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10:42 am
Thu May 2, 2013

Send Your Haiku To Mars! NASA Seeks Poets

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NASA's Hubble Space Telescope took this close-up of the red planet Mars in 2007, when it was just 55 million miles away.

Originally published on Thu May 2, 2013 1:33 pm

Galactic poet?

Here's how to become famous.

Send your work to Mars!

NASA is raising awareness for its upcoming launch of the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution spacecraft with its Going to Mars project. The MAVEN spacecraft is scheduled for launch this November, to study the Red Planet's upper atmosphere; the craft will examine why Mars lost its atmosphere, and how that catastrophe affected the history of water there.

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The Two-Way
10:31 am
Thu May 2, 2013

Obama Picks Major Fundraiser To Be Next Commerce Secretary

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Penny Pritzker, who is being nominated to be the next secretary of commerce, in February.

Originally published on Thu May 2, 2013 11:29 am

Penny Pritzker, one of the nation's richest people and a "longtime political supporter and heavyweight fundraiser," as The Chicago Tribune writes, is President Obama's choice to be his next secretary of commerce.

The president announced the news this hour at the White House. He also said that one of his economic advisers, Michael Froman, is his choice to be the next U.S. trade representative.

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The Two-Way
9:40 am
Thu May 2, 2013

Detained U.S. Citizen Gets 15 Years Hard Labor In North Korea

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Passersby watch a local television broadcast in Seoul on Thursday showing a report on the sentencing of Kenneth Bae.

Originally published on Wed May 8, 2013 9:07 am

Update at 4:05 p.m. ET:

State Department spokesman Patrick Ventrell raised concerns about the lack of transparency in Kenneth Bae's trial and urged North Korea to him "amnesty and immediate release."

NPR's Michele Kelemen reports that Ventrell wouldn't say whether the U.S. was considering sending a high-level envoy to Pyongyang as it has done in the past to win the release of U.S. citizens in North Korea.

Here's our original post:

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The Two-Way
9:07 am
Thu May 2, 2013

Boston Bombings: A Guide To Who's Who

Originally published on Thu May 2, 2013 10:30 am

As the investigation continues into the April 15 bombings at the Boston Marathon and the crimes that followed, more names are being added to the story. Here's a guide that we'll keep updating, with links to relevant posts or stories. As always, if new information comes in that changes what is being said about anyone, we will pass that along:

THE VICTIMS

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The Two-Way
8:54 am
Thu May 2, 2013

Weekly Jobless Claims Drop Again, Stay Near 5-Year Low

Originally published on Thu May 2, 2013 9:33 am

There were 324,000 first-time claims for unemployment insurance last week, down 18,000 from the previous week's 342,000, the Employment and Training Administration reports.

Claims continue to run around the lowest pace since early 2008 — they haven't been lower since a week in mid-January 2008 when they came in at 321,000.

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The Two-Way
8:16 am
Thu May 2, 2013

Top Stories: Book Forthcoming On Boston Suspects; Rapper Dies

Originally published on Thu May 2, 2013 8:53 am

Good morning, here are our early stories:

-- Putin Biographer To Write Book On Tsarnaev Brothers.

-- Rapper Chris Kelly Dies, 'Jump' Was Hit For Duo Kris Kross.

And here are more early headlines:

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The Two-Way
7:28 am
Thu May 2, 2013

Book News: Putin Biographer To Write Book On Tsarnaev Brothers

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This composite photo shows brothers Tamerlan Tsarnaev, 26, (left) and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 19.

Originally published on Thu May 2, 2013 10:05 am

The daily lowdown on books, publishing, and the occasional author behaving badly.

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The Two-Way
7:08 am
Thu May 2, 2013

Rapper Chris Kelly Dies, 'Jump' Was Hit For Duo Kris Kross

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Chris Kelly, left, and Chris Smith in 1992's "Jump" video, which was a hit for their rap duo Kris Kross.

Originally published on Fri May 3, 2013 8:11 am

  • LISTEN: A clip from "Jump"

Update at 8:10 a.m. ET, May 3. A New Post:

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The Two-Way
7:07 pm
Wed May 1, 2013

FBI Asks For Public's Help In Benghazi Investigation

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The FBI is seeking information about these individuals.

Originally published on Wed May 1, 2013 7:12 pm

The Federal Bureau of Investigation is asking the public for help in finding three individuals who were on the grounds of the U.S. mission in Benghazi, the day an attack killed four Americans, including Ambassador Christopher Stevens.

"These individuals may be able to provide information to help in the investigation," the FBI said in a short release.

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The Two-Way
6:22 pm
Wed May 1, 2013

Bolivian President Evo Morales Expels USAID

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Bolivian President Evo Morales sings his national anthem during the annual May Day march in La Paz on Wednesday. He announced during a speech that he was expelling the U.S. Agency for International Development from the country.

Originally published on Wed May 1, 2013 8:45 pm

Bolivian President Evo Morales expelled the U.S. Agency for International Development from his country, accusing it of undermining his government.

"We have decided to expel USAID from Bolivia," Morales said in a May Day speech outside the presidential palace in La Paz.

He said he'd ordered the country's foreign minister, David Choquehuanca, to notify the U.S. Embassy of the decision.

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