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Republican presidential candidate former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum speaks to supporters at a rally Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012, in Plano, Texas. (AP)

Rick Santorum’s triple play. Syrians under fire. Gay marriage moves. Obama, insurance, and Catholics. Our weekly news roundtable goes behind the headlines.

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Coffee, Cup and Beans. (JcOlivera.com/Flickr)

American tastes in coffee. Java. Joe. Dark roast. Light roast. And the battle for American taste buds.

 
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Feb 9, 2012
Top online review sites Yelp.com, Epinions.com, tripadvisor.com, and Angieslist.com

The wild and woolly world of online reviews – and how they make and break businesses.

 
Feb 9, 2012
Sen. Charles Schumer, D-NY, left, accompanied by Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012, to discuss the disclosure of super PAC donors to the Republican presidential candidates. (AP)

Republican super PACs and billionaires are pouring millions into American politics. Now team Obama has joined the fray. We’ll look at giant money and the vote.

 
Feb 8, 2012
In this 2009 photo provided by the National Park Service, a Burmese python is wrapped around an American alligator in Everglades National Park, Fla. The National Academy of Science report released Monday, Jan. 30, 2012, indicates that the proliferation of pythons coincides with a sharp decrease of mammals in the park. (AP)

Burmese pythons, slithering all over the Florida Everglades. We’ll get up close with the cost of the python takeover.

 
Feb 8, 2012
People wait in line during a job fair for Home Depot at the WorkSource Oregon Thursday, Feb. 2, 2012, in Tigard, Ore. (AP)

We are so ready for economic recovery. But doomsayers are still warning of doom, and soon. We’ll get that view, and the sunny side.

 
Feb 7, 2012
Two children are pulled on a sledge in a park, in Ghent, Belgium, Sunday Feb. 5, 2012. (AP)

No two countries do it alike. The French have their own rules. We’ll look at bringing up baby around the world.

 
Feb 7, 2012
Committees in Syria, anti-Syrian regime protesters, burn tires and wave Syrian revolution flag during a demonstration in the suburb of Daraya, Damascus, Syria, on Saturday Feb. 4, 2012. (AP)

The body count surges in Syria. The US closes its embassy. Russia and China have the West fuming over their UN veto. Where is this headed?

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The Phoenix has landed: the new mission to Mars, and the search for life beyond Earth.

 
Feb 6, 2012
The Vitruvian Man drawing by Leonardo da Vinci circa 1487.

Leonardo da Vinci and the most famous drawing in history. His Vitruvian Man, arms and legs outstretched in a circle. Leonardo’s vision of the world.

 
Jan 30, 2012
In this photo taken Monday, Jan. 23, 2012, the skies over the frozen Susitna River near Talkeetna, Alaska are lit up by a display of the northern lights, or Aurora Borealis. A common occurrence in northern climates, the aurora was enhanced in this display by solar flares in the days preceding the event. (AP)

The science, destruction, and beauty of the solar storm that’s been blasting earth—from the breathtaking Aurora Borealis to future exploration of the sun itself.

 
Jan 26, 2012
In this April 2, 2009, file photo provided by the Metropolitan Opera, veteran American bass James Morris as Wotan stands over Swedish soprano Irene Theorin as Bruennhilde during the final scene of Richard Wagner's "Die Walkuere" during the final dress rehearsal at the Metropolitan Opera in New York. (AP)

The opera “therapist,” the opera “terrorist.” Two greats. We’ll listen in with critic Peter Conrad.

 
Jan 25, 2012
’That's Disgusting: Unraveling the Mysteries of Repulsion’ by Rachel Herz. (W.W. Norton)

From spoiled milk to monkey brains – and worse. What revolts us and why? We’ll take on the science of disgust.

 
Jan 24, 2012
Apple employees demonstrate interactive features of iBooks 2 for iPad, Thursday, Jan. 19, 2012 in New York. IBooks 2 will be able to display books with videos and other interactive features. (AP)

The revolution brewing in your child’s backpack. One little computer tablet may soon replace all those big old textbooks.

 
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Poet Wislawa Szymborska
Friday, February 3, 2012

Nobel-winning Polish poet Wislawa Szymborska died Wednesday at the age of 88.

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Riffing On Disgust
Wednesday, February 1, 2012

We hope that all of our shows make you think. But for one of our listeners named Meg, our hour on the science of disgust with author Rachael Herz proved especially provocative.

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My Kodak Moment
Friday, January 20, 2012

The photo won that contest, and then a national one as well. Soon, Diane’s picture popped up in photo frames and on packages of Kodak film.

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Update: Congress Reacts To SOPA Protest
Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Congressional support for the Stop Online Piracy Act is flagging, as web giants Google and Wikipedia and numerous other websites, joined an internet-based protest of the proposed legislation today.

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The Range Of On Point
Friday, January 6, 2012

We love the endless variety of stories we get to pursue. Here’s just a piece of the week ahead:

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