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Post Sandy: Jersey Shore Celebrates Memorial Day Holiday

4:47am May 27, 2013

by Tracey Samuelson

As New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has repeatedly promised, most of the beaches and boardwalks are open for tourists. But that's not to say that all is back to normal. Many towns and homeowners are still in the throws of rebuilding, and some are just beginning the demolition phase.

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Mynor Sanchez, a resident of Moore, Okla., lives a few blocks away and three houses down from major destruction. He is volunteering Friday in the neighborhood with his church, Templo El Alabanza, trying to do any tasks with which residents need help.

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'Part Of The Community': Latinos Rebuild After Okla. Tornado

8:29pm May 26, 2013

by Hansi Lo Wang

The heart of Tornado Alley is home to one of the fastest-growing Latino populations in the country. After last week's devastating twister, the community faces some unique challenges — including protecting vital documents and overcoming the fear of asking for help.

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Actress Marla Gibbs (as maid Florence Johnston) and actor Sherman Hemsley (as her boss, George Jefferson), appear in an episode of The Jeffersons.

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History Makes Hiring Household Help A Complex Choice

6:39pm May 26, 2013

by Karen Grigsby Bates

Many black women in the U.S. have or know someone who has done domestic work. With an expanding black middle class, some find themselves conflicted: To hire help or not?

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America's Vets: Returning Home To A Broken System

5:25pm May 26, 2013

by NPR Staff

The Department of Veterans Affairs is being criticized for the shortfall in care for almost a million veterans who can't get timely compensation and have been waiting hundreds of days for help, often to no avail. But the agency says it's making progress.

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Is the Espionage Act Outdated?

5:39pm May 25, 2013

Weekends on All Things Considered host Jacki Lyden speaks with Benjamin Wittes of the Brookings Institution about the Espionage Act. This Word War I-era legislation has been used more frequently in recent times to prosecute government employees who leak information to the press, but the limits set by the act are poorly defined for our modern age.

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Pentagon's Historical Displays Honor Americans' Sacrifices

1:19pm May 25, 2013

by Shula Neuman

Nearly 18 million tourists descend on our nation's capitol every year, and most of them are keen to spend time at the many free museums in Washington, D.C. But only about 100,000 people take the trip across the river to a museum of a different sort: the Pentagon. The Pentagon's exhaustive historical displays offer fresh insight into the range of the Defense Department's activities.

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Baptist Church In Oklahoma Churns Out Meals For Victims

1:19pm May 25, 2013

by Kirk Siegler

Hundreds of volunteers have come to Moore, Okla., to help the community following Monday's tornado. Some are helping clear debris, others bringing out water and supplies to people whose homes were damaged or destroyed, and whose lives are in disarray. One group of volunteers is cooking more than 10,000 meals a day.

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IRS Hearings Highlight Ambiguity Of Nonprofits In Politics

1:19pm May 25, 2013

by Peter Overby

The congressional hearings about the IRS's handling of Tea Party applications for tax-exempt status raise the question of why and how tax-exempt groups engage in politics in the first place.

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Tough Arizona Sheriff Gets Judicial Reprimand

1:19pm May 25, 2013

In Arizona, a federal judge ruled against the Maricopa County Sheriff's Department, saying it used racial profiling to enforce the state's tough immigration laws. Host Scott Simon talks with NPR's Ted Robbins about the ruling.

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Chasing Okla. Storms: 'Technology Can Only Go So Far'

1:19pm May 25, 2013

Host Scott Simon speaks with Val Castor, the senior "StormTracker" for News 9 in Oklahoma City, about what it's like to do the job in one of the most climatically volatile regions of the country.

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