Shots - Health Blog
9:00 am
Tue June 26, 2012

Convenience And Efficiency Fuel Boom In Retail Clinics

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Shanda Johnson, right, a nurse practitioner, interviews patient Bill Gilligan at a MinuteClinic at the CVS drug store in North Brunswick, N.J.

Originally published on Tue June 26, 2012 10:27 am

For years, there's been a debate about how walk-in clinics at stores fit into the health care mix. Are they an adequate substitute for a visit to the doctor?

Through it all, the number of clinics has kept growing, numbering 1,355 at the beginning of 2012, a 10.4 percent annual increase, according to consultants Merchant Medicine.

MinuteClinic, a division of CVS Caremark and the largest clinic operator by far, is on track to nearly double the number of clinics it operates to 1,000 by 2016.

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Music
8:57 am
Tue June 26, 2012

Sounds Unusual, June 25

KRVS Local
8:44 am
Tue June 26, 2012

Apres Midi June 25: The Glass Mendacity at Cite des Arts

Classical music

Interview with Jody Powell and Michael Cado about the play The Glass Mendacity at Cite des Arts running though Saturday

Lafayette events calendar

The Two-Way
8:42 am
Tue June 26, 2012

Home Prices Tick Up, Housing Market Recovery May Be Strengthening

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This "For Sale" sign was hanging outside a home in Brooklyn, N.Y., earlier this month.

Home prices rose in nearly all major U.S. cities in April from March, according to the latest S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices report.

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Deceptive Cadence
8:33 am
Tue June 26, 2012

Classical Lost and Found: The 'Hindustani' Piano Concerto

Originally published on Tue June 26, 2012 9:38 pm

Like the music of his good friend Béla Bartók, Scottish composer Erik Chisholm's two piano concertos rely heavily on folk sources. But in Chisholm's case, the influences come from Scotland and India rather than Bartók's beloved Eastern Europe.

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All Songs Considered
8:24 am
Tue June 26, 2012

Summer Music Preview: Premieres From Cat Power, Avett Brothers, Grizzly Bear And More

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Top row (left to right): The Antlers, Cat Power; Middle row: Bill Fay, Sean Rowe, Nas; Bottom row: Christian Scott, JEFF The Brotherhood

Originally published on Tue June 26, 2012 6:57 pm

This week on All Songs Considered, hosts Bob Boilen and Robin Hilton offer sneak previews of some of the summer's most anticipated releases.

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The Two-Way
8:03 am
Tue June 26, 2012

Turkey Warns Syria It May Respond Militarily If Provoked; Tensions Escalate

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Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan earlier today in Ankara.

"Any military element that approaches the Turkish border from Syria and poses a security risk and danger will be regarded as a threat and treated as a military target," Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan told his nation today.

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The Two-Way
7:27 am
Tue June 26, 2012

Orbitz Shows Mac Users Pricier Hotel Options: Big Deal Or No Brainer?

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Using a Mac may mean you'll see some pricier options when booking online.

Originally published on Tue June 26, 2012 2:26 pm

There's lots of chatter today about The Wall Street Journal's report that:

"Orbitz Worldwide Inc. has found that people who use Apple Inc.'s Mac computers spend as much as 30% more a night on hotels, so the online travel agency is starting to show them different, and sometimes costlier, travel options than Windows visitors see."

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Food
7:25 am
Tue June 26, 2012

App Will Match Farmers With Meat Distributors

Transcript

RENEE MONTAGNE, HOST:

And many people want to carve out a slice of the national meat market - that includes people who would like to sell you locally grown meat.

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST:

A company from Kansas City - now, there's a city that knows meat - is developing an application, or app, for smartphones. Nathan Jones wants to help local farmers find distributors.

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Business
7:25 am
Tue June 26, 2012

Microsoft Snaps Up Yammer For $1.2 Billion

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STEVE INSKEEP, HOST:

NPR's business news starts with some yammering.

Microsoft is buying the tech startup Yammer for $1.2 billion, thus proving that you can get a 10 figure sales prices for a company called Yammer. It's the company's attempt to get a social network in its portfolio. Now Yammer, if you're not familiar with it, is like Facebook, but for businesses. It allows employees to see what colleagues in the same company are doing - in case you can't learn that at the water cooler.

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