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Wrigley Field, The Much-Imitated, Never Duplicated Ballpark

2:09pm May 24, 2014

Wrigley Field in Chicago, home to the hapless Cubs, turns 100 this year. NPR's Scott Simon visits Wrigley and talks to baseball great Ernie Banks and others about the legendary ballpark.

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Arts

Filmmaker Brings Light To Roma, Holocaust Victims Lost To History

10:20am May 21, 2014

Filmmaker Aaron Yeger tells the story of Roma Holocaust victims in the documentary A People Uncounted, and he joins the program to explain more.

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National

How It Happened: 10 Years Of Gay Marriage

2:05am May 18, 2014

On May 17 10 years ago, Massachusetts issued the first fully legal same-sex marriage license in the United States. Tanya McCloskey and Marcia Kadish were the recipients of that license. The growing acceptance of gay marriage in the U.S. is due in part to gay advertising and public support of gay-friendly workplace policies. Marketing expert David Paisley explains how that change happened to guest host Tess Vigeland.

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Navajo elder Stella Peshlakai Smith, 89, stands at a traditional dwelling on her homestead at Wupatki National Monument in 2014. The National Park Service says her children cannot stay when she dies.

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Federal Goverment Jeopardizes Navajo Family's Ties To Its Home

10:46am May 17, 2014

by Laurel Morales

The National Park Service says that an 89-year-old Navajo elder will be the last to live at Wupatki National Monument. Stella Peshlakai Smith's family faces eviction when she dies.

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A group of Asian-Americans, including descendants of Chinese railroad workers, recreated an iconic photo on the 145th anniversary of the first transcontinental railroad's completion at Promontory Summit, Utah.

Descendants Of Chinese Laborers Reclaim Railroad's History

9:55pm May 10, 2014

by Hansi Lo Wang

America's first transcontinental railroad was completed with a golden spike 145 years ago. Thousands of Chinese workers helped build it, but their faces were left out of photos from that historic day.

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Reporter Harry McAlpin leaves the White House in 1944. McAlpin was the first black reporter to cover a presidential press conference. He'll be honored Saturday at the Correspondents' Dinner.

National

Poised And Persistent, Reporter Broke White House Color Barrier

12:33pm May 03, 2014

by Scott Horsley

Harry McAlpin became the first black White House reporter in 1944, though he was excluded from joining the Correspondents' Association. Decades later, he'll be be honored at the group's centennial.

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If We'd Only Known About The Impending Spam

2:10pm April 29, 2014

by NPR Staff

Twenty years ago, NPR alerted staff members that they would soon have access to a new form of communication: "A collection of computer networks that is connected around the world."

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Colby Kirk of Inez, Ky., is a junior at the University of Kentucky, studying to be a financial analyst. He says there aren't many opportunities for college grads in his hometown.

Coal-Mining Area Grapples With How To Keep 'Bright Young Minds'

2:23pm April 28, 2014

by Pam Fessler

Residents of Martin County, Ky., where President Johnson traveled to promote his War on Poverty in 1964, say they need jobs more than government aid.

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National

Family Celebrates The Return Of Missing WWII Soldier's Remains

11:30am April 26, 2014

by Whitney Jones

The remains of William T. Carneal were found on the coastline of Saipan last year. After 70 years, Pfc. Carneal was remembered in a ceremony in his hometown of Paducah, Ky.

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National

Probe: Gains Of Integration Eroded, Especially In The South

7:41am April 17, 2014

In 1954, the Supreme Court outlawed segregation. David Greene talks to ProPublica's Nikole Hannah-Jones about her story in The Atlantic. She examines the failure of school desegregation.

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