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http://cptv.vo.llnwd.net/o2/ypmwebcontent/mackattack/20110510%20Hospice.mp3An emotional debate concerning proposed changes to regulations governing…

The amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere has crossed the "psychological threshold" of 400 parts per million. That number is one of the clearest measures of how humans are changing the planet by burning fossil fuels.

When writer Abraham Verghese was 10 years old, he went off to sea in a British frigate to battle Napoleon's navy. Verghese made this perilous journey thanks to C.S. Forester's unforgettable series about the adventures of Captain Horatio Hornblower, books he still loves, years later.

In the Islamic Republic, a woman is typically not allowed to sing solos in public unless she performs for an all-female audience and is accompanied by an all-female band. The Iranian singer known as Hani is pursuing her dream in Iraq.

The United States incarcerates hundreds of thousands of inmates with mental health needs. Prisons and jails are trying to provide support, but incarceration is far from therapeutic.

Ariel Djanikian's debut novel, The Office of Mercy, imagines a dystopian future America where government euphemisms mask state-sponsored murder. Reviewer Michael Schaub finds traces of George Orwell in the book, which he calls "an indisputable page turner with a surprising ending."

President and C.E.O. of Intel, ANDREW GROVE. Intel is the world's largest manufacturer of microprocessing chips, and the seventh most profitable company among the Fortune 500. GROVE was born in Hungary and emigrated to the United States in 1956. He spoke very little English when he arrived. By 1960, Grove had received a Bachelor of Chemical Engineering degree from the City College of New York and in 1963, he received his Ph.D from the University of California, at Berkeley. GROVE participated in the founding of Intel and became its president in 1979 and chief executive in 1987. GROVE has written several articles and books, his newest book "Only the Paranoid Survive"(Doubleday) reveals some of the philosophy and strategy behind his success. (THIS INTERVIEW CONTINUES INTO THE SECOND HALF OF THE SHOW

http://cptv.vo.llnwd.net/o2/ypmwebcontent/Harriet/sbeuroexports0225.mp3Europe’s economy is in trouble. Just last week, the European Commission said it…

Health premiums are going up for 2013, though not quite as much as in 2012. Even so, the tab will likely be bigger for most people who get health coverage at work. Employers are asking workers to shoulder a bigger portion of the costs.