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Monday, June 17, 2013 | 10:00 AM
his Tuesday, June 4, 2013 file photo citizen journalism image provided by Edlib News Network, ENN, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows Syrian rebels preparing to fire locally made rockets, in Idlib province, northern Syria. (Edlib News Network ENN/AP File)

Washington’s new pledge to Syria: More military aid to the rebels. We’ll ask what aid and what it may mean.

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Friday, June 14, 2013 | 10:00 AM
Black Forest Fire Dept. officers burn off natural ground fuel in an evacuated neighborhood, prepping the area for the encroachment of the wildfire in the Black Forest area north of Colorado Springs, Colo., on Wednesday, June 12, 2013. (Brennan Linsley/AP)

NSA leaks and Edward Snowden. Immigration moves. Colorado on fire. Our weekly news roundtable goes behind the headlines.

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Wednesday, June 12, 2013 | 11:00 AM
The Republican National Convention opens in Tampa, Fla., on Monday, Aug. 27, 2012. (AP)

Conservative National Review editor Rich Lowry on the Republican Party, from Abe Lincoln’s time to today’s Tea Party tensions.

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Friday, June 7, 2013 | 10:00 AM
Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 4, 2013, before the Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on pending legislation regarding sexual assaults in the military. (AP)

The Feds and our phone records, the high court and our DNA, hot Turkey, Susan Rice. Our weekly news roundtable goes behind the headlines.

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Thursday, June 6, 2013 | 10:00 AM
President Barack Obama stands with UN Ambassador Susan Rice, his choice to be his next National Security Adviser, right, current National Security Adviser Tom Donilon, who is resigning, second from right, and Samantha Power, his nominee to be the next UN Ambassador, left, Wednesday, June 5, 2013, in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, where he made the announcement. (AP)

President Obama names UN ambassador Susan Rice as his new national security adviser. Plus, protest and crackdown in Turkey.

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Friday, May 31, 2013 | 10:00 AM
Attorney General Eric Holder acknowledges award recipients as he speaks during the Office of Inspector Generals annual awards ceremony, Wednesday, May 29, 213 at the Justice Department in Washington. (Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP)

Home prices surge. Eric Holder feels the heat. The Chinese move to buy a major American food producer. Our weekly news roundtable goes behind the headlines.

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Wednesday, May 29, 2013 | 10:00 AM
President Barack Obama meets with Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping, Tuesday, Feb., 14, 2012, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. (Susan Walsh/AP)

Conflict and co-dependence between the U.S. and China.

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Friday, May 24, 2013 | 10:00 AM
President Obama talks about national security, Thursday, May 23, 2013, at the National Defense University at Fort McNair in Washington. (Carolyn Kaster/AP)

Oklahoma’s monster tornado. The president on counterterrorism. A vote on gay Boy Scouts.

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Wednesday, December 31, 1969 | 11:00 AM
Detail from the book jacket of "The Unwinding: An Inner History Of The New America" by George Packer. (Farrar, Straus and Giroux)

New Yorker writer George Packer says yes. He reflected on the nation’s core institutions failing the American people.

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Wednesday, May 15, 2013 | 10:00 AM
The exterior of the Internal Revenue Service building in Washington, Friday, March 22, 2013. (AP)

Uproar over the IRS and its inquiries. Over snooping on the AP. We tackle both.

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Jun 18, 2013
Murnaghan Family

Are lab grown blood vessels, hearts and lungs the answer to the nation’s organ donor shortage? We’ll look at the brave new science.

Jun 18, 2013
Astronaut Buzz Aldrin walking on the moon in 1969. (NASA)

In the days of the Space Race, they became overnight celebrities as their husbands shot for the Moon. The Astronaut Wives Club.

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Pollution and power lines in northern China. (Adam Cohn/Flickr)

China’s rapid growth and its profound effect on the environment.

 
Jun 17, 2013
his Tuesday, June 4, 2013 file photo citizen journalism image provided by Edlib News Network, ENN, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows Syrian rebels preparing to fire locally made rockets, in Idlib province, northern Syria. (Edlib News Network ENN/AP File)

Washington’s new pledge to Syria: More military aid to the rebels. We’ll ask what aid and what it may mean.

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Questions on Civil Rights Champion Medgar Evers?
Wednesday, Jun 5, 2013

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the assassination of civil rights leader Medgar Evers. We’ll be talking about his life and legacy. What are your questions about Evers, about civil rights now?

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What’s Your Question For Mark Bittman?
Tuesday, Jun 4, 2013

We’ve got a terrific On Point Live event coming up this Thursday evening. Tom will be interviewing food author and columnist Mark Bittman at the Paramount Theater in Boston.

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Tick Tock: The Secrets To Your Relationship To Time
Wednesday, May 29, 2013

Claudia Hammond, author of “Time Warped: Unlocking The Mysteries Of Time Perception,” told us new memories make you feel like there’s more time, whereas routine makes it seem like the weeks and years zip by.

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