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February 10, 2010
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In the wake of disasters, news organizations must instantly shift staff, equipment, and resources to cover the event. Here's a Q&A with NPR News Director of Operations Charlie Mayer about the behind-the-scenes factors at play in NPR's coverage of the earthquake in Haiti.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The second major snowstorm in less than a week slammed the East Coast from Washington to New York on Tuesday, forcing the United Nations to close and Congress to curtail legislative action.
TOKYO/DETROIT (Reuters) - Honda Motor Co said it would recall another 440,000 cars around the world for faulty airbags as rival Toyota Motor Corp faced further probes over its largest-ever safety crisis.
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By law, Tennessee must adopt a balanced budget each year. This year is harder than years past because tax revenues continue to come under projections. Governor Phil Bredesen's proposed budget includes cuts, but as WPLN's State Capitol Correspondent Joe White tells Nina Cardona, it also calls for creating new avenues of revenue, beginning with cable TV.
This is the last in our three part series examining infant mortality. We've heard how programs for Shelby County's most at-risk pregnant women are helping infants survive. But despite the successes of these programs, Memphis still has one of the most abysmal infant mortality rates in the nation--a distinction it has held for years. Eleanor Boudreau takes a look at efforts to spread awareness.
This is the second in our three-part series examining infant mortality. The infant mortality rate in Shelby County is almost double what it is nationally. Among black women it's almost triple. Yet there are programs in the county that help babies make it to their first birthdays with almost 100 percent success. Eleanor Boudreau looks at how they do it.
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