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3:24 pm
Wed March 7, 2012

'Les Bons Temps Rouler' To The Auction Block

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A 1974 Gremlin covered with Mardi Gras beads is part of the auction lot of items from the former Kenner Mardi Gras Museum. The car is expected to draw several bids.
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Elaborate costumes that are part of New Orleans' traditional Mardi Gras celebrations are up for auction.
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Originally published on Wed March 7, 2012 6:08 pm

In New Orleans, the 2012 Mardi Gras is just a memory. But for those who collect Mardi Gras memorabilia, the celebration lasts all year.

Some of those collectors will be at the Kenner Mardi Gras Museum on Thursday. It's about a half-hour drive from the French Quarter — not a convenient trip for many tourists, and declining attendance is one reason it closed after two decades. Now its collection will be auctioned.

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The Two-Way
3:21 pm
Wed March 7, 2012

Brazil Moves To Ease Soccer Beer Ban, As World Cup Spat With FIFA Grows

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Brazilian Sports Minister Aldo Rebelo says his country no longer recognizes FIFA secretary general Jerome Valcke as a spokesman after Valcke slammed Brazil's World Cup preparations.
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A soccer fan drinks beer before a 2010 World Cup soccer game in South Africa. Budweiser has been the official beer of the FIFA World Cup since 1986 — a role at odds with 2014 World Cup host Brazil's ban on beer at games.
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Brazil took a step toward relaxing its strict ban on alcohol at soccer stadiums Tuesday, responding to World Cup organizers' concerns. The Federation International de Football Association is pushing for the change so it can make Budweiser the "Official Beer of the FIFA World Cup" when Brazil hosts the event in 2014.

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Middle East
3:18 pm
Wed March 7, 2012

Christians Provide Free Labor On Jewish Settlements

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Evangelical Christians from the U.S. are living and working at Jewish settlements in the West Bank for weeks at a time. The Christians see Jewish expansion in the area as fulfilling biblical prophecy, though the settlements are a contentious issue between Israelis and Palestinians. Here volunteers harvest grapes.
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It's wet and windy day in Shilo, a Jewish settlement in the central part of the West Bank that has about 10,000 residents.

In addition to the settlers, there are a few extra people staying in Shilo on this day. They are Christian volunteers from the U.S. who have spent the morning pruning the grape vines. Now, with a winter storm beating down on the hills, the volunteers are stomping with their mud-splattered boots and North Face rain gear.

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From Our Listeners
3:00 pm
Wed March 7, 2012

Letters: On Belarus And 'Chitty Chitty Bang Bang'

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Robert Siegel and Melissa Block correct the record by reading emails from listeners who heard mistakes in Tuesday's program; one, about the geo-political state of Belarus, and the other about the movie Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.

Middle East
3:00 pm
Wed March 7, 2012

Pakistan's Supreme Court Takes On Controversy

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Pakistan's Supreme Court — led by a firebrand chief justice — is increasingly asserting itself into the country's myriad social and political issues. Over the past few months, it has taken on issues as diverse as flogging, and land encroachment. But now it's wading into much deeper waters. It recently filed contempt charges against Pakistan's prime minister, and has taken the power military and intelligence agency to task over illegal detentions. Some are applauding the high court's actions, others fear the justices are going too far and may destabilize the country further.

The Two-Way
2:50 pm
Wed March 7, 2012

Limbaugh Says Business Is Fine; Maybe 28 Of 18,000 Advertisers Have Left

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Things are fine, Limbaugh says. (January 2010 file photo.)
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Saying that "everything is fine on the business side" and that the number of advertisers who have left his show is akin to "losing a couple of french fries in the container when it's delivered to you at the drive-thru," conservative radio broadcaster Rush Limbaugh today took time to clear up what he says has been "misinformation" about the repercussions from his recent comments about Georgetown University law student Sandra Fluke.

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Shots - Health Blog
2:46 pm
Wed March 7, 2012

Here's Hoping You Never Get A Hotel Bill Like This One

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Sit back and enjoy a video that will probably give you a chuckle, then might make you fume.

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The Two-Way
2:00 pm
Wed March 7, 2012

Ugandan Warlord Joseph Kony Under Spotlight Thanks To Viral Video

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The leader of the Lord's Resistance Army, Joseph Kony, in 2006.
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Presidential Race
1:18 pm
Wed March 7, 2012

Can Republicans Win Over Women In November?

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Romney supporters celebrate in Boston on Super Tuesday. Exit polls from Super Tuesday's GOP presidential contests suggest that front-runner Mitt Romney does best with women voters.
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William House waits for Newt Gingrich to arrive during a campaign stop at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, Ala.
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Romney supporters celebrate during a primary night gathering on Tuesday in Boston.
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Romney and his wife, Ann, wave to supporters after voting in the Massachusetts primary in Belmont, Mass.
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Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich speaks at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center, in Huntsville, Ala.
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Sophia Walsh, 5, watches as her father, William Walsh, fills out his ballot in Steubenville, Ohio.
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A voter casts his ballot in Montpelier, Vt. Romney is also expected to do well in the state, which borders Massachusetts.
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Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum steps off the trail to speak to the American Israel Policy Affairs Committee in Washington.
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Workers hang an American flag in preparation for Santorum's election night party at Steubenville High School in Steubenville, Ohio.
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Newt Gingrich and his wife, Callista, wave to supporters at an event in Atlanta after he was declared the winner of the Georgia primary.
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Sally Tepper, 12, watches her mother, Dana, vote in Nashville, Tenn., on Tuesday. Pew experts say Romney trails Obama among women, 38 to 59 percent.
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Poll workers assist voters in Carrollton, Ohio, on Tuesday. In the 2010 midterm election, Republicans did better overall among women than Democrats, the GOP's best result among women in 18 years.
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Originally published on Wed May 23, 2012 10:58 am

For the first presidential cycle in years, Republicans seemed to have a shot at overcoming Democrats' long-standing edge with women voters.

They fared better than Democrats among women overall in the 2010 midterm election — the Republicans' best overall national result among women in 18 years.

And 2012 seemed to have the potential to turn that good showing into a trend, a key advantage in an electorate where women make up the majority of all voters.

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It's All Politics
1:15 pm
Wed March 7, 2012

Romney Aides: We Can Count To 1,144; Santorum, Gingrich Can't

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Just as they promised they would on Super Tuesday evening, Mitt Romney's campaign aides spent Wednesday explaining why their boss' rivals can't possibly win the Republican presidential nomination and how they're only helping President Obama by not accepting the inevitable and leaving the race.

There was nothing subtle about the title on Romney political director Rich Beeson's memo: "Our Opponents' Last Stand: A Postmortem."

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