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Luke and Mark Radlinski reunite at the airport after Mark's deployment in 2007.

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Returning From Duty, Finding Families' Embrace

12:29pm March 09, 2013

by NPR Staff

For Navy Lt. Mark Radlinski, coming home from Iraq was both the best and worst day. But his brother had no mixed emotions — it was all positive. When Felicia Banks deployed with the Army, her children were not as aware of what was going on. They knew they were thrilled to have her back, though.

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Amid Unemployment Numbers, Faces Of Those Who've Lost Hope

8:18am March 09, 2013

Host Scott Simon talks with people who have spent months trying to find work about how they are making ends meet.

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Found At Sea, Civil War Sailors Buried In Arlington

8:18am March 09, 2013

Friday, two Civil War sailors were laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery. Host Scott Simon talks with Anna Holloway, curator of the USS Monitor Center in Newport, Va., about the two sailors whose bodies were discovered in the turret of a wrecked ship in 2002.

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The diverse neighborhood of Sunset Park, Brooklyn, has experienced a dramatic drop in crime over the past two decades.

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Does Crime Drop When Immigrants Move In?

6:03pm March 08, 2013

by Joel Rose

Many elected officials say there's a link between immigration and crime, and have even passed tough anti-immigration laws as a result. But some researchers say cities with large immigrant populations boast conditions that depress crime: young families and active, bustling neighborhoods.

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Chicago Blackhawks Continue Remarkable NHL Winning Streak

6:03pm March 08, 2013

It's not quite a winning streak, but what the Chicago Blackhawks have done in one half of a lockout-shortened NHL season has been remarkable. Twenty one wins and just three shoot out losses in 24 games. And, as sportswriter Stefan Fatsis tells Audie Cornish, the most amazing thing about Chicago's torrid start? It's got people paying attention to hockey again after yet another lockout almost killed then entire year.

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In Chicago, Dueling Ads Over The Meaning Of 'Jihad'

6:03pm March 08, 2013

by Monique Parsons

There is an advertising battle going on over the Arabic term jihad. In Chicago, a group has launched a bus and subway ad campaign meant to reclaim the term jihad from another series of ads that presents jihadists as violent.

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U.S. To Honor India Gang-Rape Victim

11:50am March 08, 2013

by Julie McCarthy

The 23-year-old Indian woman who died after she was gang-raped in New Delhi last December is being honored by the U.S. State Department. Secretary of State John Kerry will posthumously confer the International Women of Courage award on Friday, which is also International Women's Day.

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Senate Confirms Brennan As CIA Director

6:13pm March 07, 2013

The Senate easily confirmed the nomination of John Brennan as CIA director, that following the dramatics of Sen. Rand Paul, who filibustered against it for nearly 13 hours on Wednesday night. Is this the dawn of a new era of these, old-school, "talking" filibusters? Tamara Keith talks to Audie Cornish.

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Federal Probe Targets Uneven Discipline At Seattle Schools

6:13pm March 07, 2013

by Ann Dornfeld

Students of color have long been punished in far higher numbers than white students in Seattle. The Education Department is looking at whether black students are disciplined more frequently and more harshly than white students for the same behavior.

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Challenge To Michigan's Gay Marriage Ban Grows From Adoption Case

1:36pm March 07, 2013

by Rick Pluta

A federal judge could rule as soon as Thursday in the case, which comes as the U.S. Supreme Court is also set to deal with gay marriage later this month. In Michigan, a lesbian couple sued because the state bans same-sex couples from adopting kids. Then, the judge invited them to go even further.

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