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A husband honors the 4 women who protected his injured wife from oncoming traffic

7:00am January 09, 2025

When Charlie Essers arrived at the scene of his wife's bike accident, he found four women shielding and soothing her until emergency crews could arrive.

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Books

Book Review: 'Where Tigers Are At Home'

by Alan Cheuse

Alan Cheuse reviews Where Tigers Are At Home by Jean-Marie Blas de Robles.

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The New York Post is notorious for topping its stories of scandal and gossip with brazen and pun-laden headlines.

National

With Headline Bus Tour, 'New York Post' Takes Manhattan

by David Folkenflik

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Is your family budget really like the federal budget?

How The Federal Budget Is Just Like Your Family Budget (Or Not)

by Tamara Keith

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People stand in line outside the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday.

National

Supreme Court OKs Discounted Resale Of 'Gray Market' Goods

by Nina Totenberg

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Ali Hamdani was a doctor in Iraq before becoming a translator for NPR. He now lives in North Carolina.

'We Survived Iraq': An Iraqi Makes A New Home In North Carolina

by Lourdes Garcia-Navarro

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Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., questions Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke during a Senate hearing last month. Senators from both ends of the political spectrum argue that financial reforms are insufficient to protect taxpayers from potential r

Odd Political Bedfellows Agree: Banks Still Too Big To Fail

by John Ydstie

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Led by the Rev. Willie Phillips (center), protesters march in February against violence in and around Club Majestic.

National

Among Thousands Of Gun Deaths, Only One Charles Foster Jr.

by Melissa Block

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World News

Three Decades On, Ex-Guatemalan Leader Faces Genocide Charges

by Carrie Kahn

Former military ruler Efrain Rios Montt, now 86, presided over one of the bloodiest periods in Guatemala's 36-year civil war. During his rule, thousands of Guatemala's Indians were killed.

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Arizona Attorney General Thomas Horne talks with reporters outside the U.S. Supreme Court after oral arguments in the case challenging Arizona's voter registration law on Monday.

National

Supreme Court Tests Limits Of Voter Registration Law

by Nina Totenberg

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World News

Confidence In Cyprus Banks Falters As Government Proposes Deposit Tax

by Jim Zarroli

Cyprus is facing a run on its banks after the government proposed taxing bank deposits. The government has put off a vote on the plan in a bid to calm things down. Banks are set to re-open on Thursday after a bank holiday was declared on Monday.

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Ruth Ann Steinhagen, then-19, in the Cook County Jail after she shot Philadelphia Phillies first baseman Eddie Waitkus in 1949. On the table: a photo of Waitkus taken in the hospital where he was recovering from his bullet wound. The story of his shooting

Stalker Who Inspired 'The Natural' Dies; Lived Real Life In Obscurity

by Mark Memmott

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The Four Standard Works, which contains the Holy Bible, the Book of Mormon, Doctrine and Covenants and the Pearl of Great Price, are the holy scriptures of the Mormon Church.

Mormons Change References To Blacks, Polygamy

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