Mark Memmott

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Mark Memmott is one of the hosts of NPR's "The Two-Way" news blog.

"The Two-Way," which Memmott helped to launched when he came to NPR in 2009, focuses on breaking news, analysis, and the most compelling stories being reported by NPR News and other news media.

Before joining NPR, Memmott worked for nearly 25 years as a reporter and editor at USA Today. He focused on a range of coverage from politics, foreign affairs, economics, and the media. He's reported from places across the Unites States and the world, including half a dozen trips to Afghanistan in 2002-2003.

During his time at USA Today, Memmott, helped launch and lead three USAToday.com news blogs: "On Deadline;" "The Oval;" and "On Politics," the site's 2008 presidential campaign blog.

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The Two-Way
6:53 am
Fri April 26, 2013

Dozens Dead After Fire In Russian Psychiatric Hospital

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Firefighters battling the blaze at a psychiatric hospital north of Moscow early Friday.

An estimated 38 people died early Friday at a psychiatric hospital north of Moscow when a fire swept through the facility.

The state news agency RIA Novosti says it has been told by a "police source" that most of the victims "died in their sleep [from] inhaling the fumes as they were likely sedated by prescribed medicine."

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The Two-Way
6:00 am
Fri April 26, 2013

Boston Bombing Suspect Moved To Prison Medical Center

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Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, in an undated photo released by the FBI.

Originally published on Fri April 26, 2013 10:52 am

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the surviving suspect in the April 15 Boston Marathon bombings and the crimes that followed, has been moved out of Boston's Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center "and is now confined at the Bureau of Prisons facility FMC Devens at Ft. Devens, Mass.," U.S. Marshals Service spokesman Drew Wade said in a statement emailed to reporters Friday morning.

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The Two-Way
12:58 pm
Thu April 25, 2013

Body Is ID'd As Missing Student Falsely Linked To Bombings

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Sunil Tripathi.

A body pulled out of the water earlier this week in Providence, R.I., has now been identified as that of 22-year-old Sunil Tripathi, a Brown University student who had been missing since March 15.

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The Two-Way
11:28 am
Thu April 25, 2013

At Bush Library Dedication, Bipartisan Praise

Originally published on Thu April 25, 2013 12:00 pm

Four presidents praised another member of their exclusive club Thursday at the dedication of the George W. Presidential Library and Museum on the campus of Southern Methodist University in Dallas.

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The Two-Way
9:18 am
Thu April 25, 2013

'We've Had Enough Bushies,' Says Former First Lady Barbara

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Former first lady Barbara Bush in March 2012.

Originally published on Thu April 25, 2013 9:48 am

Thanks, mom.

On the day her son George's presidential library is being dedicated in Dallas, former first lady Barbara Bush has told NBC's Today show that "we've had enough Bushes" when it comes to seeing the presidency.

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The Two-Way
8:23 am
Thu April 25, 2013

Jobless Claims Dip To Near Five-Year Low

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Will there soon be more signs like this? A "now hiring" advertisement in San Francisco last year.

Originally published on Thu April 25, 2013 9:07 am

There were 339,000 first-time claims for unemployment insurance last week, down 16,000 from the week before, the Employment and Training Administration says.

The drop brought claims down to around their lowest level since early 2008, when the latest recession was just getting started and before the downturn got its grip on the economy.

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The Two-Way
7:40 am
Thu April 25, 2013

5 Presidents Set To Help Dedicate George W. Bush's Library

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Statues of former Presidents George W. Bush (left) and his father, George H.W. Bush, stand at the George W. Bush Presidential Center on the SMU campus in Dallas, where the George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum will be dedicated Thursday.

Originally published on Thu April 25, 2013 10:14 am

  • From 'Morning Edition': Former first lady Laura Bush talks with NPR's David Greene

We're due for one of those rare moments Thursday morning when the current president and all of his living predecessors will be together.

The occasion: The dedication of the George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum on the campus of Southern Methodist University in Dallas. Presidents Jimmy Carter, George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton and Barack Obama are due to be there along with, of course, George W. Bush.

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The Two-Way
6:44 am
Thu April 25, 2013

Boston Bombing Investigation: Thursday's Developments

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In Boston's Copley Square on Wednesday, people gathered at a makeshift memorial to those killed and injured in the April 15 marathon bombings.

Originally published on Thu April 25, 2013 2:04 pm

  • From 'Morning Edition': Dina Temple-Raston on the latest news in the Boston bombings investigation

The latest developments in the investigation into the April 15 bombings at the Boston Marathon and related news include:

Update at 2 p.m. ET. FBI Says Suspects Planned Explosions In Times Square, New York Mayor Bloomberg Says:

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The Two-Way
10:44 am
Wed April 24, 2013

1 Inmate Impregnated 4 Guards At Md. Jail, Prosecutors Say

This may not surprise fans of HBO's The Wire:

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The Two-Way
9:56 am
Wed April 24, 2013

5 People Dead After Shooting In Small Illinois Town

Originally published on Wed April 24, 2013 11:28 am

A suspect is in custody after five people were reportedly shot to death in Manchester, Ill., a town of 300 or so residents about 90 miles north of St. Louis, The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports.

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