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To Fix The Debt, Compromise Is Key

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Originally published on Wed December 5, 2012 2:58 pm

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NEAL CONAN, HOST:

This is TALK OF THE NATION. I'm Neal Conan in Washington. Later in the program, exit interviews with Senator Joseph Lieberman and Congressman Ron Paul as they leave Congress after many years. But first we continue our Opinion Page series on the fiscal cliff.

2:06 pm

Tue December 4, 2012

Letters: Dementia Crisis, Dolly Parton

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Originally published on Tue December 4, 2012 3:33 pm

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NPR's Neal Conan reads from listener comments on previous show topics, including segments about caring for family members with dementia and Dolly Parton's book Dream More.

The Two-Way

1:35 pm

Tue December 4, 2012

Report: Bloomberg Urged Hillary Clinton To Run For NYC Mayor

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Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, as she is introduced to speak at the residence of the U.S. ambassador to Belgium in Brussels.

By Eyder Peralta

The New York Times broke one of the more intriguing political stories of the week, last night: In a phone call "not long ago," New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg urged Hillary Clinton to consider running for his job after she ended her tenure as secretary of sate.

1:23 pm

Tue December 4, 2012

'Inventing Wine': The History Of A Very Vintage Beverage

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Paul Lukacs is the author of the new book Inventing Wine. His other books include The Great Wines of America and American Vintage: The Rise of American Wine.

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Originally published on Tue December 4, 2012 1:40 pm

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Wine is our original alcoholic beverage. It dates back 8,000 years and, as Paul Lukacs writes in his new book, Inventing Wine: A New History of One of the World's Most Ancient Pleasures, was originally valued more because it was believed to be of divine origin than for its taste. And that's a good thing, Lukacs tells Fresh Air's Terry Gross, because early wine was not particularly good.

1:21 pm

Tue December 4, 2012

Europeans Summon Israeli Diplomats On Settlement Plan

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Construction workers are seen at the E1 construction site near the West Bank settlement of Maaleh Adumim on the eastern outskirts of Jerusalem in 2007.

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Originally published on Fri December 14, 2012 9:11 am

The U.S. has called the latest Israeli settlement plan "counterproductive," and now the Europeans have weighed in, with even more pointed criticism.

Israeli ambassadors to Britain, France, Denmark, Spain and Sweden were summoned Monday to hear opposition to the settlement plan.

1:06 pm

Tue December 4, 2012

Boxes Of TV Fun, Old And New, For The Holidays

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The new five-DVD, one-CD box set The Incredible Mel Brooks is crammed full with comedy gold — and includes Brooks and Carl Reiner (above) doing their iconic skit "The 2,000-Year-Old Man."

By David Bianculli

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I'm biased, of course, because I'm a television critic — but to me, giving someone a gift of a TV show you yourself enjoyed tremendously is somehow very personal. You're giving something that you love, and that in many cases will occupy many hours, if not days, of their time. And during that time, they'll occasionally be reminded of you.

12:34 pm

Tue December 4, 2012

Betrayed By Metadata: John McAfee Admits He's Really In Guatemala

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A Facebook page shows photos of John McAfee, the founder of the eponymous anti-virus company.

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Originally published on Wed December 5, 2012 11:05 am

The story of John McAfee just keeps getting weirder. If you remember, the McAfee anti-virus software founder is on the lam, wanted for questioning in Belize for the shooting death of Gregory Faull, another expat who lived near him.

McAfee claims he's innocent and the victim of a corrupt government who is trying to get him.

12:33 pm

Tue December 4, 2012

From Humors To Self Control: The Evolution Of A Well-Balanced Diet

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How a wealthy table set with a second course in the month of January would look, according to Mary Smith of Newcastle, in her 1772 book, The complete house-keeper and professed cook.

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Bills of Fare for a typical wealthy person's second course in the month of January, originally published by Mary Smith of Newcastle, in her 1772 book, The complete house-keeper and professed cook.

By Eric Mennel

Originally published on Tue December 4, 2012 3:11 pm

Chances are you're familiar with the phrase "a well-balanced diet." Two to three servings of meat, poultry or fish; three to five servings of vegetables — you know the drill. When we talk about being "well-balanced" today, we're usually talking about the specific nutrients we put into our body.

While this might seem like a relatively new development — a product of the past 50 years of fitness programs and diet regimes — as it turns out, this idea goes back much further.