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Bernanke Urges Cutting Budget Deficits Over Time

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke called for the United States to eventually whittle down its record-high budget deficits and for countries like China to get their consumers to spend more, moves that would help combat skewed global trade and investment flows that contributed to the financial crisis.
Posted: 10/19/2009 News Headlines / Storys Provided by : NPR News Headlines

Balloon Boy's Transfixing Effect On The Media

The saga of "Balloon Boy" (or Falcon Heene, as he's known to his new friends at the Larimer Co., Colo., sheriff's office) proved irresistible to the media last Thursday — especially the 24-hour cable news channels, which went into commercial-free crisis mode for more than an hour.
Posted: 10/19/2009 News Headlines / Storys Provided by : NPR News Headlines

Astronomers Find 32 New Planets

The scientists added evidence to the theory that the universe has many places where life could develop.
Posted: 10/19/2009 News Headlines / Storys Provided by : NPR News Headlines

Greece Unveils Museum Meant For Stolen Sculptures

Two centuries ago, Lord Elgin pried sculptures off the Parthenon and took them to Britain. For decades, the main argument against the return of the marbles was Greece's lack of a suitable location for their display. The new Acropolis Museum is a stunning rebuttal.
Posted: 10/19/2009 News Headlines / Storys Provided by : NPR News Headlines

Week In Review With Daniel Schorr

Afghanistan's presidential election remains unresolved; the Taliban bombards the Pakistani government with a series of deadly attacks and here in the U.S., the Dow Jones Industrial Average passes 10,000, but the nation's unemployment remains high. Host Scott Simon reviews the week in the news with NPR Senior News Analyst Dan Schorr.
Posted: 10/17/2009 News Headlines / Storys Provided by : NPR News Headlines

Bull Market Can Still Stumble Over Jobs

The Dow cruised past the 10,000 mark this week, a vote of optimism — from investors at least — about the direction of the economy. But the recovery is fragile, and if the job market continues to deteriorate, profits are likely to suffer. And the bulls could be in for a dose of disappointment.
Posted: 10/17/2009 News Headlines / Storys Provided by : NPR News Headlines

Parks Director Rejection Raises Race And Gender Issues

Ximena Hartsock was appointed as the acting director of Washington D.C.'s Department of Parks and Recreation by Mayor Adrian Fenty last spring. But when she was nominated to fill the position permanently, she was rejected amid questions about how her ethnicity and gender would affect how she did the job. Host Scott Simon speaks to Hartsock about the controversy.
Posted: 10/17/2009 News Headlines / Storys Provided by : NPR News Headlines

Ground Offensive Begins In Pakistan Al-Qaida Haven

Five soldiers and 11 militants were killed as the more than 30,000 troops deployed to the region met stiff resistance in parts of South Waziristan, a possible hide-out of Osama bin Laden and a base for jihadists bent on overthrowing the U.S-backed government.
Posted: 10/17/2009 News Headlines / Storys Provided by : NPR News Headlines

In Israel, Kibbutz Life Undergoes Reinvention

For years, the kibbutz movement in Israel has been struggling. Now, fewer than 5 percent of Israelis live in the communal settlements. But from the ashes, some Israelis are trying to take the old movement in a new direction.
Posted: 10/13/2009 News Headlines / Storys Provided by : NPR News Headlines

Senate Panel Passes Democratic Health Bill

The Senate Finance Committee votes 14-9 to approve a sweeping remake of the country's health care system, setting up a historic debate on the Senate floor and moving a health care overhaul closer to reality than it has been for decades. Sen. Olympia Snowe of Maine cast the lone Republican vote.
Posted: 10/13/2009 News Headlines / Storys Provided by : NPR News Headlines

Where Things Stand With Health Care Overhaul

A top-to-bottom remake of the U.S. health care system along the lines sought by President Barack Obama moved a step closer to reality Tuesday as the Senate Finance Committee approved a 10-year, $829 billion plan that would extend coverage to millions more Americans and seek to hold down spiraling health costs over the long term.
Posted: 10/13/2009 News Headlines / Storys Provided by : NPR News Headlines