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Despite Cease-Fire, Syrians Are Still Dying

WSDL-FM: Steve Inskeep — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 08:49:00 +0000

The fledgling U.N. monitoring mission in Syria is under sharp criticism from activists who say the team is failing to enforce the terms of the agreement drafted by special envoy Kofi Annan. Violence is down in some areas but flaring up in others.

Secret Service Forces Out 3 Agents

WSDL-FM: Steve Inskeep — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 09:08:00 +0000

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The Secret Service scandal has now cost three men their jobs. The government says they were involved in misconduct in South America, and they are leaving the agency. Agents, as well as military personnel, allegedly hired prostitutes in advance of President Obama's recent trip to Colombia.

NPR justice correspondent Carrie Johnson has been following this story. She's in our studios.

Shuttle Discovery To Be Flown To Washington

WSDL-FM: Steve Inskeep — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 08:00:00 +0000

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IINSKEEP: That's the sound of people on Washington D.C.'s National Mall, this morning, looking up as the shuttle Discovery past low over head. It is on the back of a 747 airplane, making a final bow, on its way into its final retirement at a museum. And I have to confess, people across Washington D.C. have been watching it as it circles the nation's capital, this morning.

French Police Corner Suspect In School Shooting

WSDL-FM: Steve Inskeep — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 08:00:00 +0000

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In the southern French city of Toulouse, police are in a stand-off with a man suspected of carrying out a series of shootings. The suspect is described as a 24-year-old French citizen, of North African heritage.

Residents Try To Recover From Midwest Storms

WSDL-FM: Steve Inskeep — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 09:00:00 +0000

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We're going next to the town of Harrisburg, Illinois, one of many Midwestern towns struck by tornados. Harrisburg suffered the most of those towns. The tornado killed six people, with winds of up to 170 miles per hour. NPR's Cheryl Corley is there.

CHERYL CORLEY, BYLINE: Sections of Harrisburg, where buildings are now piles of rubble, have been off limits after the city set a 6:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. curfew.