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
2:10 pm
Wed November 2, 2011

Reports: Aid To Greece Won't Be Paid Without Reassurances

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel talks to French President Nicolas Sarkozy on the eve of the G-20 summit in Cannes, France, earlier today.

Update at 6:56 p.m. ET. French President Nicolas Sarkozy says that the next round of rescue loans will not be paid, until after Greeks vote on whether to accept the terms of the bailout package.

This is significant, because Greece has said it will run out of money some time this month and the referendum is so far slated for early December.

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The Two-Way
9:45 am
Wed November 2, 2011

Audie Cornish Will Fill In For Michele Norris On 'All Things Considered'

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Audie Cornish

Weekend Edition Sunday host Audie Cornish will be filling in for Michele Norris on All Things Considered for a year, starting in January, NPR just announced.

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The Two-Way
7:35 am
Wed November 2, 2011

French Newspaper Firebombed After Satire Involving Prophet Muhammad

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Charlie Hebdo's publisher, known only as Charb, talked to journalists today (Nov. 2, 2011) in front of his publication's burned-out offices.

The Paris offices of a French newsweekly that in its latest issue "invited" the Prophet Muhammad to be a guest editor and satirically wrote of what a "soft version" of Sharia law might be like, were burned early today.

According to The Associated Press:

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The Two-Way
6:45 am
Wed November 2, 2011

Lawyer: One Of Cain's Accusers Wants Her Story Told

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Republican presidential contender Herman Cain on Monday (Oct. 31, 2011) in Washington, D.C.

The lawyer for one of two women who in the late 1990s accused Republican presidential contender Herman Cain of sexual harassment wants her side of the story to come out because she believes Cain has not been telling the truth about what happened, a lawyer who represents her said Tuesday on CNN's Anderson Cooper 360.

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6:19 am
Wed November 2, 2011

WikiLeaks' Julian Assange Loses Extradition Appeal

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WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange as he arrived at London's High Court this morning (Nov. 2, 2011).

British judges ruled this morning that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange can be extradited from the U.K. to Sweden, where authorities want to question him about allegations from two women that he sexually assaulted them in August 2010.

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The Two-Way
11:00 am
Tue November 1, 2011

Bank Of America Dropping Plan For $5 Monthly Debit-Card Fee

Bank of America just confirmed that it is dropping a plan to charge many of its debit-card customers $5 a month if they use them to make purchases.

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The Two-Way
10:00 am
Tue November 1, 2011

Secretary Clinton's Mother Has Died, Dorothy Howell Rodham Was 92

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Dorothy Rodham (center) with her daughter Hillary and granddaughter Chelsea at a January 2008 campaign event in Iowa.

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton's mother, 92-year-old Dorothy Howell Rodham, has died.

The Clinton Foundation just sent this statement to the news media:

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The Two-Way
9:43 am
Tue November 1, 2011

VIDEO: Jumbo Jet Makes Emergency 'Wheels Up' Landing In Warsaw

The early reports are that everyone's OK after LOT Airlines flight 16 from Newark, N.J., to Warsaw, Poland, had to land on its belly today because of problems with the landing gear. According to CNN, Polish TV says there were 230 people on board the Boeing 767.

Local TV cameras were rolling as the plane came in.

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