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Economy
3:20 pm
Fri April 27, 2012

Mixed Signals: Weaker Growth, Higher Profits

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Consumers spent more than expected in the first quarter of 2012, partly because they dipped into their savings, but businesses spent less.
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Originally published on Fri April 27, 2012 4:05 pm

The U.S. economy lost some steam during the first three months of the year. The Commerce Department said Friday that growth slowed to just 2.2 percent, down from 3 percent at the end of last year.

The good news was that the economy continued to grow during the first quarter of the year. But anyone who was waiting for growth to kick into a higher gear was disappointed once again. One reason for that was a slowdown in business investment — companies spent less on new equipment and software even though profits were surprisingly strong.

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Poetry
3:20 pm
Fri April 27, 2012

NewsPoet: Monica Youn Writes The Day In Verse

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Monica Youn visits NPR headquarters in Washington on Friday.
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Originally published on Wed July 25, 2012 9:20 am

Today at All Things Considered, we continue a project we're calling NewsPoet. Each month, we bring in a poet to spend time in the newsroom — and at the end of the day, to compose a poem reflecting on the day's stories.

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The Two-Way
2:57 pm
Fri April 27, 2012

LIVE: Can You Dig It? Introducing NPR's Official AntCam

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Behind the scenes.
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Originally published on Sat August 4, 2012 6:44 pm

We've written about the Decorah Eagle Cam and about the Jewel bear cam.

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Around the Nation
2:57 pm
Fri April 27, 2012

Thieves' Cover-Ups Raise Concerns Among Muslims

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The Philadelphia Police Department and the FBI Violent Crimes Task Force are seeking the public's assistance in identifying and locating the suspects responsible for a bank robbery at the Sovereign Bank, 8310 Stenton Ave., on March 20.
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Imam Isa Abdul-Mateen is part of a group offering a $20,000 reward for information about crimes committed by men disguised as Muslim women.
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Aishia Muhammed, who lives in West Philadelphia, says she is outraged that men are dressing as Muslim women to commit crimes.
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Originally published on Fri April 27, 2012 4:05 pm

The surveillance tape shows what looks like a Muslim woman, her face and body hidden by her traditional clothing, robbing a Philadelphia bank. But the robber in the abaya and khimar is actually a man. He's part of a recent crime spree involving perpetrators in Muslim garb.

The worst of the incidents happened in Upper Darby when, Police Superintendent Michael Chitwood says, someone who appeared to be a Muslim woman went into a barbershop.

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Author Interviews
2:19 pm
Fri April 27, 2012

Tracing The Divides In The War 'To End All Wars'

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Adam Hochschild is the author of seven books, including King Leopold's Ghost and Bury the Chains. He teaches at the graduate school of journalism at the University of California, Berkeley.
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Originally published on Fri April 27, 2012 12:51 pm

This interview was originally broadcast on August 11, 2011. To End All Wars is now available in paperback.

The human cost of World War I was enormous. More than 9 million soldiers and an estimated 12 million civilians died in the four-year-long conflict, which also left 21 million military men wounded.

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