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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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IRS Inspector General Faults 'Ineffective Management'

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Audie Cornish talks to Scott Horsley about the IRS Inspector General's report on the agency's audit of conservative groups.

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6:11 pm

Tue May 14, 2013

With No Unified Database, Many Murder Victims Remain Nameless

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A family friend posts fliers after Samantha Koenig's disappearance in 2012. Koenig's father is now an advocate for a mandatory national missing persons database.

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A map at the Anchorage Police Department tracks the travels of confessed killer Israel Keyes. Investigators say the lack of a unified missing persons database is frustrating efforts to identify other potential victims.

By Daysha Eaton

Originally published on Tue May 14, 2013 7:15 pm

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A serial killer who committed suicide in an Alaska jail last year confessed to murdering at least 11 people across the country. But Israel Keyes didn't name names, and investigators trying to figure out who he killed are running into a major stumbling block: There is no unified, mandatory national database for missing persons.

5:44 pm

Tue May 14, 2013

A Sign of Disunity? Iranian Candidates Jockey For Position

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Etrat Kazemi (center) registers her candidacy for the upcoming presidential election in Tehran, Iran, last week. More than 700 people have registered to run in the June 14 election.

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Former Iranian President Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani (center) waves as he registers his candidacy for the upcoming presidential election at the interior ministry in Tehran, May 11. Rafsanjani has been isolated since massive street protests in 2009 after the disputed re-election of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

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Ahmadinejad (center right) has endorsed top adviser Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei (center left) for president.

By Peter Kenyon

Originally published on Tue May 14, 2013 7:15 pm

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Nearly 700 presidential hopefuls have thrown their names into the ring for Iran's June 14 presidential elections. But two last-minute entrants have altered the shape of the already-chaotic race: a former president once dismissed as a has-been and Iran's chief nuclear negotiator.

4:44 pm

Tue May 14, 2013

Baseball's 'Most Durable Bat Boy' Marks 55 Years On The Field

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Stan Bronson, 84, has been an honorary batboy for the University of Memphis Tigers since 1958. The university provides his food and medical care.

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Bronson is renowned for ending the seventh inning of every home game with a hat tip and a bow.

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Originally published on Thu May 16, 2013 7:24 pm

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The University of Memphis baseball team plays its final home game of the season Tuesday. In addition to rooting for the players, Memphis fans will cheer for someone else: batboy Stan Bronson Jr.

4:40 pm

Tue May 14, 2013

How A Florida Medical School Cares For Communities In Need

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With community-based health care a central part of its curriculum, Florida International University's medical school turned an RV into a mobile health clinic so that students could treat families in neighborhoods where medical care is scare.

By Greg Allen

Originally published on Tue May 14, 2013 7:15 pm

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If it's a Monday, you can usually find Dr. David Brown parked next to a lake in Miami, spending the day inside a 36-foot-long RV. He's not on vacation.

Brown is chief of family medicine at Florida International University's medical school. The RV is the school's mobile health clinic.

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