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The Two-Way
11:25 am
Thu May 31, 2012

Milwaukee Archdiocese Admits It Paid Abusive Priests To Leave Ministry

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Archbishop Timothy M. Dolan, head of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, shown at Ash Wednesday services at Saint Patrick's Cathedral in 2011.
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By Eyder Peralta

Originally published on Thu May 31, 2012 12:21 pm

The Archdiocese of Milwaukee admitted yesterday that it had paid abusive priests up to $20,000 to encourage them to leave the ministry.

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Author Interviews
10:59 am
Thu May 31, 2012

The Internet: A Series Of 'Tubes' (And Then Some)

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Journalist Andrew Blum writes about architecture, design, technology, urbanism, art and travel. He lives in New York City.
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Originally published on Thu May 31, 2012 1:08 pm

Increasingly, Internet users are working "in the cloud" — creating and sending data that isn't stored on local hard drives. It's easy to imagine our emails and photos swirling around in cyberspace without a physical home — but that's not really how it works. Those files are still stored somewhere, but you can only find them if you know where to look.

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Movies
10:58 am
Thu May 31, 2012

2012: 'Not The Best Year' At Cannes

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Emmanuelle Riva co-stars in the French film Amour, which won the festival's Palme d'Or.
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John Powers says the French film Holy Motors was the most daring film at Cannes this year.
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Caleb Landry Jones stars in Brandon Cronenberg's thriller Antiviral, which takes place in a dystopian future in which people inject themselves with viruses taken from celebrities.
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Matthew McConaughey and Zac Efron play brothers in Lee Daniels' The Paperboy, based on a novel by Pete Dexter.
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Originally published on Thu May 31, 2012 1:08 pm

John Powers, Fresh Air's critic-at-large and the movie critic for Vogue, returns from the 2012 Cannes Film Festival to share his thoughts on the films he liked and the films he didn't care for.

Though Powers says 2012 was not the best year at Cannes, the experience once again left him feeling rejuvenated about the movies.

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Shots - Health Blog
10:57 am
Thu May 31, 2012

Sick in America: Hispanics Grapple With Cost And Quality Of Care

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Originally published on Thu May 31, 2012 1:27 pm

In our recent poll on what it means to be sick in America, one ethnic group stands out as having special problems – Hispanic Americans.

The national survey, conducted by NPR with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Harvard School of Public Health, sheds new light on Hispanics' health issues. It runs counter to the widespread impression that African-Americans are worst-off when it comes to the cost and quality of health care.

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Music Interviews
10:48 am
Thu May 31, 2012

Lamine Fellah On Finding Peace Through Music

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Originally published on Fri June 1, 2012 9:39 am

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MICHEL MARTIN, HOST:

I'm Michel Martin and this is TELL ME MORE from NPR News. Do you ever go to the world music section looking for tunes and say to yourself, what does world music really mean? Well, our next guest might be the poster child for what it should mean. He's lived all over the world and, from those travels, has created a sound he rightly calls a global party. His latest album is titled Everyday Salama, meaning every day is a blessing.

(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "EVERDAY SALAMA")

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