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All Things Considered

Melissa Block and Robert Siegel | Weekends: Guy Raz

In-depth reporting and transformed the way listeners understand current events and view the world. Every weekday, hear two hours of breaking news mixed with compelling analysis, insightful commentaries, interviews, and special - sometimes quirky - features.

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Shots - Health News
4:18 pm
Fri February 15, 2013

Popular Workout Booster Draws Safety Scrutiny

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Some sports supplements contain the ingredient DMAA. The FDA has warned that DMAA may not be safe.
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Richard Kessinger loves to hit the gym. But some days he needs a little something to get him pumped up for his weightlifting routine.

"You might be a little bit sore. You might be tired. You might have had too many beers the day before," says Kessinger, 23, of Arlington, Va. "So you might start putting up a set and you get a few reps in and you're like, 'I'm not feeling this. I can't keep going.' "

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It's All Politics
2:56 pm
Fri February 15, 2013

President's New Voting Commission Greeted With Skepticism

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Lines of voters wait to cast their ballots as the polls open in St. Petersburg, Fla., on Nov. 6.
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Desiline Victor, 102, of North Miami, awaits the start of President Obama's State of the Union address, which she attended Tuesday in the U.S. Capitol. The president spoke about Victor's long wait to vote last year.
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Voters wait in long lines to cast their ballots on Nov. 6 at Victory Elementary School in Bristow, Va.
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Originally published on Fri February 15, 2013 4:18 pm

One of the more memorable moments in President Obama's State of the Union address this week was his introduction of an elderly woman sitting in the House gallery. The president said that Desiline Victor had to wait three hours last year to vote in North Miami.

"Hour after hour, a throng of people stayed in line to support her," Obama said. "[Because] Desiline is 102 years old. And they erupted in cheers when she finally put on a sticker that read, 'I Voted.' "

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Middle East
2:46 pm
Fri February 15, 2013

Conflict Transforms Syrian English Teacher Into War Photographer

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Nour Kelze, a 25-year-old from Aleppo, Syria, was teaching English at a private school when the uprising started two years ago. Since then, she has learned to be a war photographer and has been sending photos to the Reuters news agency.
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All of the photos in this slideshow were taken by Nour Kelze but published under the pseudonym Zain Karam. Kelze recently decided to begin publishing her photos under her real name. Here, a Free Syrian Army fighter takes up position inside a burned-out room in Aleppo, Syria, in November 2012.
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A damaged street in Aleppo, last November.
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Men mourn the deaths of two of their relatives, killed by what activists said were missiles fired by a Syrian air force fighter jet from forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar Assad, at a market in Azaz, north of Aleppo, in January.
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Women holding a child's hands walk along a street in Aleppo's Hanano district in January.
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Children attend school in Aleppo in November.
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A Free Syrian Army fighter stands on a damaged street in Aleppo in November.
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A member of the Free Syrian Army opens fire with a machine gun during clashes with Syrian army forces in Aleppo in September.
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A Free Syrian Army fighter walks among the rubble of damaged buildings near a cement factory in Aleppo earlier this month.
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Kelze recently suffered a broken ankle when a wall collapsed on her during a firefight. She is recovering in Turkey, but plans to return to the front lines after she heals.
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Originally published on Thu February 21, 2013 1:33 pm

Syria's war has thrown ordinary citizens into situations they never could have imagined and changed them in ways they never would have dreamed. It's turned carpenters, engineers and doctors into armed rebels. And in Aleppo, it has turned a young female teacher into a war photographer.

We first met Nour Kelze back in October, on our first trip to Aleppo. We asked her to work with us as an interpreter. She agreed but said she also would be shooting pictures.

Kelze, 25, had been teaching English and only recently became a war photographer.

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Planet Money
2:30 pm
Fri February 15, 2013

Should The U.S. Import More Doctors?

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Originally published on Fri February 15, 2013 4:52 pm

People around the world want the same thing from their doctors. First, do no harm. Second, take a look at this weird bump and tell me if I should get worried.

The job is basically the same in many countries around the world. But the pay is wildly different. The median salary for U.S. doctors is about $250,000 a year. In Western Europe, it's less than half that. In developing countries, the salaries are even lower.

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It's All Politics
5:40 pm
Thu February 14, 2013

As Spending Cuts Loom, Alarm Bells Begin To Sound

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Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Martin Dempsey (from left), Deputy Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter and Undersecretary of Defense and Comptroller Robert Hale wait for a hearing of the Senate Armed Services Committee on Tuesday. Military leaders are warning Congress about the effects of the sequester.
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Originally published on Thu February 14, 2013 6:27 pm

Senate Democrats offered an alternative Thursday to the sequester, the automatic, across-the-board spending cuts set to hit March 1.

Despite dire warnings in congressional hearings this week, many on Capitol Hill seem resigned to the sequester.

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