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Melissa Block and Robert Siegel

In-depth reporting and transformed the way listeners understand current events and view the world. Every weekday, hear two hours of breaking news mixed with compelling analysis, insightful commentaries, interviews, and special - sometimes quirky - features.Melissa Block and Robert Siegel

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NPR News Investigations
2:16 pm
Fri December 21, 2012

Dismissed Case Raises Questions On Shaken Baby Diagnosis

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Jennie and Kristian Aspelin pose in a pumpkin patch with their children two weeks before three-month-old Johan died.
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Kristian Aspelin cradles his newborn son, Johan.
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Originally published on Tue January 29, 2013 2:27 pm

When San Francisco prosecutors dismissed charges against Kristian Aspelin in early December, it became just the latest case to raise questions about how shaken baby syndrome is diagnosed. Aspelin, who was accused of causing the death of his infant son, had one thing in his favor: He had enough money to pay for medical experts who cast doubt on the prosecution's theory.

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National Security
12:51 pm
Fri December 21, 2012

John Kerry Already Considered A Seasoned Diplomat

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U.S. Sen. John Kerry (left), who was nominated Friday to be secretary of state, is shown shaking hands with Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani during a trip to Pakistan last year.
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Originally published on Fri December 21, 2012 8:21 pm

Long before President Obama nominated John Kerry as the country's top diplomat, the Massachusetts senator was seen as a secretary of state in waiting.

He has been chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and has frequently jetted off to Afghanistan and Pakistan whenever the Obama administration needed him.

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Politics
9:18 pm
Thu December 20, 2012

House Pulls 'Plan B' Tax Measure From The Floor

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House Speaker John Boehner's alternative plan to the automatic tax hikes set to take effect at year's end fell short of enough votes to pass. The bill would have placed a higher tax rate on income over $1 million a year.

It's All Politics
5:16 pm
Thu December 20, 2012

Financial Ties Bind NRA, Gun Industry

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In this photo illustration, a Rock River Arms AR-15 rifle is seen with ammunition.
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AR-15-style rifles are offered for sale at a sporting goods store in Tinley Park, Ill.
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Originally published on Fri December 21, 2012 9:51 am

Leaders of the National Rifle Association plan to break their weeklong silence Friday and make their first public comments on the mass shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Conn.

They say they will be speaking for the NRA's 4 million members. But they will also be speaking for the gun industry, which has close financial ties to the association.

The NRA and the gun industry are reeling after last week's massacre. The primary weapon used — an AR-15-style rifle — is one of the most popular guns in America.

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U.S.
4:53 pm
Thu December 20, 2012

Immigration Reform Before Border Control, Experts Say

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A hilltop view of the 18-foot fence along the U.S.-Mexico border west of Nogales, Ariz.
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Originally published on Wed December 26, 2012 7:10 pm

Since the mid-1980s, the U.S. Border Patrol has quintupled in size — growing from about 4,000 to more than 20,000 agents.

The government has constructed some 700 miles of fencing and vehicle barriers. It has placed thousands of ground sensors, lights, radar towers and cameras along the border. And Customs and Border Protection is now flying drones and helicopters to locate smuggles and rescue stranded immigrants.

So here's the question: Is the Southwest border secure?

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