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Education
12:00 pm
Tue April 10, 2012

Should Teachers Be Disciplined For Online Lives?

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NEAL CONAN, HOST:

This is TALK OF THE NATION. I'm Neal Conan in Washington. Over the past few years, several teachers have been disciplined and even fired for comments or photos posted online. A Philadelphia high school teacher was suspended in February after posting on her blog that students acted like rude, disengaged, lazy whiners. A Georgia teacher was forced to resign in 2009 after a complaint over a Facebook photo that showed her drinking alcohol.

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Education
12:00 pm
Tue April 10, 2012

'Savage U' Takes Frank Sex Talk To Campus

Dan Savage has made a career offering advice on relationships and sex in his nationally-syndicated column, "Savage Love." Now he's taking his act on the road for his new show, Savage U, in which he travels to college campuses across the country giving students advice on sex and relationships.

Sports
12:00 pm
Tue April 10, 2012

Marlins Suspend Guillen After Castro Comments

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NEAL CONAN, HOST:

Ozzie Guillen's interview with Time magazine begins with the quote, "I love Fidel Castro" - controversial for any Major League Baseball manager, a flash point for the new manager of a team that just opened a new stadium in Miami's Little Havana. Earlier today, the Miami Marlins suspended Guillen for five games, and he appeared at a news conference to repeat apologies for what he called the biggest mistake I've made so far in my life.

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NPR Story
12:56 pm
Mon April 9, 2012

'Damn Yankees' Loved And Hated For More Than Sport

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A New York Yankees hat and glove rest in the dugout before a game at Oriole Park at Camden Yards.

The New York Yankees may be the most polarizing team in the U.S. In a new collection, Damn Yankees: Twenty-Four Major League Writers on the World's Most Loved (and Hated) Team, writers share the stories behind their passions.

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Asia
12:00 pm
Mon April 9, 2012

Change Moves Quickly In Myanmar

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NEAL CONAN, HOST:

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