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Please Sir, I'd Rather Have Another

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Triple Crown hopefull I'll Have Another is ridden by exercise rider Jonny Garcia during a morning workout at Belmont Park in Elmont, N.Y.

By Frank Deford

Originally published on Thu June 14, 2012 11:07 am

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To be perverse, I'd suggest that for the horse-racing industry, it'd be best that I'll Have Another does not — yes, does not — win the Triple Crown this Saturday.

Oh, certainly, absolutely every year you want a horse to win the first two races — the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness — so that suspense builds and a horse has a chance to win the Belmont and take the Triple Crown. But isn't it better to have the potential winner barely get beat so that the losing streak continues, building interest?

1:56 am

Wed June 6, 2012

Why Does The Mortgage-Interest Tax Deduction Still Exist?

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By Alex Blumberg

Originally published on Thu June 14, 2012 11:07 am

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This is the latest story in our series on money in politics.

If you have a mortgage on your home, you can deduct the interest from your taxes. It's a popular, well-entrenched policy. But according to one policy adviser to a U.S. senator, "the mortgage-interest deduction, from a purely policy perspective ... makes no sense."

1:55 am

Wed June 6, 2012

A Party On The Rise, Germany's Pirates Come Ashore

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A member of the German Pirate Party, with its logo shaved in his hair, attends the party's two-day conference in Neumuenster, Germany, on April 28.

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Supporters of the Pirate Party react after early results are announced during elections in Duesseldorf, Germany, on May 13.

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Martin Delius, the Pirates' chief whip, studied physics and computer programming and did not plan on becoming a politician.

By Eric Westervelt

Originally published on Thu June 14, 2012 11:07 am

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They don't have a plan to save the euro or draw down the war in Afghanistan, nor do they have clear policies on an array of issues, but the German Pirate Party is winning converts and elections with its vision of digital democracy through "liquid feedback."

Despite public relations mishaps and a haphazard organizational structure, the Pirate Party is shaking up the stolid, bureaucratic world of German politics and jolting rival parties with its rising popularity.

1:55 am

Wed June 6, 2012

Female Presidential Candidate Blazes Trail In Mexico

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Josefina Vazquez Mota, presidential candidate from the ruling National Action Party, or PAN, delivers a speech during an electoral rally in Jocotepec, in the state of Jalisco, in May.

By Monica Ortiz Uribe

Originally published on Thu June 14, 2012 11:07 am

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When Mexicans go to the polls on July 1 to choose their next president, a woman will be among the candidates, the first from a major political party. She belongs to the National Action Party — or PAN — the party of current President Felipe Calderon.

On a recent visit to the Mexican border city of Juarez, Josefina Vazquez Mota steps onto a catwalk that juts into the center of a long banquet hall crammed with table after table of women. When she speaks, they cheer.

6:31 pm

Tue June 5, 2012

'My Country': tUnE-yArDs Questions The American Dream

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Merrill Garbus is the singer and songwriter behind the band tUnE-yArDs.

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Originally published on Thu June 14, 2012 11:07 am

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Tue June 5, 2012

Artist Takes Taxidermy To New Heights

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Tue June 5, 2012

Castle In Phoenix Sells For $1.5 Million

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5:18 am

Tue June 5, 2012

Sectarian Syrian Group Blamed In Houla Massacre

By Kelly McEvers

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The massacre in the place known as Houla has kept worldwide attention on the relentless violence in Syria. Western countries and the United Nations blame Syrian government troops and pro-government thugs for killing more than a hundred people, nearly half of them children. NPR's Kelly McEvers made a closer examination of those events and found that's only part of the picture.

4:40 am

Tue June 5, 2012

Obama Courts Female Voters With Fair Pay Bill

By Ari Shapiro

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And the Senate votes today on legislation aimed at shrinking the pay gap between men and women. It's called the Paycheck Fairness Act.

NPR's Ari Shapiro reports President Obama is using the bill as a tool in the 2012 campaign.

4:29 am

Tue June 5, 2012

Obama To Visit View Park, Calif.

By Karen Grigsby Bates

Originally published on Wed June 6, 2012 8:03 am

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This is MORNING EDITION from NPR News. I'm Renee Montagne.

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