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Simon Says
7:15 am
Sat January 14, 2012

Zambia Official Talks the Talk, Jumps the Jump

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Zambia's tourism minister Given Lubinda bungee-jumped off of a bridge at Victoria Falls to invite tourists back.
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Given Lubinda jumped off a bridge this week and popped up smiling.

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Around the Nation
6:44 am
Sat January 14, 2012

The Income Gap: Unfair, Or Are We Just Jealous?

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Occupy Wall Street members stage a protest march near Wall Street in New York in October. Paul Taylor of the Pew Research Center says the movement has "crystallized" the idea of economic disparity.
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Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney addresses a primary night victory rally in New Hampshire on Jan. 10. Romney has accused President Obama of engaging in the "politics of envy" by focusing on income inequality.
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The widening gulf between the rich and everyone else is a growing source of tension in America.

A new survey from the Pew Research Center finds the income gap is now seen as a bigger source conflict in the U.S. than race, age or national origin. That's why some believe the issue could matter in the presidential campaign, and others worry it would warp the national debate.

Two out of three Americans now perceive strong social conflicts over the income gap — up sharply from two years ago. Paul Taylor of the Pew Research Center has an idea what's behind the increase.

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The Two-Way
6:28 am
Sat January 14, 2012

Guatemala's Legacy Of Violence Follows New Leader To Power

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By Dana Farrington

As Guatemala's new president, Otto Perez Molina, takes office today, the former general carries the burden of a complicated history into a new struggle against violence.

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NPR Story
6:00 am
Sat January 14, 2012

Romney Emerges From Week Of Contradictions

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Originally published on Sat January 14, 2012 12:12 pm

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SCOTT SIMON, HOST:

And Mitt Romney spent the last week celebrating a major victory and then fending off some major attacks. NPR's Ari Shapiro reports from Aiken, South Carolina.

ARI SHAPIRO, BYLINE: Mitt Romney had a contradictory week. On the one hand, his landslide win in New Hampshire put him solidly on a course to focus on the general election and President Obama.

MITT ROMNEY: This president puts his faith in government. We put our faith in the American people.

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NPR Story
6:00 am
Sat January 14, 2012

GOP Fault Lines Expose Ideological Divides

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There is a diversity of views in the Republican field for president that is wide, even wild. Host Scott Simon talks with Ross Douthat, a conservative author and New York Times columnist, about the ideological divides in the Republican Party, as apparent in the GOP presidential race.

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