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NPR's afternoon radio newsmagazine, All things Considered presents two hours of breaking news mixed with compelling analysis, insightful commentaries, interviews, and special - sometimes quirky - features. A one-hour edition of the program is available on Saturday and Sunday.
 

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Presidential Race
1:00 pm
Thu January 26, 2012

Republicans Prepare To Debate In Florida

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Melissa Block talks with NPR's Mara Liasson about Thursday night's Republican debate in Jacksonville, Fla.

Business
4:01 pm
Wed January 25, 2012

Shoe Company Practices Insourcing For The Sole

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Keen's Portland, Ore., factory is equipped to build up to 1.5 million pairs of shoes a year.
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Tom Fitzgerald (left) and Shawn Dietel (center) look on as Richard Dietel operates a machine at Keen's shoe factory in Portland, Ore. The 15,000-square-foot facility houses two production lines.
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The American economy lost more than 5,000 jobs to offshore outsourcing in 2010, and in Tuesday's State of the Union address President Obama made it clear that he wants them back.

"We can't bring every job back that's left our shores," he said. "But right now, it's getting more expensive to do business in places like China. Meanwhile, America is more productive."

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It's All Politics
3:04 pm
Wed January 25, 2012

Taking His Economic Message On The Road, Obama Touts Factory Jobs In Iowa

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President Obama tours Conveyor Engineering and Manufacturing in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Wednesday.
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A day after delivering his State of the Union address to Congress, President Obama took his message on the road. Obama hoped that stops at manufacturing sites in Iowa and Arizona would drive home his point that the government should do more to encourage factory jobs.

The three-day trip also includes stops in Colorado, Nevada and Michigan. Those are all states likely to be important in the November election.

Obama kicked off his road trip at Conveyor Engineering and Manufacturing, a factory in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

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World
1:00 pm
Wed January 25, 2012

Egypt Marks Anniversary Of Revolution

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Egyptians commemorate the first anniversary of the uprising against the Hosni Mubarak regime. Demonstrators are in Cairo's Tahrir Square, even though opinion polls suggest the overwhelming majority of Egyptians are firmly against further protests.

Presidential Race
1:00 pm
Wed January 25, 2012

Battered And Bruised, Perry Returns To Texas

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Gov. Rick Perry is back in Texas, after dropping out of the race for the Republican presidential nomination. He's returned battered and bruised, but he still has strong supporters in his home state.

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