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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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The Two-Way
4:12 pm
Fri March 15, 2013

The Man Who Coined 'The God Particle' Explains: It Was A Joke!

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This is what researchers at the ATLAS detector at the Large Hadron Collider expect a Higgs boson to look like. The Higgs boson is the subatomic particle that scientists say gives everything in the universe mass.
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Originally published on Fri March 15, 2013 5:02 pm

We've explained it many times: Physicists are irked when we in the media call the Higgs Boson, "The God Particle."

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Music News
4:06 pm
Fri March 15, 2013

The 'Singing Sound' Of Saxophonist Charles Lloyd

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Charles Lloyd, 75, continues to tour widely.
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Originally published on Fri March 15, 2013 7:31 pm

Charles Lloyd has a way of talking that sounds a lot like the notes from his saxophone: full of youthful energy, yet packed with experiences reserved for grownups.

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Asia
2:36 pm
Fri March 15, 2013

From Police Chief To Political Office, Jobs Are For Sale In China

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The 12th National People's Congress holds the election for its new president at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Thursday.
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China's new president, Xi Jinping, right, talks with Chairman of the National People's Congress Zhang Dejiang on Friday, March 15. Xi has vowed to deal with widespread corruption, an endemic problem in China.
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Originally published on Fri March 15, 2013 9:15 pm

China's new president, Xi Jinping, who was formally elected Thursday, is already engaged in his own anti-corruption campaign, threatening to go after the key players — the tigers as well as the flies.

Confronting the issue is a matter of political self-interest and survival for China's new leaders. The problem is how to root out corrupt officials when so many are quite literally invested in the system.

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Music Reviews
5:49 pm
Thu March 14, 2013

Lady: Two Soul Stalwarts Find A New Groove Together

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R&B singers Nicole Wray and Terri Walker have teamed up as the duo Lady.
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Originally published on Fri March 15, 2013 7:59 am

R&B singers Nicole Wray and Terri Walker both had promising starts to their careers more than ten years ago. Wray came up on the Virginia coast under the wing of mentor Missy Elliott. Walker, a Londoner, was classically trained yet released her debut on a Def Jam subsidiary. Both enjoyed early critical success but by decade's end struggled to find a wide audience. Instead, they found each other.

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Europe
5:02 pm
Thu March 14, 2013

As Global Chains Move In, The Champs Elysees Gets A New Look

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Diners eat at Fouquet's restaurant, a landmark on the Champs Elysees in Paris for more than a century. Traditional cafes and shops are steadily giving way to large global chains.
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A view down the Champs Elysees, from the top of the Arc de Triomphe, circa 1860.
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Originally published on Thu March 14, 2013 5:49 pm

Once known as the most beautiful avenue in the world, the Champs Elysees is changing. Some Parisians fear it's starting to look like any American shopping mall as high rents and global chains steadily alter its appearance.

"We just try to keep a sort of diversity on the Champs Elysees, with the cinemas, with restaurants, with cafes and shops," says Deputy Mayor Lynn Cohen-Solal. "We don't think the laws of the natural market, the free market, make for a good Champs Elysees."

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