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Politics
1:23 pm
Wed February 6, 2013

Shifting Strategy: Narrowing Down The GOP Field

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Originally published on Wed February 6, 2013 1:58 pm

NPR's Political Junkie Ken Rudin discuss the week in politics from Ed Koch's passing to Ashley Judd's political future. John Collegio, communications director for American Crossroads, discusses the group's new campaign to beat far right candidates in Republican primaries.

Law
1:23 pm
Wed February 6, 2013

Detector Dogs And The Law: The Right To Sniff And Seize

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Originally published on Wed February 6, 2013 2:39 pm

The Supreme Court is expected to rule on two cases involving detector dogs and the limits of reasonable search and seizure. Surrounding the cases are larger questions about the effectiveness of detector dogs and the legal questions that arise when they are used for law enforcement.

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1:23 pm
Wed February 6, 2013

The TV Bad Guys We Hate To Love

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Originally published on Thu February 7, 2013 2:37 pm

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NEAL CONAN, HOST:

Elizabeth and Phillip Jennings, two kids, split level in the Virginia suburbs. They're on a travel agency and drive a big boxy Oldsmobile - a typical American family in Ronald Reagan's America, except for their other job as Soviet spies.

Last Wednesday night, when "The Americans" debuted on FX, an FBI agent moved in next door, which prompted Phillip, played Matthew Rhys, to suggests to Kerri Russell's Elizabeth it might be a good time to defect.

(SOUNDBITE OF TV SHOW, "THE AMERICANS")

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Afghanistan
12:32 pm
Wed February 6, 2013

U.S., Afghanistan At Odds Over Weapons Wish List

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Afghan soldiers conduct an artillery training exercise in the northwest province of Badghis in July 2012.
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Afghan army soldiers during their graduation ceremony in the western city of Herat in January.
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Originally published on Wed February 6, 2013 6:12 pm

The U.S. and the international community have pledged $16 billion to support Afghan security forces after NATO troops complete their drawdown at the end of 2014. That money covers the cost of troops and equipment.

But just what equipment will be provided? Afghan military officials want big-ticket planes, tanks and other conventional weapons.

The U.S., however, says the Afghans need to get their strategic priorities in order, and focus less on prestige hardware and more on weaponry and equipment suitable for counterinsurgency warfare.

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Book Reviews
11:58 am
Wed February 6, 2013

A Mystery That Explores 'The Rage' Of New Ireland

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Gene Kerrigan is a writer living in Dublin. He is also the author of Never Make a Promise You Can't Break: How to Succeed in Irish Politics and the novel Little Criminals.
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Originally published on Wed February 6, 2013 2:40 pm

The Irish novelist John McGahern once remarked that his country stayed a 19th-century society for so long that it nearly missed the 20th century. But in the mid-1990s, Ireland's economy took off, turning the country from a poor backwater into a so-called Celtic Tiger with fancy restaurants, chrome-clad shops and soaring real estate values. The country was transformed — until things came tumbling down during the 2008 financial crisis.

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