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On May 3, 1971, at 5 p.m., All Things Considered debuted on 90 public radio stations.

In the 40 years since, almost everything about the program has changed, from the hosts, producers, editors and reporters to the length of the program, the equipment used and even the audience.

However there is one thing that remains the same: each show consists of the biggest stories of the day, thoughtful commentaries, insightful features on the quirky and the mainstream in arts and life, music and entertainment, all brought alive through sound.

All Things Considered is the most listened-to, afternoon drive-time, news radio program in the country. Every weekday the two-hour show is hosted by Robert Siegel, Michele Norris and Melissa Block. In 1977, ATC expanded to seven days a week with a one-hour show on Saturdays and Sundays, currently hosted by Guy Raz.

During each broadcast, stories and reports come to listeners from NPR reporters and correspondents based throughout the United States and the world. The hosts interview newsmakers and contribute their own reporting. Rounding out the mix are the disparate voices of a variety of commentators, including Sports Commentator Stefen Fastis, Poet Andrei Codrescu and Political Columnists David Brooks and E.J. Dionne,

All Things Considered has earned many of journalism's highest honors, including the George Foster Peabody Award, the Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Award and the Overseas Press Club Award.

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The Real Story Of How Macklemore Got 'Thrift Shop' To Number One

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Originally published on Fri February 8, 2013 5:09 pm

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3:33 pm

Thu February 7, 2013

'Warm Bodies' Director: Teen Romance, Undying

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Nicholas Hoult, Rob Corddry and Teresa Palmer lurch through a scene in Levine's zombie romantic comedy.

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Director Jonathan Levine (far left) offers script notes to Teresa Palmer, Nicholas Hoult and John Malkovich on the set of Warm Bodies.

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Originally published on Thu February 7, 2013 5:50 pm

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This past weekend, a surprising little movie topped the box office over pop-action juggernaut Hansel and Gretel: Witch Hunters and the Oscar-nominated Silver Linings Playbook.

Warm Bodies is a zombie romance brought to you by the man behind the recent cancer comedy 50/50; clearly, director and screenwriter Jonathan Levine has an interest in genre bending, and this latest flick is equal parts Night of the Living Dead and Romeo and Juliet. It's told through the eyes of R (Nicholas Hoult), a zombie living in an airport.

3:28 pm

Thu February 7, 2013

Blocking Iran With A Global Game Of Nuclear 'Keep Away'

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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (center) visits a uranium enrichment facility in Natanz, Iran, in 2008. Enriching uranium requires many fast-spinning centrifuges, arranged in what's called a cascade.

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Originally published on Thu February 7, 2013 5:27 pm

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Iran's government on Thursday made clear it has no interest in direct talks until the U.S. eases sanctions that have been squeezing Iran's economy. But the Obama administration isn't budging and says the ball is in the Iranians' court.

The suspicion that Iran wants to make a nuclear weapon is the rationale for the sanctions as well as for veiled threats of U.S. or Israeli military action if those sanctions fail.

3:28 pm

Thu February 7, 2013

Brennan Objects To Use Of Waterboarding In CIA Confirmation Hearing

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President Obama's nominee to run the CIA has his confirmation hearing Thursday afternoon. The hearing of White House counterterrorism chief John Brennan comes as lawmakers are studying a memo on drone strikes overseas. Robert Siegel talks to Tom Gjelten.

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2:45 pm

Thu February 7, 2013

Move Over James Bond, China Has An Unlikely Box Office Champ

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The surprise hit Lost in Thailand, a road comedy that cost less than $5 million to make, has become China's highest-grossing domestic film.

By Frank Langfitt

Originally published on Fri February 8, 2013 7:32 am

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Movies are big business in China, and 2012 was another record year: Theaters raked in about $2.7 billion, pushing China past Japan to become the world's second-largest market.

Those blistering sales were expected; China's ultimate box-office champ, however, was not.

Hollywood blockbusters usually do well in China. And last year, competition was stiff, including a new installment of Tom Cruise's Mission: Impossible franchise, as well as Skyfall, the latest James Bond flick.

2:44 pm

Thu February 7, 2013

New York's Grimy Garment District Hatches Designers' Dreams

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From West 24th to West 42nd Street, New York's Seventh Avenue is also known as "Fashion Avenue." It's home to major designers as well as those who are just starting out, like Ann Yee and Daniel Vosovic.

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Vosovic's Fall 2013 line is inspired by underwater flora as well as Lady Mary Crawley's style on PBS' Downton Abbey. Vosovic says members of the Downton Abbey cast have also been supportive clients, wearing his clothes often over the past few years.

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Still, Vosovic tells NPR, a modern lady would not need a maid to help her dress. He says his philosophy when designing clothes for the modern woman is "zip and go."

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Daniel Vosovic, who started his own line in 2010, says producing within the U.S. gives him control over the entire process, even if it means working on the garments himself.

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Vosovic applies finishing touches to his women's wear collection in his studio on West 38th Street.

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A seamstress works on a garment in the factory Yee contracts to produce her line. While the final product of high-end fashion is crisp and clean, the beginning stages can easily be described as creative chaos.

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From West 24th to West 42nd Street, New York's Seventh Avenue is also known as "Fashion Avenue." It's home to major designers, as well as those who are just starting out, like Ann Yee and Daniel Vosovic.

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Yee reviews her Spring 2013 line on Wednesday, just before it's delivered to stores in New York.

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Many of those employed in New York's apparel factories have worked in the Garment District for decades. Others are new business owners and have opened factories within the past couple of years.

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Vosovic's Spring 2013 collection was picked up by 23 new stores. Some of its samples hang on racks inside his studio.

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Since 1985, New York's historical apparel manufacturing center has lost tens of thousands of jobs, according to a survey released last year. Yet many designers still rely on stores like these on West 39th Street.

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The Garment District's factories and wholesale and retail shops, including Spandex World on West 38th Street, employ about 7,100 people.

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Originally published on Thu February 7, 2013 6:07 pm

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Thursday marks the beginning of New York Fashion Week, where big-name designers like Michael Kors, Anna Sui and Vera Wang will debut their Fall 2013 collections. It's part of an industry that generates billions of dollars of revenue for New York City, employing hundreds of thousands of workers. But the real business of fashion happens several blocks south of the glamorous Lincoln Center runways, in New York's Garment District.

2:23 pm

Thu February 7, 2013

Rubio's Job: Play Second Fiddle To The President, And Don't Mess Up

By Brian Naylor

Originally published on Thu February 7, 2013 3:28 pm

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1:03 pm

Thu February 7, 2013

American Woman Gives Domestic Abuse A Face, And Voice, In China

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Lee, the American wife of "Crazy English" founder Li Yang, leaves court after a session for her divorce trial in Beijing last March. Earlier this month, she was granted a divorce, as well as a restraining order against Li.

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This was one of the photos American Kim Lee posted online after her Chinese husband, a famous English teacher, beat her. Her decision to go public marks a milestone in the fight against domestic abuse in China.

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Li Yang teaches English to several thousand students attending a class at a stadium in Guangzhou, China, in 2004. His "Crazy English" technique — based on learning through shouting — draws huge crowds. In interviews, he has admitted physically attacking his wife.

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Originally published on Thu February 7, 2013 6:30 pm

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The faces of American Kim Lee and her Chinese husband, Li Yang, both in their 40s, once graced the covers of books that sold in the millions. He was China's most famous English teacher, the "Crazy English" guru of China, who pioneered his own style of English teaching: pedagogy through shouted language, yelling to halls of thousands of students.

His methods were given official recognition after he was employed by the Beijing Olympic Organizing Committee to teach Olympic volunteers.

4:12 pm

Wed February 6, 2013

Questions Sprout Up Over Razed California Wildlife Reserve

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The Sepulveda Basin Wildlife Reserve after the land was stripped by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Several advocates, including elected leaders, are protesting the move.

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The reserve before it was stripped by the Corps. The agency says there was illicit activity going on in the area.

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Experts say the reserve was home to more than 200 bird species, including the great blue heron.

By Gloria Hillard

Originally published on Wed February 6, 2013 5:23 pm

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Just a stone's throw from two of Los Angeles' busiest freeways lies the Sepulveda Basin Wildlife Reserve, a unique spot in an urban jungle.

The northern portion of the reserve is adorned with 30-foot-tall cottonwood trees, spots of coyote bush and other plants. Native plants cover 50 percent of the nature spot, says Kris Ohlenkamp with the San Fernando Valley Audubon Society.

"On the other side it was significantly more than that," he says.

3:18 pm

Wed February 6, 2013

Even In Blue Minnesota, Gun Control Seems A Tough Sell

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Gun rights advocate Andy Cers of Minneapolis listens to testimony during a Minnesota House hearing on gun violence bills Tuesday in St. Paul.

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Supporters of gun control laws await President Obama's appearance Monday outside the Minneapolis Police Department's Special Operations Center.

By David Welna

Originally published on Wed February 6, 2013 6:36 pm

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Minnesota has a Democratic governor, two Democratic senators, and Democrats control both houses of its Legislature. So it may have come as no surprise when President Obama went there earlier this week to rally support for his proposals to reduce gun violence.

But even in the politically blue state, there's considerable resistance to placing further restrictions on gun ownership.

During his visit to a Minneapolis police facility Monday, Obama urged Minnesotans to find common ground in curbing gun violence.

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