The Candidate Is Fake; The Consultants Are Real
When our series began yesterday, we brought together five economists from across the political spectrum and had them create a platform for their dream presidential candidate. It's a platform — Get rid...
View ArticleWatch Our Fake Presidential Candidate's First Real Ad
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View ArticleNew Yorkers Struggle With Limited Transit Options
New Yorkers were ready to get back to work on Thursday, but the region's transportation system wasn't ready to handle all of them. At bus and subway stops there were long lines and frustration, while...
View ArticleSome New York City Polling Sites Run On Generators
The aftermath of Superstorm Sandy has complicated voting in the New York City area. Robert Siegel talks with Robert Smith.
View ArticleWill A $1.9 Billion Settlement Be Enough To Change Banks' Behavior?
If a kid does something bad and you want to discipline him — give him a timeout, say, or take away a toy — there are some basic principles that seem to work.
View ArticleShooter's Family Connections Begin To Emerge
Transcript ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: From NPR News, this is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. I'm Robert Siegel.AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: And I'm Audie Cornish.We begin this hour with the tragedy in Connecticut. This...
View ArticleA Union Vote For Chinese Workers Who Asemble iPhones
The Chinese workers who assemble iPhones, iPads and tons of other electronic devices may soon be able to elect their own union representatives, the FT reports.Labor unions technically do exist in...
View ArticleShould The U.S. Import More Doctors?
People around the world want the same thing from their doctors. First, do no harm. Second, take a look at this weird bump and tell me if I should get worried.The job is basically the same in many...
View ArticleInside An Amish Trade Show
The Buckeye Tool Expo in Dalton, Ohio, is held in a massive hall filled with bearded men in black hats and women in white bonnets. A few horses and buggies are tied up outside.The Amish have chosen to...
View ArticleThe Trick To Selling Fancy Wine From New Jersey: Don't Say It's From New Jersey
Halfway between the New Jersey Turnpike and the Atlantic City casinos is a little slice of France: Amalthea Cellars. There's an old farmhouse, and a field full of grapevines.Lou Caracciolo, who founded...
View ArticleWhy (Almost) No One In Myanmar Wanted My Money
When you arrive in Myanmar, you can see how eager the people are to do business. At the airport in Yangon, new signs in English welcome tourists. A guy in a booth offers to rent me a local cellphone —...
View ArticleCan This Man Bring Silicon Valley To Yangon?
Like a proud father, Nay Aung opens up his MacBook Air to show me the Myanmar travel website he has built. But we wait 30 seconds for the site to load, and nothing happens."Today is a particularly bad...
View ArticleHow To Sell Coke To People Who Have Never Had A Sip
For years, there were only three countries in the world that didn't officially sell Coca-Cola: Cuba, North Korea and Myanmar, formerly known as Burma.Now, after 60 years, Coke is back in Myanmar....
View ArticleShaun White Misses The Medal Stand As 'I-Pod' Gets The Gold
Transcript ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: Now to the Winter Olympics in Sochi, where American snowboarder Shaun White attempted a three-peat today. He was trying to be the first three-time gold medal winner in...
View ArticleIn Front Of A Home Crowd, Russia Has Hockey History On Its Mind
There is a weird contradiction in Olympic hockey: On one hand, these professional players from the NHL arrive in a small town like movie stars.They show up a week late, trailed by TV cameras and...
View ArticleBetween U.S. And Russian Hockey, A Different Kind Of Cold War
Transcript ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: This is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED from NPR News.For a lot of Russians, the true start of the Olympics was today. Team Russia took the ice in men's hockey. At the very same...
View ArticleEmotions Run High For Olympic U.S.-Russia Hockey Game
Transcript SCOTT SIMON, HOST: This is WEEKEND EDITION from NPR News. I'm Scott Simon. The big event today at the Winter Olympic Games in Sochi is the U.S.A.-Russia men's hockey game. It is already...
View ArticleU.S. Looks To Bobsledder Steve Holcomb To Add To Medal Count
Transcript DAVID GREENE, HOST: Let's check in on the Winter Olympics now. It's been a rough time so far for team USA. They have only won four gold medals in ski and snowboard slope style and in women's...
View ArticleBronze In Bobsled For A Team Of Steves
Transcript AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: At the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Team USA has been struggling to win gold. There were some hope today. Two pairs of American athletes went into their events as the best...
View ArticleU.S. Women's Bobsled Team Features 2 Summer Olympians
Transcript RENEE MONTAGNE, HOST: There is one sport in the Winter Olympics you can do with your eyes closed. To be precise, you have to do a few seconds of work, after which you can close your eyes and...
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