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Governing
6:00 am
Sat March 3, 2012

Occupy May Seem To Be Receding, But Look Closer

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Occupy Wall Street protesters shout during a "Shut Down the Corporations" demonstration in New York on Wednesday.
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Occupy D.C. protesters chant slogans against Bank of America during a Jan. 17 demonstration in front of the U.S. Capitol.
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Originally published on Sat March 3, 2012 12:45 pm

For people who watch TV news or read newspapers, the Occupy movement might seem to be in hibernation.

Most of the encampments are gone, and diminished numbers take part in protests.

But there's a lot of ferment behind the scenes — at least at Occupy Wall Street.

Check the Occupy Wall Street website and you'll see at least 15 events every day: meetings by working groups on arts and culture, alternative banking, media, security.

'Pop-Up' Protests

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Fresh Air Weekend
1:56 am
Sat March 3, 2012

Fresh Air Weekend: 'Being Flynn,' Barry Blitt

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Fresh Air Weekend highlights some of the best interviews and reviews from past weeks, and new program elements specially paced for weekends. Our weekend show emphasizes interviews with writers, filmmakers, actors, and musicians, and often includes excerpts from live in-studio concerts. This week:

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The Two-Way
1:00 am
Sat March 3, 2012

Tornadoes Slow, With Destruction In Their Wake

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Powerful storms stretching from the Gulf Coast to the Great Lakes cause major damage Friday.
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Blaine Lawson, 76, stands inside his house Friday after a reported tornado tore the roof off, in Cleveland, Tenn. Neither he nor his wife were injured.
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Henryville High School in southern Indiana was significantly damaged. No major injuries were reported.
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Keith Huke walks past his tornado-ravaged home in Harrisburg, Ill., on Friday. Huke escaped without any injuries.
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Tina Wellham takes her children to the basement of the New Bethel Baptist Church as a tornado warning sounds near Fredonia, Ky.
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Joe Jenkins helps salvage medical records from a destroyed senior center in Harrisburg, Ill.
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A worker emerges from a shelter to see if there is any new damage to an area already hit by a tornado, in Athens, Ala., on Friday.
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Originally published on Wed May 23, 2012 10:59 am

This morning, the death toll rose in areas affected by extreme weather in the Midwest and the South. Towns have been wrecked and the number of people missing is unclear. Now, residents are starting to sift through the wreckage and recover what they have left.

At least 28 people have been reported dead. (Note: This number is bound to change, and we'll update as we have more information.)

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Around the Nation
6:33 pm
Fri March 2, 2012

Storms And Tornadoes Lash Eastern U.S.

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Economy
6:09 pm
Fri March 2, 2012

GM Puts Volt Into 'Neutral' To Let Sales Catch Up

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Workers assemble a Chevrolet Volt at GM's Detroit Hamtramck Assembly Plant in October. The auto maker says it will idle the plant for five weeks, to allow demand to catch up with inventory.
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General Motors will suspend production of its Chevrolet Volt electric car for five weeks amid disappointing sales.

A GM spokesman said Friday that the company will shut down production of the Volt from March 19 until April 23, idling 1,300 workers at the Detroit-Hamtramck assembly plant.

"We're taking a temporary shutdown," said GM spokesman Chris Lee. "We're doing it to maintain our proper inventory levels as we align production with demand."

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Middle East
5:57 pm
Fri March 2, 2012

U.S. To Israel: Iran Is Feeling Heat From Sanctions

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The White House meeting next Monday between President Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu could be the most critical encounter for the two men since they took office.

Netanyahu is expected to argue that time is running out on efforts to discourage Iran from developing a nuclear weapon. Obama may say the Israelis can count on U.S. support, but that they should give sanctions and diplomacy time to work before turning to military action.

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It's All Politics
5:39 pm
Fri March 2, 2012

Santorum, Romney Vie For 'Center Of The Political Universe': Ohio

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Rick Santorum speaks Friday in Chillicothe, Ohio.
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Mitt Romney speaks Friday during a campaign rally in Bellevue, Wash.
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Newt Gingrich speaks in Woodstock, Ga., on Thursday.
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Republicans in 10 states will vote on Super Tuesday next week, and the general election battleground state of Ohio may be the most coveted prize.

NPR's Don Gonyea reports that both Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum are pushing hard for the state, where 63 delegates are at stake.

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U.S.
5:38 pm
Fri March 2, 2012

Air Force Mortuary Official Resigns Amid Scandal

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The remains of a U.S. Army private arrive at Dover Air Force Base for a transfer ceremony last November. The mortuary at Dover Air Force Base has come under accusations that body parts of the nation's war dead were cremated and the ashes dumped in a Virginia landfill.
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Originally published on Fri March 2, 2012 5:46 pm

One of three officials accused of mismanaging the mortuary at Dover Air Force Base, Del., and of retaliating against three whistle-blowers, has resigned.

The Office of Special Counsel, an independent federal investigative agency, said Friday that Quinton Keel had resigned and that it is in touch with Air Force officials about their final decisions on disciplinary action against the two other accused officials.

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The Two-Way
5:25 pm
Fri March 2, 2012

Widespread Tornadoes Across Tennessee And Ohio Valleys Leave Three Dead

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Stanley Nelson looks at what is left of his home after a possible tornado hit the Canebrake subdivision on Friday in Athens, Ala.
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Blaine Lawson, 76, stands inside his house Friday after a reported tornado tore the roof off, in Cleveland, Tenn. Neither he nor his wife were injured.
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Henryville High School in southern Indiana was significantly damaged. No major injuries were reported.
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Keith Huke walks past his tornado-ravaged home in Harrisburg, Ill., on Friday. Huke escaped without any injuries.
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Tina Wellham takes her children to the basement of the New Bethel Baptist Church as a tornado warning sounds near Fredonia, Ky.
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Joe Jenkins helps salvage medical records from a destroyed senior center in Harrisburg, Ill.
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A worker emerges from a shelter to see if there is any new damage to an area already hit by a tornado, in Athens, Ala., on Friday.
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Originally published on Wed May 23, 2012 10:59 am

Yet another line of extreme weather is cutting across a wide swath of the country today. On Wednesday, tornadoes pounded some of the same areas and caused 13 deaths.

The AP reports that 14 people have been killed in southern Indiana. (Keep in mind that in these situations, this number is bound to change.)

RTV 6 in Indianapolis reports that authorities are still trying to get a handle on the damage.

The local station reports:

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The Two-Way
5:00 pm
Fri March 2, 2012

Mine Safety Officials Ditched Safety Citation Fearing Congressional Scrutiny

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NPR has obtained a report from the Inspector General of the Labor Department that describes an incident last year in which the nation's coal mine safety chief and agency lawyers withdrew a legitimate safety citation and order "not based upon the merits" but "to avoid the appearance of retaliation and possible Congressional scrutiny."

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