1:33am

Sat May 25, 2013
Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!

NFL Sideline Reporter Michele Tafoya Plays Not My Job

Originally published on Sat May 25, 2013 11:21 am

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Michele Tafoya is the Emmy award-winning reporter for NBC's Sunday Night Football, but she's spent time on basketball courts, softball diamonds, gymnastics mats and now public radio quiz show game grids.

We've invited Tafoya to play a game called "Enter at your own risk!" As one of the first female reporters to be allowed inside the NFL locker room, she has been a pioneer in her field. But there are still places out there where they believe in cooties, so Tafoya will answer three questions about men's-only clubs.

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7:57pm

Fri May 24, 2013
The Two-Way

Court Rules That Arizona Sheriff Engages In Racial Profiling

Originally published on Fri May 24, 2013 8:29 pm

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A U.S. district court has ruled that Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio's department has violated the rights of Latino drivers by racially profiling them as part of a crackdown on illegal immigration and issued an injunction to halt the practice.

The decision on Friday marks the first time that the hard-line Maricopa County sheriff's office has been found to be engaging in systematic racial profiling.

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7:15pm

Fri May 24, 2013
It's All Politics

Obama's Terrorism Fight Is Colored Gray, Not Black And White

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It's difficult for an American president to govern through nuance, especially when it's necessary to persuade a majority of the people that certain actions are essential for national security. And effective persuasion usually requires clarity.

That's how you arrive at President George W. Bush's stark formulation "You're either with us, or you're with the terrorists" after Sept. 11, and much of what sprang from it.

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6:57pm

Fri May 24, 2013
The Two-Way

Toronto Mayor: 'I Do Not Use Crack Cocaine'

Originally published on Fri May 24, 2013 7:25 pm

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Toronto Mayor Rob Ford says he doesn't smoke crack cocaine and isn't an addict, in response to a video that surfaced recently purporting to show him using the illegal drug.

Last week Ford called the cellphone video obtained by The Toronto Star "ridiculous" and blamed the newspaper for "going after me."

Friday's comments from Ford were more emphatic.

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6:43pm

Fri May 24, 2013
Code Switch

History Makes Hiring Household Help A Complex Choice

Originally published on Fri May 24, 2013 10:08 pm

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6:03pm

Fri May 24, 2013
The Deadly Tornado In Moore, Okla.

Tornado Safe Rooms In Schools A Popular, But Costly Idea

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In the days since a tornado ripped through Moore, Okla., talk of constructing safe rooms in public schools has become commonplace.

In southwest Missouri, officials have built a few of them already, and they are seeking funding to build more.

'A Sense Of Peace'

Karina O'Connell is preparing dinner tonight under the pavilion at Phelps Grove Park in Springfield, Mo., where she's eating with her 9-year-old twin sons, Samuel and John Patrick.

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6:03pm

Fri May 24, 2013
Sports

German Soccer Teams Face Off For League Championship

Robert Siegel speaks with sportswriter Stefan Fatsis about soccer news and Saturday's unlikely Champions League final between two German teams — Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund at Wembley Stadium in London.

5:51pm

Fri May 24, 2013
The Two-Way

Hedge Fund Manager Apologizes For Comments On Female Traders

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Billionaire Paul Tudor Jones is back-peddling from remarks he made at a symposium last month that motherhood causes women to lose the necessary focus to be successful traders.

"As soon as that baby's lips touched that girl's bosom, forget it," Jones told an audience at the University of Virginia on April 26.

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5:13pm

Fri May 24, 2013
The Two-Way

'Four Little Girls' Awarded Congressional Gold Medal

Originally published on Fri May 24, 2013 5:59 pm

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They were just little girls when they were killed in 1963, in what came to be known as the 16th Street Baptist Church Bombing. And now Addie Mae Collins, Denise McNair, Carole Robertson, and Cynthia Wesley have been awarded the Congressional Gold Medal, nearly 50 years after the attack in Birmingham, Ala.

President Obama signed the legislation Friday to award the girls — all of them 14, except for McNair, who was 11 — with the highest honor Congress can bestow upon a civilian.

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