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9:23 am
Fri January 25, 2013

Around The Globe, Women Already Serve In Combat Units

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A female Israeli soldier runs during an urban warfare exercise at an army training facility near Zeelim, Israel, on June 19, 2008.
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A female officer salutes during a graduation ceremony at the Kabul Military Training Center in Kabul June 13, 2012. Around 2000 Afghan soldiers and officers including 16 women graduated on Wednesday at the training center in Kabul.
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A Syrian National Defense force woman who just finished training, holds a rifle at the training center in Wadi al-Dahab in the Syrian city of Homs, on Jan. 21.
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Private Dajana Bartczewski (left) puts camouflage paint on the face of a male soldier during an exercise by German Bundeswehr soldiers from the barracks in Augustdorf, western Germany, on Jan. 9, 2001.
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A female Israeli soldier runs during an urban warfare exercise at an army training facility, near Zeelim, Israel on June 19, 2008.
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Kenya women army soldiers during march past at the Nyayo National Stadium, in Nairobi, on June 1, 2012, during the 49th Madaraka Day celebrations, which marks the independence from British rule.
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Sri Lankan army women officers participate in a tug-of-war during an event to celebrate Sinhalese and Tamil New Year in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on April 10, 2012.
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A female Israeli soldier runs during an urban warfare exercise at an army training facility near Zeelim, Israel, on June 19, 2008.
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Private Dajana Bartczewski (left) puts camouflage paint on the face of a male soldier during an exercise by German Bundeswehr soldiers from the barracks in Augustdorf, western Germany, on Jan. 9, 2001.
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Originally published on Fri January 25, 2013 10:55 am

Israel, Germany and Canada are among the countries that have already marched down the path the U.S. will soon follow in allowing women a role in front-line combat units.

And most experts say the integration of women into such roles elsewhere has gone smoothly, despite concerns as to whether they would be up to the physical demands and about the question of fraternization between male and female troops.

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The Two-Way
9:06 am
Fri January 25, 2013

Obama To Name New Chief Of Staff, New Counterterrorism Adviser

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New White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough (left), at Friday's announcement. Behind the president: outgoing Chief of Staff Jacob "Jack" Lew, who has been nominated to be Treasury secretary.
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Lisa Monaco.
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Originally published on Fri January 25, 2013 11:05 am

Saying he is choosing "one of my closest friends and one of my closest advisers" for the job, President Obama on Friday said that longtime aide Denis McDonough will be his next chief of staff.

During a midday event at the White House that was remarkable for the expansive comments the president made about his friend's character, his dedication and the respect he gets from those who work in the administration, Obama said McDonough has "the kind of heart that I want in the White House."

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The Two-Way
8:27 am
Fri January 25, 2013

Whoa Canada! New Currency Has 'Wrong' Maple Leaf?

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That's not the right leaf, botanists say.
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The Canadian flag and its familiar leaf.
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Originally published on Fri January 25, 2013 11:05 am

A hubbub's been building up north for the past week or so about the maple leaf on Canada's new $20 bills.

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The Two-Way
8:19 am
Fri January 25, 2013

Sales Of New Homes Fell In December, But Were Up Sharply In 2012

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A "sold" sign outside a home under construction last fall in Peoria, Ill.
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Though there was a 7.3 percent drop in sales of new homes in December from November, sales were up a healthy 8.8 percent from December 2011, the Census Bureau and Department of Housing and Urban Development report.

Homes sold at a annual rate of 369,000 last month.

Over the whole year, the agencies estimate, there were 367,000 new homes sold — up 19.9 percent from the 306,000 sold in 2011.

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The Two-Way
6:56 am
Fri January 25, 2013

Really Cool Video: 'Shroud Of Cold Air Descends On The U.S.'

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An image from the animated look at how cold air has spread over the nation.
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Originally published on Fri January 25, 2013 8:28 am

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The Picture Show
6:33 am
Fri January 25, 2013

A Brief History Of Women In Combat

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Female members of Egypt's "liberation battalions" train in the desert near Cairo for guerrilla warfare against the British in the Suez Canal zone on Nov. 20, 1951.
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Female German army prisoners being checked in by German-speaking Americans at a German Women's Detention Building in 1945. The women were captured at the front on the 7th U.S. Army sector.
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Christian Lebanese women, members of Kataeb Phalangist party, train with weapons on Sept. 9, 1976. The Lebanese civil war erupted a year earlier.
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Young women learn how to charge an enemy with rifles and bayonets at their high school in Tokyo, Feb. 18, 1937. Japan trained women and girls for auxiliary army units.
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Jewish women in the Palestine Auxiliary Territorial Service of the British Army learn how to use gas masks, Oct. 14, 1942. Many of them were in service on the Egyptian front.
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Women help each other with bags at an embarkation port in the U.S. in this Jan. 29, 1943, photo provided by the U.S. Army. They were bound for North Africa with the first detachment of the Women'’s Auxiliary Army Corps to be sent abroad.
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Female Italian partisans in Castelluccio, Italy, keep weapons ready as they wait for their turn to patrol with the U.S. 5th Army on Feb. 11, 1944.
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Members of the Women's Army Corps pose at Camp Shanks, N.Y., before leaving on Feb. 2, 1945. The women were with the first contingent of the Black American WAC to go overseas for the war effort.
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Female members of Egypt's "liberation battalions" train in the desert near Cairo for guerrilla warfare against the British in the Suez Canal zone, Nov. 20, 1951.
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A female Cambodian soldier totes a machine gun into combat during an operation across the Mekong River from Phnom Penh in the Prek Tamak area of Cambodia on Aug. 26, 1970. This region was the scene of heavy fighting between Cambodian troops and Viet Cong. The young woman is one of many who served as regular soldiers and medics in the rapidly expanded army .
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Female soldiers with AK-47 rifles and bayonets march on the parade grounds at the Women's Military Academy in Tripoli, Libya, on Jan. 18, 1986. At rear is a portrait of of Libyan ruler Moammar Gadhafi.
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Female members of the North Korea Worker-Peasant Red Guards undertake air defense training in 1970.
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Yugoslav fighters, members of the patriot forces, during training at an Allied camp in Italy on Feb. 29, 1944.
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Traditions break down fast during times of war, and history is full of examples where women assumed dramatic new roles that never would have been possible in times of peace.

As this photo gallery shows, the pressing demands of World War II led many countries to call on women to bolster their armed forces, in jobs ranging from nurse to front-line soldier.

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The Two-Way
6:31 am
Fri January 25, 2013

Spain's 'El Pais' Apologizes For Photo That Was Not Of Cancer-Stricken Chavez

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That's not Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, El Pais later admitted.
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Originally published on Fri January 25, 2013 11:06 am

From Madrid, correspondent Lauren Frayer writes:

Editors at Spain's El País newspaper thought they had a scoop: The first glimpse in more than six weeks of cancer-stricken Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez.

A large, blurry photo above the fold on Thursday's front page showed a chubby-faced, bald man on an operating table surrounded by doctors, with a breathing tube in his mouth. A caption identified the ailing patient as Chavez, who is undergoing cancer treatment in Cuba.

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The Two-Way
6:13 am
Fri January 25, 2013

Top Stories: Snow And Ice Spread; Senate Tweaks Filibuster Rules

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There was plenty to shovel early Friday in Durham, Pa. More winter weather is on the way for much of the nation.
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Good morning.

The stories making headlines today include:

-- " 'March For Life' Rally Expected To Draw Huge Crowd In Washington." (Our first post of the day.)

-- "Snow, Ice Target Midwest, East." (The Weather Channel)

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Space
5:49 am
Fri January 25, 2013

NASA Needs Your Help To Feed The Astronauts

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Originally published on Fri January 25, 2013 7:14 am

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STEVE INSKEEP, HOST:

Good morning. I'm Steve Inskeep. Not long ago on this program, we reported that food expiration dates are often meaningless. Let's take that concept into space. Researchers from the University of Hawaii and Cornell University are asking you to send them long-lasting recipes. They want to help NASA determine an extremely durable menu to keep astronauts fed, should the agency send people on a four-month journey to Mars. I got just one word for you, NASA: Cheetos. It's MORNING EDITION. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.

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5:43 am
Fri January 25, 2013

Super Bowl Forces Nancy Pelosi To Pick A Team

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Originally published on Fri January 25, 2013 7:14 am

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RENEE MONTAGNE, HOST:

Good morning, I'm Renee Montagne.

Former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi recently had to make one of the toughest decisions of her political career: Who to root for in the Super Bowl, the Baltimore Ravens or the San Francisco 49ers. Pelosi was born in Baltimore. Her late father was the mayor there. But she represents San Franciscans in Congress and her kids grew up with the 49ers. So Pelosi says she's rooting for San Francisco but not against Baltimore.

It's MORNING EDITION. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.

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