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Wharton Professor Cautions FHA May Need A Bailout

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Some other news. The Federal Housing Administration will make its annual report to Congress today. The government agency has come to play a huge role in the nation's mortgage market, and that makes some experts nervous. NPR's Chris Arnold reports.

'Batman' Video Game Aims To Get More Of Your Cash

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Let's turn now to the video game industry. One of the latest blockbuster releases is "Batman: Arkham City."

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Controversial Keystone KL Pipeline To Be Rerouted

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L.A.'s Occupy Protest Attracts Homeless, Drugs

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What, If Anything, Will Speed Economic Recovery?

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

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Hopes Dim For NBA Season: Players Reject Offer

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Canada Switches To Plastic For $100 Bills

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Childish Gambino Is Trying To Be A Grown-Up

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Donald Glover is a truly multifaceted talent. He is a stand-up comedian. He has written for the NBC show 30 Rock and Comedy Central's The Daily Show, and has attracted significant attention for his role on the NBC show Community. As if that weren't enough, he also raps under the moniker Childish Gambino, and has just released a new album called Camp.

Mayor Uses Pen Name To Report City's Good News

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Hawaiian Singer Stages One-Man Occupy Protest

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Penn State Sex Abuse Scandal May Lead To New Laws

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Post Berlusconi: Mario Monti Takes On Italy's Woes

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Photographer Sheds Light On Bangladesh

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Twenty years ago, a cyclone devastated Bangladesh, and the photographer Shahidul Alam says he received a request for news photos from The New York Times. Mr. Alam says he argued successfully for different kinds of images to make the paper.

Analysts Have Rosy Outlook For 2011 Holiday Sales

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Popular YouTube Videos Are Cash Cows For Uploaders

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And now let's see if you're manly enough to take the pain to make the money that we'll talk about in our last word in business. A few years ago a man uploaded a clip of his son getting his finger bitten by the baby brother.

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Summit: Free Trade In Asia-Pacific Vital To Recovery

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Obama Sends Signals To Debt Committee To Act

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And as Ari said just a moment ago, President Obama will be back in Washington just before that supercommittee's deadline. Before the president left for Hawaii, he picked up the phone and made calls to both the Democratic and Republican chairs of the group.

Is There Time To Solve The Eurozone Debt Crisis?

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Boeing Seals Major Aircraft Order With Emirates

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Networks Add New Twists To Old Formulas, But Few Are Succeeding

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Here's the problem with watching TV after 50 years of innovation in technology and storytelling: Sometimes, it takes an awful lot to get your attention.

How else to explain NBC's Grimm, which is a typical crime-of-the-week drama with a special twist: The hero cop can see fairy-tale villains disguised as ordinary people. Our hero, Det. Nick Burkhardt, learns about his new talent from his dying aunt, who tells him of "reapers," an organization that's dedicated to killing "Grimms" like him.

Holiday Video Game Preview: Beyond 'Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3'

By editor • Nov 13, 2011

Earlier in the year when there was a paucity of great videogames, critics and players alike took time to savor games like L.A. Noire and Deus Ex: Human Revolution. That was then. In the fall, games come out with more alacrity than the speedy conveyor belt of chocolates in that iconic I Love Lucy Switching Jobs episode. More than two thirds of the year's games hit shelves between Labor Day and Thanksgiving. Here are some of the best.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
Activision for Nintendo DS, Xbox 360, PC, PlayStation 3, Wii
Rated M for Mature

Carlos The Jackal: On Trial Again, And Still Defiant

By • Nov 13, 2011

Carlos the Jackal, the man who sowed fear during the Cold War with terrorist attacks in Europe and the Middle East, has now been in prison for close to two decades.

But he's once again on trial in France, and the case has riveted the country.

French television footage showed Carlos being taken to the Palais de Justice in an armored van guarded by policemen darting about with machine guns. In this case, Carlos is accused of masterminding four bomb attacks in France in the early 1980s that killed 11 people and wounded more than 100.

N.Y. Woman Sentenced To Jail For Using The F-Word

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Friday Is Corduroy Appreciation Day

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Allegations Don't Hinder Cain's Tea Party Support

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Thanksgiving Dinner Will Cost More This Year

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Penn State To Appoint Investigative Committee

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New 'Clybourne Park' Picks Up On 1959 Race Issues

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How To Put A Value On Oil Damaged Life In The Gulf

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Tough Economy Hurts Veterans Looking For Work

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It's MORNING EDITION from NPR News. I'm Steve Inskeep.

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