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Business
4:21 am
Thu May 31, 2012

The Last Word In Business

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Originally published on Thu May 31, 2012 6:17 am

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RENEE MONTAGNE, HOST:

Our last word in business today is: Big Gulp. Actually, make that moderately-sized gulp.

New York City Mayor, Michael Bloomberg has proposed a ban on sugary drinks larger than 16 ounces, which means a large Slurpee or a Grande Frappuccino, would still be legal. Restaurants, movie theaters, and food trucks would all have to abide by the rule, which is aimed at rising obesity rates. Fruit juices and alcoholic drinks would be exempt.

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Sports
4:21 am
Thu May 31, 2012

French Open Tennis Update

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Originally published on Thu May 31, 2012 5:57 am

David Greene checks in with John Wertheim of "Sport Illustrated for an update on the French Open. The big headline from week one is Serena Williams' first-round loss. That's the first time she has lost in the first round in a major tournament.

Pop Culture
4:21 am
Thu May 31, 2012

Happy Birthday Incredible Hulk

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Originally published on Thu May 31, 2012 5:52 am

Fifty years ago this month, comic book artists Stan Lee and Jack Kirby introduced the Incredible Hulk to the world. The Hulk is the volatile alter ego of Dr. Bruce Banner, a physicist who's inadvertently exposed to radiation. As a result, whenever Dr. Banner gets angry or upset, he transforms into a giant, raging monster, capable of stunning feats of strength.

It's All Politics
2:40 am
Thu May 31, 2012

World War II Vet Caught Up In Florida's Voter Purge Controversy

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Bill Internicola, a 91-year-old veteran of World War II, was one of the voters targeted by Florida as a potential noncitizen. Internicola was ordered to prove his citizenship or lose the right to vote. He is flanked by U.S. Rep. Ted Deutch, who called on Florida Gov. Rick Scott to stop the purge of voter rolls immediately.
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Originally published on Thu May 31, 2012 12:56 pm

Bill Internicola, a 91-yar-old World War II veteran, was born and raised in Brooklyn, N.Y., and now lives in Florida's Broward County. He recently received a letter from county elections officials asking him to show proof he was a U.S. citizen or be removed from the voting rolls.

Internicola says he was "flabbergasted."

"To me, it's like an insult," he says. "They sent me a form to fill out. And I filled out the form and I sent it back to them with a copy of my discharge paper and a copy of my tour of duty in the ETO, which is the European Theater of Operations."

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The Picture Show
2:38 am
Thu May 31, 2012

On The Way Back To Base: 'We're Gonna Get Shot At'

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Sgt. Kyle Gonzales, a sniper with the 82nd Airborne, smokes a cigarette after a battle near the village of Babaker, Ghazni province. The soldiers have been engaged in gun battles every time they push into the hamlets north of their forward operating base.
Credit David Gilkey / NPR
Soldiers walk through a driving rainstorm on the landing zone of Forward Operating Base Giro.
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Sgt. Kyle Gonzales prepares to reposition himself during a battle near the village of Babaker.
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Soldiers walk past an abandoned gas station after a gun battle with insurgents near the village of Pana, Ghazni province.
Credit David Gilkey / NPR
A soldier stands in front of a group of men from Babaker, while they wait to be questioned by Afghan National Army troops.
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Pfc. John Ewing of Denver runs through incoming insurgent rounds during the battle in Babaker.
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Staff Sgt. Laverne Schwartz takes up position as insurgent rounds hit the other side of a mud wall used for cover.
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Soldiers try to spot the location of insurgents firing at them in Babaker.
Credit David Gilkey / NPR
Zafar, an Afghan army soldier, waits in the doorway of what was once an elementary school for the village of Pana, but now serves as the soldiers' barracks and headquarters.
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Sgt. 1st Class John Foster, with the Security Force Assistance Team attached to the 82nd Airborne, walks with an Afghan National Army soldier between mud-walled compounds in Babaker.
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Derik Moe, of Pasco, Wash., smokes a cigarette behind the sandbag walls of makeshift sleeping quarters, located in an old office building.
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A letter written by a student in the U.S. and sent to the soldiers here is proudly displayed on the wall of the men's compound in Afghanistan. It reads "Don't Be a Chicken."
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Officers with the Afghan National Police play cricket on the hillside next to Forward Operating Base Giro. The Afghan National Army, National Directorate of Security and Afghan National Police all share space with the soldiers from the 82nd Airborne. The transition from NATO forces to Afghan-led bases and daily operations is one of the key U.S. goals in Afghanistan this summer.
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Abdul Khalik (center), from Badakhshan province in northern Afghanistan, shares a cup of tea with fellow Afghan army soldiers after Friday prayers in an old school building that they call home.
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Pfc. Jesse Bergen (top left), Pfc. Derik Moe (center) and PV2 Alex Serrano pass the time between patrols by watching movies and cleaning their weapons in their hooch, which they have affectionately named the "Snake Pit."
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A sniper with the 82nd Airborne looks for enemy activity from behind the cover of a boulder near the village of Pana.
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This cobbled-together collection of buildings, once used as Afghan government offices and previously occupied by the Polish army, is now home to the 82nd Airborne. All of their supplies are flown in by helicopter; the surrounding roads were rendered unusable by homemade bombs.
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Afghan soldiers and officers with the National Directorate of Security question the father of a suspected Taliban facilitator who is wanted for his involvement in building and placing homemade bombs in Giro district.
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An Afghan soldier carries a backpack filled with extra ammunition and a spare rocket-propelled grenade while on a joint operation foot patrol with soldiers from the 82nd Airborne.
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Pfc. Habeeb Al-Mashala (left) of Detroit and Medic Spc. Chris Green of San Antonio pull away from an overwatch position as other members of their team move on a trail below.
Credit David Gilkey / NPR
Sgt. Kyle Gonzales, a sniper with the 82nd Airborne, has a cigarette after a gun battle near the village of Babaker, Giro district, Ghazni province. The soldiers have engaged in gun battles every time they push into the hamlets north of their forward operating base.
Credit David Gilkey / NPR
Staff Sgt. Laverne Schwartz takes up position as insurgent rounds hit the other side of a mud wall used for cover.
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Originally published on Thu May 31, 2012 12:01 pm

U.S. and Afghan forces are fighting to gain control of a major crossroads in a part of Afghanistan that has seen so few NATO troops that one village elder mistook the Americans for Russians — from the long-ago Soviet war.

"It's an absolutely crucial area," says NPR photographer David Gilkey, who has been embedded with U.S. troops involved in the offensive in eastern Afghanistan's Ghazni province.

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