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TOP DOG; King Charles crowned No.1.(News)
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Byline: By STEPHEN MAGUIRE
THEY may be tiny and sweet. But the Cavalier King Charles spaniel has proved to be Ireland's most popular dog - for the second year running.
The pocket sized pooch beat off competition from other top dogs ...
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Sailing Through Space, On A Starboard Tack
Transcript from: NPR Talk of the Nation Science Friday
; ...air and there is no wind. But back in 1609, before we knew any of that, Johannes Kepler wrote a letter to Galileo and in it, he predicted that someday maybe, it would be possible to design ships and sails, quote, "adapted to the breezes of heaven" and...
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Clone That Smile, Digitally
Transcript from: NPR Talk of the Nation Science Friday
; ...the faces? LICHTMAN: Yeah, I mean, this is a kind of amazing thing the psychologist Steven Booker(ph) said that he he's run this experiment on 130 people. And of those 130, only three people noticed there are something a little off about...
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Terrorism Cases To Bring Scrutiny To New York Court
Transcript from: NPR All Things Considered
; ...the ACLU's John Adams Project, which fought on behalf of the detainees to get their cases transferred out of military court. He joins us from New York. Welcome to the program. Mr. JOSHUA DRATEL (Consultant, ACLU's John Adams Project): Thank you...
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Price Disparities Common In Health Care System
Transcript from: NPR All Things Considered
; ...with this guy Brad Myers. Brad used to work for a big health insurance company down here. He was a numbers guy, and he tells us every single day, he would see this basic rule completely violated. KESTENBAUM: Prices that were all over the place...
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Catholic Bishops' Lobby A Force On The Hill
Transcript from: NPR All Things Considered
; ...OVERBY: John Carr isn't a bishop himself. He runs the Bishops' Office of Justice, Peace and Human Development. And he isn't a registered lobbyist. But like...people who aren't registered lobbyists, he lobbies. The Conference of Bishops said...
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Are Fans Impressed By Rappers' Criminal Cred?
Transcript from: NPR All Things Considered
; ...pleaded guilty to attempted gun possession. He now joins the long list of rappers with...followed Lil Wayne's career for years, and he considers the rapper's guilty plea a call...listen to Lil Wayne's music, you believe he was campaigning for a prison conviction...
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Analysis: Afghan Strategy, Greg Craig And Detainees
Transcript from: NPR All Things Considered
; ...House counsel Greg Craig is resigning. And he was in charge of the administration's...DIONNE: Well, you know, we've known that he had been relieved of his duties involved...s role, I, frankly, am mystified. He's not a newbie around Washington. He...
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Ohio Changes Executions After Botched Attempt
Transcript from: NPR All Things Considered
; ...never been tried on humans. Jeff Gamso with the American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio says he suspects a lack of confidence in the execution team, and he doesn't think this solves that problem. Mr. JEFFREY GAMSO (Legal Director, American Civil...
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One Man's 'Polar Obsession' In Pictures
Transcript from: NPR All Things Considered
; ...work for photojournalist Paul Nicklen. He grew up in a tiny Inuit community on Canada...threatened polar regions. Nicklen says he feels most at home diving under ten feet...the whale. And as the whale's rising - he's coming up in front of me - and at that...
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For November 13, 2009, CBS
Transcript from: CBS Morning News
; ...This is Mister Obama`s first visit to Asia as President and comes as he weighs his next move in Afghanistan. Today, he`ll meet with the Japanese prime minister who says he`ll end Japan`s refueling missions that support U.S. forces in...
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