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All Things Considered is a NPR radio newsmagazine that delivers in-depth reporting and transforms the way listeners understand current events and view the world. The program presents breaking news mixed with compelling analysis, insightful commentaries, interviews, and special -- sometimes quirky -- features.

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Fear Of Fires Fizzles Some July 4 Fireworks Fun

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Susan Underwood prices fireworks, while her husband Michael (left) and Clint Simmons pace themselves with a snack and TV last month at their tent along Highway 416 in Sevier County, Tenn. Over in Middle Tennessee, the drought has led city leaders to ban fireworks this year.

By Blake Farmer

Originally published on Wed July 4, 2012 4:59 pm

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Freddie Bowers and his dad, Larry, have sold fireworks in LaVergne, Tenn., for a lifetime. But, the sparklers are off limits this year since the region has had the hottest streak in recorded history and several small fires in the area have been blamed on fireworks.

For people in the fireworks business, Christmas usually comes in July. Only this year, three-quarters of the country are experiencing some level of drought and from the Mountain West to the Southeast, cities are temporarily banning fireworks.

3:37 pm

Wed July 4, 2012

Ex-CEO: Barclays Isn't The Only Bank At Fault

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Former Barclays CEO Bob Diamond leaves Parliament amid a crowd of reporters in London on Wednesday. Diamond, who resigned Tuesday, was questioned about a growing interest-rate manipulation scandal.

By Yuki Noguchi

Originally published on Wed July 4, 2012 5:34 pm

The fallen leader of Barclays Bank got on the hot seat before members of the British Parliament on Wednesday. Robert Diamond, an American, resigned Tuesday as CEO of the bank — the latest executive to lose his job over an interest-rate manipulation scandal.

The scandal has not only consumed Barclays, it also threatens to engulf other international banks — and high-ranking government officials, too.

Diamond started his career at Barclays on Independence Day, exactly 16 years ago. On Wednesday in London, he set off some fireworks all his own.

3:01 pm

Wed July 4, 2012

Baseball's Teen Phenom Steals Home, And Hearts

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Washington Nationals' Bryce Harper walks out of the clubhouse before an interleague baseball game in Baltimore.

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Bryce Harper's legend grew when he stole home after being hit — deliberately — by a pitch from the Philadelphia Phillies' Cole Hamels on May 6.

By Joseph Shapiro

Originally published on Wed July 4, 2012 4:03 pm

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Bryce Harper was 16 when he appeared on the cover of Sports Illustrated, pictured swinging a bat in the desert and declared "Baseball's Chosen One."

1:55 pm

Wed July 4, 2012

Medical Marijuana Use Sprouting In Israel

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Moshe Rute smokes cannabis at the Hadarim nursing home in Kibutz Naan, Israel. In conjunction with Israel's Health Ministry, the Tikkun Olam company is distributing cannabis for medicinal purposes to more than 1,800 people in Israel.

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A worker tends to cannabis plants at a plantation in northern Israel. Researchers say they have developed marijuana that can be used to ease the symptoms of some ailments without getting patients high.

By Lourdes Garcia-Navarro

Originally published on Sun July 8, 2012 8:33 am

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Israel has become a world leader in the use of medical marijuana. More than 10,000 patients have received government licenses to consume the drug to treat ailments such as cancer and chronic pain.

But while the unorthodox treatment has gained acceptance in Israel, it still has its critics.

Susan Malkah breathes in the cloud of smoke from a plastic inhaler especially formulated for medical marijuana use. She has a number of serious ailments and is confined to a wheelchair.

12:24 pm

Wed July 4, 2012

The Highwaymen: Segregation And Speed-Painting In The Sunshine State

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The Highwaymen are a group of African-American artists based in Fort Pierce, Fla., who began painting in the 1960s. (Clockwise from top left: Harold Newton, James Gibson, Mary Ann Carroll and Al Black are just a few.)

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A.E. Backus with friends in his Fort Pierce studio

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Highwaymen paintings hang in the background at Jetson's Appliance store in Florida.

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Spanish Bayonets on the Indian River. This painting by A.E. Backus suggests an influence on The Highwaymen

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A painting by Mary Ann Carroll, one of 26 painters known as The Highwaymen, who were inducted into the Florida Artists Hall of Fame in 2004.

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Mary Ann Carroll is, to this day, the only female member of The Highwaymen. She is also a pastor, when she isn't painting, at her own church in Fort Pierce, Fla.

By Jacki Lyden

Originally published on Wed July 4, 2012 4:03 pm

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In the 1960s and '70s, if you were in a doctor's office, or a funeral home, or a motel in Florida, chances are a landscape painting hung on the wall. Palms arching over the water, or moonlight on an inlet. Tens of thousands of paintings like this were created by a group of self-taught African-American artists, concentrated in Fort Pierce, Fla.

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