5:58am

Tue April 3, 2012
It's All Politics

Five Things To Watch For Tuesday In Wisconsin, Maryland, DC

Originally published on Tue April 3, 2012 1:28 pm

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Once the Republican presidential primaries entered April, leaving behind March with its run of several Southern contests, the electoral terrain was expected to start looking much better for Mitt Romney.

That seems the case Tuesday, as Wisconsin, Maryland and the District of Columbia hold the first primaries in April, with a total of 98 delegates at stake. The front-runner for the GOP presidential nomination is expected to have a very good day. Just how good remains to be seen.

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5:46am

Tue April 3, 2012
Shots - Health Blog

Medicare Boosting Coverage For Mental Health Issues

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Medicare coverage for people with depression used to be, well, depressing. But that's starting to change.

In October, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services began covering screening for depression without any cost-sharing when Medicare beneficiaries visit their primary care doctor.

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5:30am

Tue April 3, 2012
All Tech Considered

Mobile Gaming Powers Up: '99 Cents Is The New Quarter'

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Mobile gaming, or at least playing games on a cellphone, is nothing new. Just think of all the quick, sometimes mundane rounds of Snake you played if you were one of the lucky owners of that brick of a Nokia phone from the late '90s and early 2000s.

Yet as smartphones evolved in recent years, the number of games available on them grew rapidly, as well. It has become common to see users of Android phones and iPhones wrapped up in intense sessions of games like Angry Birds or Draw Something.

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5:30am

Tue April 3, 2012
The Two-Way

U.S. Puts $10 Million Bounty On Mumbai Terror Suspect's Head

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Hafiz Mohammad Saeed, the suspected mastermind behind the 2008 attacks in Mumbai, India, that left 166 people dead, now has a $10 million bounty on his head from the U.S. State Department's "Rewards for Justice" program.

Six American citizens died in the Mumbai massacre.

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5:05am

Tue April 3, 2012
The Two-Way

In Women's Title Game, Baylor Goes For History

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Kentucky is now in the record books as this year's NCAA Division I men's basketball champion after its 67-59 win over Kansas last night.

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4:30am

Tue April 3, 2012
The Two-Way

Carnage In Oakland: 'People Started Running, And He Started Shooting'

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  • NPR's Richard Gonzales on 'Morning Edition'

Survivors are telling harrowing tales about what happened Monday morning at Oikos University in Oakland when a man who police say once attended the small Christian school allegedly ordered the dozen or so people in a classroom to line up against a wall, drew a handgun and started firing.

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4:19am

Tue April 3, 2012
Around the Nation

Fla. Woman Parks Mercury Comet After 576,000 Miles

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DAVID GREENE, HOST:

Good morning, I'm David Greene. A Florida woman is putting her car in park after 576,000 miles. Rachel Veitch bought her Mercury Comet, new, in 1964. The car has been through 18 batteries and it's outlasted three marriages. Rachel even appeared on "The Tonight Show" with the vehicle. Now, her failing eyesight is forcing her to hang up her keys. She told Fox News she is not giving that car to her family, because they won't take care of it like she did. It's MORNING EDITION. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright National Public Radio.

4:07am

Tue April 3, 2012
Around the Nation

Fishing For Trash Nets Kids Coins, Rings, Necklaces

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4:03am

Tue April 3, 2012
Asia

China Lifts Newly-Imposed Internet Restrictions

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DAVID GREENE, HOST:

Now a word about the media in China - it is heavily controlled by the government. That reality was clear on Saturday when new restrictions banning commenting were imposed on two Twitter-style websites. This followed online rumors about a military coup in Beijing. The government says the rumors aren't true. And today, the restrictions were finally lifted, but the government certainly made a point about who's in charge.

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3:50am

Tue April 3, 2012
Europe

Putin Tries To Influence Former Soviet States

Originally published on Wed April 4, 2012 11:01 am

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DAVID GREENE, HOST:

This is MORNING EDITION from NPR News. Good morning. I'm David Greene.

Writer Lawrence Sheets once described the Soviet Union as an ill-fitting, stained glass mosaic. That is certainly not the image any Westerners had as they watched the Soviet collapse in 1991.

LAWRENCE SHEETS: We saw the Soviet Union as a monolith, through a few symbols like Red Square or men in fur hats, empty store shelves - these sorts of things.

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