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On May 3, 1971, at 5 p.m., All Things Considered debuted on 90 public radio stations.

In the 40 years since, almost everything about the program has changed, from the hosts, producers, editors and reporters to the length of the program, the equipment used and even the audience.

However there is one thing that remains the same: each show consists of the biggest stories of the day, thoughtful commentaries, insightful features on the quirky and the mainstream in arts and life, music and entertainment, all brought alive through sound.

All Things Considered is the most listened-to, afternoon drive-time, news radio program in the country. Every weekday the two-hour show is hosted by Robert Siegel, Michele Norris and Melissa Block. In 1977, ATC expanded to seven days a week with a one-hour show on Saturdays and Sundays, currently hosted by Guy Raz.

During each broadcast, stories and reports come to listeners from NPR reporters and correspondents based throughout the United States and the world. The hosts interview newsmakers and contribute their own reporting. Rounding out the mix are the disparate voices of a variety of commentators, including Sports Commentator Stefen Fastis, Poet Andrei Codrescu and Political Columnists David Brooks and E.J. Dionne,

All Things Considered has earned many of journalism's highest honors, including the George Foster Peabody Award, the Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Award and the Overseas Press Club Award.

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Mozambique Farmland Is Prize In Land Grab Fever

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Young boys thresh soybeans by hand in Ruasse.

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The company Quifel Natural Resources is growing sunflowers near Ruasse. It's part of a land concession that covers 25,000 acres. Sunflowers are valuable for their oil.

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Workers harvest sesame, an oilseed crop, on the large farm that Quifel Natural Resources has set up in northern Mozambique.

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Caterina Alberto is one of Ruasse's most prosperous farmers.

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The Quifel Natural Resources farm near Ruasse sends tanks to draw irrigation water from the stream that also supplies the village's water.

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Vitorino Munalile walks past a field where he used to grow crops. Workers at the investor-owned farm recently plowed up the land for the farm's own use.

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Villagers in Ruasse used this land to grow corn, sugar cane and cassava. A month or two ago, tractors from the Quifel Natural Resources farm plowed it up. The villagers say that they never received any payment for the crops that they lost.

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Getting to the village of Ruasse, in northern Mozambique, involved driving 60 miles on this road. Paved roads are scarce in this country.

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Workers harvest sesame, an oilseed crop, on the large farm that Quifel Natural Resources has set up in northern Mozambique.

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Farming, like most other tasks, is done by hand in rural Mozambique.

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A herd of goats in the village of Ruasse. Notice the power lines — Ruasse is lucky to have them. Many villages in northern Mozambique don't have access to electricity.

By Daniel Charles

Originally published on Fri June 15, 2012 12:37 pm

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First of a two-part series. Read part 2.

In these days of financial uncertainty, the hot new investment tip is farmland.

1:04 pm

Thu June 14, 2012

NewsPoet: Robert Pinsky Writes The Day In Verse

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Robert Pinsky visits NPR headquarters in Washington D.C., on Thursday.

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Originally published on Wed July 25, 2012 8:18 am

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Today at All Things Considered, we continue a project we're calling NewsPoet. Each month, we bring in a poet to spend time in the newsroom — and at the end of the day, to compose a poem reflecting on the day's stories.

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Thu June 14, 2012

Walnut Meringue Cookies Sealed With A 'Kiss'

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Listener Jamie Lynn Stevenson's "lost" recipe for walnut meringue cookies was passed down from her great-grandmother Rosina Richardt.

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Originally published on Fri June 15, 2012 2:35 pm

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Jamie Lynn Stevenson can still remember the smell of walnut meringue cookies wafting from her great-grandmother's kitchen. The "little piles of heaven," also known in her family as bussels, or "kisses" in German, were dense but chewy, with hints of caramelized nut flavor inside.

"I was just salivating waiting for them," Stevenson recalls. "And the great thing about these cookies is that they didn't take very long to bake!"

1:01 pm

Thu June 14, 2012

Romney Backers Brace For Paul 'Circus' In Iowa

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The crowd reacts as Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, speaks at the University of California, Berkeley, on April 5.

By Sarah McCammon

Originally published on Thu June 14, 2012 2:39 pm

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While Mitt Romney has a virtual lock on the Republican presidential nomination, fans of Rep. Ron Paul of Texas aren't quite giving up.

While they know he won't be president, they're still working to promote Paul's ideas. And they've started with state conventions, like the one in Iowa this weekend, where political observers are anticipating some fireworks.

12:38 pm

Thu June 14, 2012

Can You ID Germany's 'Forest Boy?'

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"Forest boy," who says his name is Ray.

By Mark Memmott

Originally published on Fri June 15, 2012 3:59 am

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7 a.m. June 15. IMPORTANT UPDATE: 'Forest Boy' Is A Hoax, Police Say.

Our original post:

Take a look at the face.

If you've got any clue as to who this young man is, police in Berlin want to know.

5:23 am

Thu June 14, 2012

Sail Into Summer With Novel Picks From Alan Cheuse

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By Alan Cheuse

Originally published on Wed June 20, 2012 3:23 pm

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Head to the bookstore or pick up your Nook or Kindle or iPad, and prepare, if you will, to make some decisions about your summer reading life. My suggestions this year tend to be fine new fiction, the kind that not only flows on the page but also makes a sort of music in your mind. So, word music it is! Strike up the orchestra! It's going to be a big summer for big broad American literary voices, voices that leap from the page and linger with you, echo through your summer and perhaps even beyond.

2:56 pm

Wed June 13, 2012

Romney As Governor: Confrontation, One Big Deal

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Mitt Romney, then the governor-elect of Massachusetts, walks into the House chambers during inaugural ceremonies at the Statehouse in Boston, on Jan. 2, 2003.

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Romney shares a light moment with Senate President Robert E. Travaglini (center) and House Speaker Thomas Finneran before his State of the State address in 2004.

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Romney walks down the central staircase inside the Statehouse during a ceremony marking the end of his term as governor on Jan. 3, 2007.

By David Welna

Originally published on Tue June 19, 2012 10:30 am

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2:56 pm

Wed June 13, 2012

New Doping Charges Filed Against Lance Armstrong

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Originally published on Wed June 13, 2012 4:32 pm

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AUDIE CORNISH, HOST:

It's ALL THINGS CONSIDERED, from NPR News. I'm Audie Cornish.

MELISSA BLOCK, HOST:

And I'm Melissa Block. There's news today that the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency, or USADA, has brought formal doping charges against seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong. USADA is the body that fights performance-enhancing drug use in Olympic sports.

1:49 pm

Wed June 13, 2012

French First Lady Sets Country A-Twitter

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French President Francois Hollande's companion, Valerie Trierweiler (left), has sparked a political uproar in France, with a tweet in support of a candidate running against Segolene Royal (right), Hollande's former partner and the mother of his four children.

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French President Francois Hollande (right) with his companion, Valerie Trierweiler, in Tulle, southwestern France, on June 9. Hollande campaigned as a down-to-earth politician, the opposite of his scandal-prone predecessor, Nicolas Sarkozy.

By Eleanor Beardsley

Originally published on Wed June 13, 2012 5:16 pm

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Europe may be in major financial and political turmoil, but in France, it's a tweet that has the country in an uproar.

The political storm erupted Tuesday when first lady Valerie Trierweiler tweeted her support for a candidate running in Sunday's parliamentary elections.

That may sound harmless, but the candidate she encouraged is running to unseat prominent politician Segolene Royal, the former partner of President Francois Hollande and the mother of his four children.

12:48 pm

Wed June 13, 2012

Finally, A Map Of All The Microbes On Your Body

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Originally published on Wed June 13, 2012 4:32 pm

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Scientists Wednesday unveiled the first catalog of the bacteria, viruses and other microorganisms that populate every nook and cranny of the human body.

Researchers hope the advance marks an important step towards understanding how microbes help make humans human.

The human body contains about 100 trillion cells, but only maybe one in 10 of those cells is actually — human. The rest are from bacteria, viruses and other microorganisms.

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