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  • Cheadle stars in the new film Hotel Rwanda playing a hotel manager who shelters over a 1,000 refugees from genocide. It's based on the true story of Paul Rusesabagina. Cheadle's other films include Devil in a Blue Dress, Boogie Nights, Ocean's Eleven, and Traffic. This interview was originally broadcast on April 6, 2004.
  • American cyclist Lance Armstrong wins the Tour de France in Paris, setting a new record with six victories. The final margin between Armstrong and his nearest competitor, German Andreas Kloden, was 6 minutes, 19 seconds. Hear NPR's Brian Naylor and John Wilcockson of Velo News.
  • Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio and three other members of the far-right extremist group were found guilty of plotting the Jan. 6 insurrection on the U.S. Capitol.
  • On Thursday, Microsoft announced a whooping $44.6 billion bid for Yahoo, a merger that would give Google a run for the money. A deal that combines the second and third largest online search companies is likely to attract antitrust review. Greg Sidak, U.S. editor of the Journal of Competition Law and Economics offers some insight.
  • Decatur's unemployment rate showed the biggest drop in the nation from a year ago. However that does not mean more people are working.The jobless rate in…
  • Korva Coleman speaks with Kathleen Hall Jamieson, Dean of the nnenberg School for Communication, about a new study on children's television iewing habits. 6:54 . ANSWERING MACHINES: Korva Coleman speaks with Peter Crabb, professor of sychology at Pennsylvania State University in Philadelphia. He's just published study in the Journal of Social Behavior and Personality on the way answering achines have changed the way we interact. The answering machine was patented 25 ears ago this year.
  • 29) Cross Promo (:29) Station Break (:59) Forward Promo (:29) Headlines (:59) 6. Hong Kong Rights -- Jacki speaks with Edward Gargen, the New York Times correspondent in Hong Kong. Gargen says a recent statement by Hong Kong's Chinese-appointed new chief executive that he will roll back civil liberties after China regains sovereignty in July is meant to underscore Peking's determination to show that it will make the rules in Hong Kong, not the British.
  • TV critic DAVID BIANCULLI reviewed The Beatles Anthology which is out on video. (This is an expanded 10-hour version of the 6-hour version which aired on television last fall).
  • NPR's Don Gonyea reports on President-elect George W. Bush, who today resigned from the only political office he has ever held -- governor of Texas. The emotional speech by Bush ended 6 years at the helm in Austin and comes less than a month before he is to move to his new home at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. Meanwhile, jockeying continues to go on behind the scenes for filling the remaining Cabinet slots.
  • In an effort to address an estimated $500-million budget deficit, the state of Connecticut lays off 6 percent of its workforce. Gov. John Rowland warns more state workers could lose their jobs if unions fail to agree to concessions in the coming months. Caitlyn Kim reports.
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