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Does Political Mommy Talk Make You Cheer Or Gag?

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Both major party presidential campaigns are focusing on family this election season. Some parents relate to the personal stories, but others say the candidates are just pandering. Host Michel Martin takes a look at how family is playing out in this campaign. She checks in with moms Leslie Morgan Steiner, Jolene Ivey, Dani Tucker and Gayle Trotter.

Planet Money

10:02 am

Tue September 11, 2012

The iPhone 5 And The Economy: Don't Believe The Hype

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Waiting to help the economy grow.

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Originally published on Wed September 12, 2012 10:13 am

The iPhone 5 will give a nice boost to U.S. economic growth in the last three months of this year, according to a new note from JPMorgan.

9:58 am

Tue September 11, 2012

GoDaddy Says Outage Was Not Caused By Hack

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By Eyder Peralta

The web hosting company GoDaddy says it has finished an investigation into yesterday's outages and the company has concluded that it was not caused by an external hack.

As we told you yesterday, many of GoDaddy's members complained that their websites were inaccesible for a while on Monday. The company hosts some 5 million websites and has registered more than 53 million domain names.

9:51 am

Tue September 11, 2012

Question 21: A Matter Of National Security

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To get security clearance for jobs in the military or the government, applicants must say whether they've undergone counseling in recent years. Some experts say this question — known as Question 21 — is discouraging people from applying for jobs or from getting help.

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Originally published on Tue September 11, 2012 7:57 pm

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Jennifer Norris was a devoted member of the Maine National Guard.

"I was ecstatic. I absolutely loved serving in the military," she says.

Norris still wanted a career in the Guard even after she was sexually assaulted by other members of the military. After she was raped, she says she got psychological counseling.

But then it came time to renew the security clearance she needed for her job as a satellite communications technician. One question on the form — Question 21 — asked whether she'd sought help from a mental health professional over the past seven years.

9:37 am

Tue September 11, 2012

U.S. Teachers Pay Close Attention To Chicago

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Chicago public school students are out of school for a second straight day because of a teachers' strike. But the main sticking point isn't pay. Teachers are fighting a series of reforms that are being implemented in school systems around the country. Host Michel Martin speaks with Chicago Public Radio's Education Reporter Linda Lutton.

The Two-Way

9:35 am

Tue September 11, 2012

Lower-Key Ceremonies For This Year's Sept. 11 Commemoration

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A woman looks at flowers at the Flight 93 National Memorial on Monday ahead of the anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks in Shanksville, Pa.

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A U.S. soldier with the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force looks on during a Sept. 11 memorial ceremony Tuesday at Kaia airport in Kabul, Afghanistan.

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The Tribute in Light shines above the World Trade Center and the Statue of Liberty on Monday as seen from Bayonne, N.J. Tuesday marks the 11th anniversary of the attack that destroyed the twin towers.

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Dominique Sanders walks Monday with her daughter Roux, 2, among flags flying at Pepperdine University in Malibu, Calif., in honor of the victims of the Sept. 11 attacks. One flag from the nationality of each person killed that day was erected at the school.

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New York City police bugler Gabe Perdomo warms up next to the South Pool at ground zero during Tuesday's memorial ceremonies for the 11th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks.

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Airline pilots Capt. Anthony Chapman (right) and Capt. Paul Evans salute with others as the U.S. flag is lowered to half staff at the 9/11 Flight Crew Memorial in Grapevine, Texas. Flight crews gathered at the memorial near Dallas-Fort Worth airport to remember the flight crews lost in the Sept. 11 attacks.

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President Obama, first lady Michelle and members of the White House staff pause for a moment of silence to mark the anniversary on the South Lawn of the White House.

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Judy Parisio (right) and Linda Malbrba make a rubbing of their niece's name, Frances Ann Cilente, who worked at the World Trade Center, during ceremonies marking the anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks.

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President Obama stands with Defense Defense Leon Panetta (left) and Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey, as they place their hands over their hearts at the Pentagon Memorial,Tuesday, during a ceremony to mark the 11th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks in Arlington, Va.

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A U.S. soldier with the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force looks on during a Sept. 11 memorial ceremony Tuesday at Kaia airport in Kabul, Afghanistan.

By Scott Neuman

UPDATE at 9:00 ET:

President Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama and White House staffers observed a moment of silence on the White House South Lawn to remember the nearly 3,000 people killed in terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001.

After the silence, three bell tolls were struck and a bugler played taps.

Here's our earlier post:

Ceremonies to commemorate the nearly 3,000 people killed 11 years ago today in the worst-ever terrorist attacks on U.S. soil are decidedly lower key this time around.

9:30 am

Tue September 11, 2012

Next: Save The Clocktower

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Chicago's Save the Clocktower.

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Originally published on Tue September 11, 2012 12:39 pm

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Chicago's Save the Clocktower formed in 2008 and kicked off its career in earnest the next year, when longtime friends Greg Newton (drums, vocals), Jimmy Shenk (keyboards) and Sean Paras (guitar/vocals) recorded their self-titled EP. In 2011, they released their first full-length album, Carousel, which is available as a free download on their Bandcamp page. Recently, a fourth member was added: bass player and older brother to Greg, Chris Newton.

9:22 am

Tue September 11, 2012

Bob Dylan's Baffling And Sometimes Beautiful 'Tempest'

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Bob Dylan's Tempest features 10 new songs with many feisty, baffling, sometimes beautiful moments.

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By Ken Tucker

Originally published on Tue September 11, 2012 12:48 pm

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Bob Dylan made the rare mistake of talking about his creative process shortly before the release of Tempest. He told Rolling Stone that he'd originally wanted to write a collection of what he called "religious songs," saying, "That takes a lot more concentration to pull that off — 10 times with the same thread than it does with a record like I ended up with." Which means that either his powers of concentration failed him, or he became distracted by other themes, topics and moods.

9:02 am

Tue September 11, 2012

This Week's Essential Songs, From Atoms For Peace, Tilly & The Wall, More

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Tilly & The Wall (clockwise from upper left), Bad Powers, Thom Yorke and Flea of Atoms For Peace

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Thom Yorke.

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Originally published on Wed January 30, 2013 10:24 am

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On this edition of All Songs Considered, co-host and producer Robin Hilton offers host Bob Boilen $200 million to walk away from the show forever. Does Bob take the bait?

8:52 am

Tue September 11, 2012

Vietnam To Sept. 11: A Daughter's Lessons

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Members of West Point's class of 1965 are honored with a parade by cadets at the class's 40th reunion at the military academy in New York in 2005.

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Laurel's father as a young West Point cadet.

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Laurel Dalrymple found new understanding through her father's West Point classmates.

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Originally published on Tue September 11, 2012 5:45 pm

Laurel Dalrymple is an editor at NPR.org.

Duty — Honor — Country. Those three hallowed words reverently dictate what you ought to be, what you can be, what you will be. They are your rallying points: to build courage when courage seems to fail; to regain faith when there seems to be little cause for faith; to create hope when hope becomes forlorn. – Gen. Douglas MacArthur, May 1962

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Tue September 11, 2012