2015년 2월 6일 금요일

Jordan Strikes At ISIS; Obama Said To Be Preparing To Request War Powers Plus 19 More Stories

Your NPR stories for February 6, 2015
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Jordan Strikes At ISIS; Obama Said To Be Preparing To Request War Powers
Repeated airstrikes on the self-described Islamic State are "the beginning of our retaliation" for the extremist group's brutal killing of a captured pilot, Jordan's foreign minister says.
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Pilots Of Doomed Taipei Flight Faced Problems With Both Engines
Investigators say the turboprop plane's right engine lost thrust 37 seconds into the flight, and that the left one failed to restart not long afterwards.
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Listeners To NPR: Why Don't We Track Planes Like We Do Ships?
Geoff Brumfiel, the physics guy on our science desk, helps us land on the right answer.
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Out Of The Shadows, TV Star Shines A Light On Immigration
Actress Diane Guerrero now stars on shows Jane the Virgin and Orange Is the New Black. But when she was a teenager, her parents were deported. She tells NPR's Michel Martin how it shaped her life.
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An Unlikely Alliance Fights HIV In The Bronx's Afro-Honduran Diaspora
Thousands of Garifuna people — Hondurans of African descent — live in New York City. A doctor there is reaching out to Garifuna faith healers to test and treat members of that community who have HIV.
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Map: The Most Common* Job In Every State
The jobs picture has changed profoundly since the 1970s. This map shows how those changes played out across the country.
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All-Female Jihadi Group Delivers Guide To Life Under Islamic State
A manifesto posted online by the al-Khanssaa Brigade paints an idyllic picture of life for women and says "there is no greater responsibility for a woman than being a wife to her husband."
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Why Is Nearsightedness Skyrocketing Among Chinese Youth?
More than 80 percent of high school students in Shanghai are myopic. A new study finds a link between higher income and poor eyesight. But the root cause is still hotly debated.
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Harvard Bans Sexual Relationships Between Professors And Students
Last year, Harvard was among dozens of schools the Department of Education said it's investigating for how they handle sexual abuse allegations.
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A Brief, Weird History Of Squashed Asian-American TV Shows
With Fresh Off The Boat making waves, we look back at a colorful crop of shows with Asian-American leads that most of us have forgotten.
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Arts & Life
What Did Cavemen Think About Lust?
Christopher Ryan says that human beings are sexual omnivores and hopes that a better understanding of sexual fidelity may end discrimination, shame and unrealistic expectations.
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How Did An Obese City Lose A Million Pounds?
Oklahoma City Mayor Mick Cornett explains how his city sidestepped gluttony and collectively dropped one million pounds.
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How Should We Distribute Our Wealth?
Nick Hanauer is a rich guy with several houses, but is he greedy? He argues that an increase in minimum wage would be good for everyone.
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What Does Losing To A Computer Tell Us About Pride?
Ken Jennings has made a career of being the know-it-all. But then he challenged a supercomputer, Watson — and lost. Jennings explains how it felt to have a computer beat him and crush his pride.
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What's The Antidote To Political Apathy?
Activist Dave Meslin says even though we're apathetic about local politics, we're hardly sloths.
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Music
All Songs At 15: The Near Disaster Of Our First Live Concert Webcast
On this week's throwback Thursday, we look back to the year 2005 and the first time we ever tried to webcast a live concert. The band was Bright Eyes; things did not go exactly as planned.
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Jonnie Common, 'Shark'
Still reeling from the left shark in the Super Bowl halftime show? Check out this Scottish oddball.
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George Ezra On World Cafe
Hear the English singer perform songs from his hit debut, Wanted On Voyage, live on stage.
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Makthaverskan, 'Witness'
Makthaverskan is adept at mixing sweetness with spit, but "Witness" is the Swedish post-punk band at its most direct and harrowing.
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What Is Your Ideal Romantic Song?
What qualities do romantic songs share? Does our idea of the perfect romantic song change over time? We want to find out. Share the music that puts you in the mood.
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