It's All Politics
1:56 pm
Tue January 22, 2013

Divine Rhetoric: God In The Inaugural Address

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George Washington referred to "that Almighty Being" during his inaugural address in 1789. "God" didn't show up in an inaugural speech until more than three decades later.

Originally published on Tue January 22, 2013 2:46 pm

President Obama mentioned him five times in Monday's inaugural address — God, that is.

In modern times, religion has become so intertwined in our political rhetoric that the failure of any president to invoke God in a speech as important as the inaugural could hardly escape notice. Thanks to this graphic in The Wall Street Journal, we noticed the presidents who did (nearly all) and the few who didn't (Teddy Roosevelt, Rutherford B. Hayes).

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Movies
1:56 pm
Tue January 22, 2013

Sundance Subsidy Stirs Conservative Pushback

Originally published on Tue January 22, 2013 6:48 pm

A disagreement between supporters of the Sundance Film Festival and a conservative think tank in Utah is raising questions about whether tax dollars should support the arts. The Sutherland Institute says some films screened at Sundance do not reflect Utah values.

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All Songs Considered
1:39 pm
Tue January 22, 2013

Question Of The Week: What Are Your Top Five Story Songs?

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Originally published on Sun January 27, 2013 9:48 am

The Two-Way
1:36 pm
Tue January 22, 2013

French Soldier's Skeleton Scarf Goes Viral, Military Launches Investigation

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This isn't the sort of picture of a French soldier that his commanders want to see. Photographer Issouf Sanogo says troops were protecting their faces from dust kicked up by a helicopter landing in central Mali on Sunday.

Originally published on Tue January 22, 2013 4:54 pm

The photo is quite striking, to be sure.

Agence France Press photographer Issouf Sanogo writes that when he was with French soldiers in central Mali on Sunday, "a helicopter was coming in to land and churning up tremendous dust clouds. Instinctively, all the soldiers grabbed their scarfs to avoid getting a mouthful of sand."

Sanogo started taking pictures.

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It's All Politics
1:35 pm
Tue January 22, 2013

For GOP, Obama's 'Very Ideological' Speech Not Wearing Well

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Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., arrives at President Obama's inauguration Monday on Capitol Hill. On Tuesday, Ryan, who ran for vice president on the losing Republican ticket last year, said Obama's inaugural address showed a "proud and confident liberal progressive."

Originally published on Tue January 22, 2013 4:15 pm

It's All Politics
12:55 pm
Tue January 22, 2013

Debt Limit? What Debt Limit?

House Republican leaders intended to put off the debt ceiling fight for three months. But could they accidentally be giving the Obama White House carte blanche to borrow like crazy through mid-May?

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The Two-Way
12:49 pm
Tue January 22, 2013

Beyonce's National Anthem Was Pre-Recorded, Marine Band Says

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Originally published on Wed January 23, 2013 12:02 pm

Update at 6:14 p.m. ET. Backing Off?

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Shots - Health News
12:39 pm
Tue January 22, 2013

Doctors Are Diagnosing More Kids With ADHD

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The increase in diagnoses could be due to better education of parents, and better access to health care, the researchers say.

For at least a decade, many have assumed that too many fidgety kids have been diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and been medicated for it. But it's still been hard to get reliable information on just how many kids are getting diagnosed and whether it's justified. So researchers at Kaiser Permanente in California decided to look at the trend, using the best data they could get from kids who'd actually seen specialists.

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A Blog Supreme
12:39 pm
Tue January 22, 2013

Jose James On Touring With McCoy Tyner

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Jose James.

Originally published on Tue January 22, 2013 3:21 pm

Singer Jose James releases his album No Beginning, No End today. For a little while longer, you can still hear it via NPR Music's First Listen series. Plus, James recently gave an interview to host Melissa Block for today's episode of All Things Considered.

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The Salt
12:36 pm
Tue January 22, 2013

The Inaugural Food Scene In 12 Bites

Originally published on Thu January 24, 2013 7:32 am

Uptown and downtown in D.C. this weekend, some 600,000 people or so celebrated President Obama's second inauguration. And they were hungry.

Reflecting the president's message of diversity, city chefs and caterers turned out everything from highbrow brunches featuring smoked salmon and eggs Benedict to a luau, complete with leis and a spit-roasted pig. And there were plenty of hot dogs and chicken and waffles to be found between the balls.

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