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NBA Playoffs: First Round Is Action Packed

By Steve Inskeep

Originally published on Mon April 30, 2012 3:45 am

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Teams in the NBA playoff have begun their quest to be the champion. The headline story of the weekend: Chicago superstar Derrick Rose is out with a torn knee ligament.

Asia

2:23 am

Mon April 30, 2012

China Restricts Social Media After Dissident Escapes

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Blind lawyer Chen Guangcheng, seen in this image from a YouTube video, escaped last week after 19 months under house arrest. Searches for his name are banned on China's Twitter-like services.

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Bo Xilai attended a March plenary session of the National People's Congress in Beijing shortly before he tumbled from power.

By Louisa Lim

Originally published on Mon April 30, 2012 6:13 am

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China is clamping down on social media as it grapples with a crisis over the escape of a high-profile dissident, apparently to U.S. protection. The case presents new difficulties for a Chinese leadership already struggling to deal with the scandalous downfall of a powerful politician, and it complicates U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's visit to Beijing this week.

Yet China's use of social media in dealing with these two recent crises has been a study in contrasts.

2:18 am

Mon April 30, 2012

Sudan Declares State Of Emergency

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Originally published on Mon April 30, 2012 3:33 am

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STEVE INSKEEP, HOST:

And let's turn now to Africa and a story we'll be following this week. Sudan has declared a state of emergency along its border with South Sudan, the new country there, further raising fears that these two nations are heading toward all-out war. Earlier this month, South Sudan invaded and briefly occupied Sudan's main oil field. This followed aerial bombardments of South Sudan's border regions by the Sudanese air force.

2:18 am

Mon April 30, 2012

Business News

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Originally published on Mon April 30, 2012 4:30 am

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The International Labor Organization issued a report Monday warning that austerity measures imposed in many countries are hurting the job market, as well as failing to effectively reduce deficits. The major European economies received the brunt of the report's criticism. The report predicts a 3 percent rise in the global unemployment rate for 2012.

Business

2:18 am

Mon April 30, 2012

Eurozone Residents Strike Back At Austerity Measures

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Originally published on Mon April 30, 2012 4:52 am

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Steve Inskeep talks to John Peet, Europe Editor of The Economist about eurozone economies, and the backlash against austerity measures.

Around the Nation

2:18 am

Mon April 30, 2012

Detroit, Ontario Discuss Building Second Bridge

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Originally published on Mon April 30, 2012 4:02 am

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STEVE INSKEEP, HOST:

Every day more than a quarter billion dollars worth of goods passing over a single U.S. border crossing - the Ambassador Bridge - which stretches across the Detroit River, from Detroit to Canada. U.S. and Canadian officials say traffic jams on that bridge are hampering the flow of international commerce and they say a second major crossing from Ontario to Detroit is needed. The question, now, is who would control that bridge. We have a report from Quinn Klinefelter of WDET.

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2:18 am

Mon April 30, 2012

The Last Word In Business

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Originally published on Mon April 30, 2012 4:42 am

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The structure will open in Tokyo next month. The building is nothing but a tower of steel and concrete — no offices, no apartments.

Analysis

2:18 am

Mon April 30, 2012

Politics In The News

By Steve Inskeep

Originally published on Mon April 30, 2012 3:26 am

Tuesday marks one year from the day President Obama announced to the nation that Osama bin Laden had been killed. To underline the significance of the anniversary, the administration sent its counter-terrorism expert out on the airwaves Sunday. It also launched a controversial campaign ad about the raid against the al-Qaida leader.

Author Interviews

12:37 am

Mon April 30, 2012

Caro's 'Passage of Power': LBJ's Political Genius

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Judge Thurgood Marshall (left) in discussion with President Lyndon Baines Johnson, following Marshall's appointment as a member of the Supreme Court, the first African-American to hold the post.

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Lyndon B. Johnson takes the oath of office as president of the United States after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, Nov. 22, 1963.

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Robert Caro is the recipient of two Pulitzer Prizes in biography, a National Book Award and two National Book Critics Circle awards, among other honors. He stands in front of the outline of his next book.

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Originally published on Mon April 30, 2012 7:26 am

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Robert Caro writes obsessively about power. Fittingly, it's Lyndon Johnson — catapulted suddenly into the presidency "in the crack of a gunshot" — who consumes him.

The Passage of Power, the fourth volume of Caro's massive biography of Lyndon Johnson, is released this week. Caro has dedicated decades to meticulously researching Johnson's life, and the previous books in the series have been almost universally hailed as a significant achievement in American letters.

12:36 am

Mon April 30, 2012

Living To 100: The Story Of India's Pocket Hercules

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Centenarian Manohar Aich sits at his home in Kolkata, India. Aich stood 4 feet 11 inches at his tallest, earning him the nickname "Pocket Hercules."

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Sumon Mondol, in the foreground, works out at Mandohar Aich's traditional iron gym in Kolkata, India.

By Sandip Roy

Originally published on Mon April 30, 2012 5:39 am

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A fad that has been sweeping through middle-class India might look familiar to some Americans — it's a craze for fancy gym equipment. But when commentator Sandip Roy visited India's first Mr. Universe (who is known as the "Pocket Hercules") he found that the body builder has little patience for the new trend.

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