan Returns To Capitol Hill

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A U.S. soldier watches members of the Afghan Public Protection Force arrive at a ceremony on the outskirts of Kabul on Thursday.

Originally published on Sun March 18, 2012 8:07 am

Fallout is expected on Capitol Hill next week over what appears to be a killing spree by a U.S. soldier that took the lives of 16 civilians in Afghanistan.

With House members returning from a break, top U.S. commander in Afghanistan Gen. John Allen is set to testify before both the House and Senate armed services committees.

And just as the nation is divided over the war in Afghanistan, so too is Congress.

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Opinion
9:37 am
Fri March 16, 2012

New Republic: The Pop Culture Tastes Of Dictators

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Crib figurines depicting former Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi holding Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi are displayed in a shop in Via San Gregorio Armeno in Naples on December 20, 2011. Gadhafi was not the only dictator with eccentric tastes.

Originally published on Fri March 16, 2012 7:06 am

Nick Robins-Early, Perry Stein, and Eric Wen are interns at The New Republic.

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Movie Reviews
9:37 am
Fri March 16, 2012

'Pray For Japan': Sorrow, Resilience, Rebuilding

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High-school student Kento Ito (right) and friends prepare for a Children's Day ceremony honoring Kento's little brother, Ritsu-kun, and others who perished in the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami of March 2011.

Originally published on Thu March 15, 2012 11:51 pm

Among the foreign-born residents of Japan who headed north to volunteer after the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami was Stu Levy, an L.A. pop-culture entrepreneur who lives part-time in Tokyo. When not ladling soup or toting rice sacks, the man who brought Sailor Moon to American girls videotaped the survivors and volunteers.

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Mark Jenkins reviews movies for NPR.org, as well as for reeldc.com, which covers the Washington, D.C., film scene with an emphasis on art, foreign and repertory cinema.

Jenkins spent most of his career in the industry once known as newspapers, working as an editor, writer, art director, graphic artist and circulation director, among other things, for various papers that are now dead or close to it.

He covers popular and semi-popular music for The Washington Post, Blurt, Time Out New York, and the newsmagazine show Metro Connection, which airs on member station WAMU-FM.

Jenkins is co-author, with Mark Andersen, of Dance of Days: Two Decades of Punk in the Nation's Capital. At one time or another, he has written about music for Rolling Stone, Slate, and NPR's All Things Considered, among other outlets.

He has also written about architecture and urbanism for various publications, and is a writer and consulting editor for the Time Out travel guide to Washington. He lives in Washington.

The Two-Way
9:35 am
Fri March 16, 2012

California Students Push For Removal Of Syrian From Foundation

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Dr. Hazem Chehabi.
  • Amy Walters on the NPR Newscast

The student council at the University of California Irvine approved a resolution Thursday demanding that Dr. Hazem Chehabi, Syria's honorary consul in Southern California, be removed from the post of chair at the UC Irving Foundation, which supports the school and is trying to raise $1 billion for it.

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SXSW: Live From Austin
9:29 am
Fri March 16, 2012

Polica, Live In Concert: SXSW 2012

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Channy Leaneagh of the Minneapolis-based band Polica, at NPR's SXSW day party in Austin, Texas.

Originally published on Thu April 19, 2012 9:04 am

Not many bands can boast two drummers and an uncluttered sound, but that's Polica, who somehow provided a seamless transition between rapper Sugar Tongue Slim and the atmospheric rock band Lower Dens at NPR Music's SXSW day party, held Thursday at The Parish in Austin, Texas.

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