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Document Greece: Partial Agreement Reached With Creditors
 The moment of truth has arrived for Greece. Sunday the government must finally reach agreement on the terms of a $170-billion bailout from the so-called troika: the European Commission, the European Central Bank and the International Monetary Fund. John Psaropoulos reports from Athens. (02/05/2012)
Document Violence Rises In Syria As UN Falters
 For nearly a year, Syria's government has sustained a violent crackdown against opposition protesters. The international community has struggled to agree on a unified response, and on Saturday, the latest effort to bring pressure on Syria's leaders fell apart. Host Rachel Martin talks with NPR's Kelly McEvers, who is monitoring developments in Syria. (02/05/2012)
Document Curtain Rises On Colorado Caucuses
 Colorado holds its Republican caucuses on Tuesday. Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum and Ron Paul have focused their attention there recently. The state will also be a key battleground in the general election contest. From Denver, Kirk Siegler of member station KUNC reports. (02/05/2012)
Document NASCAR's Waltrip: Why It 'Will Never Be The Same'
 NASCAR Hall Of Fame driver Darrell Waltrip has a new book, <em>Sundays Will Never Be the Same</em>. Waltrip discusses his long and successful career as a driver and his time afterward in the announcer's booth. Host Rachel Martin also speaks with Waltrip about the day his longtime friend and rival Dale Earnhart died in a crash. (02/05/2012)
Document Support, Protest And Hiccups During The Nev. Caucus
 Mitt Romney was the big winner in Saturday's Nevada caucus, leaving runner-up Newt Gingrich in the dust. Organizers said tens of thousands of people participated in the West's first presidential contest of the year, and some of them were still taking part late into the night. NPR's Carrie Kahn reports. (02/05/2012)
Document A Rhyme To Remember Your Roman Numerals
 The Super Bowl is probably the one time of year when any of us bother to pay attention to roman numerals. This year it's 46, otherwise written as XLVI. Just can't keep your numerals straight? Ian Chillag and Michael Danforth of NPR's podcast <em>How Do You Do That</em> explain the subtleties of Roman Numerals for the watchers of Super Bowl XLVI. (02/05/2012)
Document On Defense, Neither Super Bowl Team Wins
 In football, defense wins championships, or so the saying goes. That hasn't been true recently. In fact, both teams in Sunday's Super Bowl, the Giants and the Patriots, featured less-than-stout defenses through the season. NPR's Mike Pesca has some possible reasons why. (02/05/2012)
Document Syria Veto 'Outrageous' Says U.N. Envoy Susan Rice
 Russia and China blocked a U.N. Security Council resolution on Saturday that would have condemned the Syrian government for attacks against civilians. "What it means," Rice says, "is that many more Syrians, innocent Syrians, are going to be killed by their government." (02/05/2012)
Document Voting Their Own Way: Maine's Extra-Long Caucuses
 In the midst of a primary season where every state is trying to outdo the rest, Maine is content to do caucuses its own way. The state's many small towns have long held individual caucuses any time between January and March, and the state Republican Party's efforts to reel them into a single week has had mixed success. Host Rachel Martin speaks with political writer Al Diamon. (02/05/2012)
Document How 'Hugo' Turned From Book To Film
 Before <em>Hugo</em> was the hit film directed by Martin Scorsese, it was a children's book called <em>The Invention of Hugo Cabret</em>, by Brian Selznick. Host Rachel Martin speaks to screenwriter John Logan, whose script for the film has been nominated for an Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay. (02/05/2012)
Document Cezanne Sold To Qatar For A Record Price
 Last year, the oil-rich Gulf nation of Qatar quietly purchased a painting by Paul Cezanne for more than $250 million, the highest amount ever paid for a work of art. Rachel Martin talks with Alexandra Peers, who recently wrote about the sale in <em>Vanity Fair</em>. (02/05/2012)
Document Worshippers Kicked Out Of N.Y. School On Principle
 For years, small churches have been meeting in New York City's public schools. One church, Grace Fellowship, has been gathering at PS-150 in Queens since 2006. In one week, though, they will be evicted. "Freedom for a church to take over a school and convert it to a house of worship is not what our Constitution stands for," says a civil liberties proponent. (02/05/2012)
Document Romney Vows To Take Nevada's Vote To Washington
 Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney won the Nevada caucus Saturday by a wide margin, with Newt Gingrich in a distant second. Romney soared ahead in part because of the state's large Mormon population, but he was dominant across a broad swath of demographics. (02/05/2012)
Document Employed But Not Paid, Some Greeks Voice Protest
 Unemployment has doubled in Greece in the past two years, nearing 20 percent, and there are many Greeks with jobs who might as well be unemployed — they have not been paid for months. Some still show up for work every day, hoping that things will take a turn for the better. (02/05/2012)
Document A Tale Of Two Centuries: Charles Dickens Turns 200
 The beloved storyteller was born on Feb. 7, 1812. He had little formal education, but his novels made him famous in his own time, and continue as classics in ours<em></em>. His two-dozen works of fiction have never gone out of print. (02/05/2012)

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