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  • Wei Jingru, one of the students injured in today's attack, is being treated at a hospital in central China's Henan Province.
    In Repeat Of Disturbing News, Man With Knife Attacks School Children In China
    After a spate of such attacks in recent years, concerns were raised about the failures of China's psychiatric care system. Today's attack renews those fears. Fortunately, none of the 22 children wounded today have life-threatening injuries.
  • Meteorologist Tim Drawbridge's Forecast
    News Channel 13's meteorologist Tim Drawbridge's WAMC regional weather forecast.
  • Sign of the times: Markdowns at a discount clothing store in New York City last month. Such stiff competition for consumers' dollars is helping to keep inflation in check.
    Inflation Is In Check; Consumer Prices Fell 0.3 Percent In November
    The inflation rate, which spiked in August and September when gas prices rose sharply, now appears to have slowed again. That should let the Federal Reserve keep up its efforts to give the economy a boost.
  • Michigan growers harvest 'Colossal' chestnuts, like the one above in New Paltz, N.Y. "If you're going to work in the kitchen with a pound of chestnut, [the] largest best tasting chestnut you can find is the one you want to use," says MSU plant pathologist Dennis Fulbright.
    Sowing The Seeds For A Great American Chestnut Comeback
    At the turn of the 20th century, a deadly fungus wiped out billions of American chestnut trees from the forests of eastern North America. But, growers are now trying to rebuild a U.S. market with Chinese and European chestnut species and re-introduce Americans to chestnut cuisine.
  • Classical Music According to Yehuda #103
    In this week’s “Classical Music According to Yehuda,” Alan Chartock and Yehuda Hanani discuss British comedy duo Flanders and Swann and hear their take on…
  • Remembering Civil Rights Leader Lawrence Guyot
    Lawrence Guyot spent his life fighting for civil rights - but often at great personal cost. He was jailed and beaten regularly by police in the Deep South while helping black people get involved in politics. Host Michel Martin speaks with Washington, D.C. Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton, who worked alongside Guyot, about his life and activism.
  • Alan Alda's Challenge to Scientists: What is Time?
    Alan Alda founded The Flame Challenge last year to promote better science communication, and he started by asking scientists to come up with a kid-friendly explanation for a flame. Now, Alda is back with round two of the popular contest, and kids want to know: What is time?
  • The Media Project #1124
    (Airs: 12/16 & 12/17/12) WAMC's Alan Chartock, Albany Times Union Editor Rex Smith, and Daily Freeman Publisher Emeritus Ira Fusfeld talk about the…
  • "Being Santa Claus: What I Learned about the True Meaning of Christmas" by Sal Lizard
    Sal Lizard was in his twenties when his beard and hair turned completely white. Today he appears everywhere from malls and parades to schools and…
  • Gov. Bill Haslam speaks to reporters after announcing in Nashville, Tenn., on Monday that that he had decided against creating a state-run health insurance exchange. The Republican governor said he will leave it to the federal government to run the marketplace.
    Most States Punt Health Exchanges To The Feds
    Only 17 states and the District of Columbia have proposed running their own insurance markets. Experts had expected mostly small states to seek federal help, but some of the nation's largest have said they will not run an exchange on their own.
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