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8:46 am
Tue April 3, 2012

Medicare Boosting Coverage For Mental Health Issues

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Medicare coverage for mental health services will reach 80 percent in 2014.

Medicare coverage for people with depression used to be, well, depressing. But that's starting to change.

In October, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services began covering screening for depression without any cost-sharing when Medicare beneficiaries visit their primary care doctor.

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All Tech Considered
8:30 am
Tue April 3, 2012

Mobile Gaming Powers Up: '99 Cents Is The New Quarter'

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As mobile games gain popularity, some traditional game developers have taken note and created simpler games.

Mobile gaming, or at least playing games on a cellphone, is nothing new. Just think of all the quick, sometimes mundane rounds of Snake you played if you were one of the lucky owners of that brick of a Nokia phone from the late '90s and early 2000s.

Yet as smartphones evolved in recent years, the number of games available on them grew rapidly, as well. It has become common to see users of Android phones and iPhones wrapped up in intense sessions of games like Angry Birds or Draw Something.

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The Two-Way
8:30 am
Tue April 3, 2012

U.S. Puts $10 Million Bounty On Mumbai Terror Suspect's Head

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An April 2011 file photo, taken in Islamabad, of Hafiz Mohammad Saeed.

Hafiz Mohammad Saeed, the suspected mastermind behind the 2008 attacks in Mumbai, India, that left 166 people dead, now has a $10 million bounty on his head from the U.S. State Department's "Rewards for Justice" program.

Six American citizens died in the Mumbai massacre.

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The Two-Way
8:05 am
Tue April 3, 2012

In Women's Title Game, Baylor Goes For History

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Baylor's Brittney Griner (42) blocking a shot by Georgia Tech's' Sasha Goodlett on March 24.

Kentucky is now in the record books as this year's NCAA Division I men's basketball champion after its 67-59 win over Kansas last night.

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The Two-Way
7:30 am
Tue April 3, 2012

Carnage In Oakland: 'People Started Running, And He Started Shooting'

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Police descended on Oikos University in Oakland, Calif., Monday after the shootings that left at least seven people dead.
  • NPR's Richard Gonzales on 'Morning Edition'

Survivors are telling harrowing tales about what happened Monday morning at Oikos University in Oakland when a man who police say once attended the small Christian school allegedly ordered the dozen or so people in a classroom to line up against a wall, drew a handgun and started firing.

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Around the Nation
7:19 am
Tue April 3, 2012

Fla. Woman Parks Mercury Comet After 576,000 Miles

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DAVID GREENE, HOST:

Good morning, I'm David Greene. A Florida woman is putting her car in park after 576,000 miles. Rachel Veitch bought her Mercury Comet, new, in 1964. The car has been through 18 batteries and it's outlasted three marriages. Rachel even appeared on "The Tonight Show" with the vehicle. Now, her failing eyesight is forcing her to hang up her keys. She told Fox News she is not giving that car to her family, because they won't take care of it like she did. It's MORNING EDITION. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright National Public Radio.

Around the Nation
7:07 am
Tue April 3, 2012

Fishing For Trash Nets Kids Coins, Rings, Necklaces

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Asia
7:03 am
Tue April 3, 2012

China Lifts Newly-Imposed Internet Restrictions

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Now a word about the media in China - it is heavily controlled by the government. That reality was clear on Saturday when new restrictions banning commenting were imposed on two Twitter-style websites. This followed online rumors about a military coup in Beijing. The government says the rumors aren't true. And today, the restrictions were finally lifted, but the government certainly made a point about who's in charge.

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Africa
6:56 am
Tue April 3, 2012

Turmoil Erupts In West African Nation Of Mali

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The nation of Mali is in turmoil. Within two short weeks, the apparently stable West African democracy has gone from preparing for presidential elections to a military coup. Neighboring countries are imposing a total embargo, demanding the coup leaders step down. Add to the mix a separatist rebellion in the north that has captured the fabled desert city of Timbuktu. From Mali's capital, Bamako, NPR's Ofeibea Quist-Arcton reports.

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Sports
4:00 am
Tue April 3, 2012

Wildcats Roll To 8th NCAA Title, Coach Campari's 1st

The Kentucky Wildcats beat the Kansas Jayhawks 67-59 Monday night in New Orleans, claiming their eighth NCAA men's basketball title and head coach John Calipari's first.

The Jayhawks trailed by 14 at halftime, and just 5 points separated the teams with about a minute left in the game. But Kansas couldn't get any closer to beating Kentucky, a team stacked with young talent that had dominated the whole tournament.

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