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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10:15am

Mon May 6, 2013
The Two-Way

Gun made with 3-D printer is successfully fired

Originally published on Mon May 6, 2013 10:22 am

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9:34am

Mon April 29, 2013
The Two-Way

Crazy photo: Reporter snaps pic as baseball nearly beans her

Originally published on Mon April 29, 2013 9:40 am

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When Fox Sun Sports reporter Kelly Nash was at Fenway Park in Boston on Saturday to cover the Houston Astros' game with the Red Sox, she decided to take a few "selfie" photos while atop the famous Green Monster in left field.

Below, batting practice was underway. So some balls were flying in her direction. Nash turned her back to the field, held her smartphone up and started snapping.

And when she looked at one of the photos she'd just taken, Nash says, she discovered she'd come much closer to being beaned than she'd realized.

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5:29am

Mon April 8, 2013
The Two-Way

Former British Prime Minister Thatcher dies

Originally published on Mon April 8, 2013 9:12 am

Margaret Thatcher, who as British prime minister in the 1980s became known as the "Iron Lady" for her tough economic policies, her partnership with President Reagan in standing up to communism and the short war with Argentina over the Falklands, has died.

Her spokesman, Lord Bell, tells the British Press Association that Baroness Thatcher died Monday following a stroke. She was 87.

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11:09am

Thu April 4, 2013
The Two-Way

Facebook phone is 'a family of apps,' Zuckerberg says

Originally published on Thu April 4, 2013 12:06 pm

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Facebook is going to "turn things around," CEO Mark Zuckerberg said Thursday, by turning "your Android phone into a great, simple social device" that is "designed around people."

He came on stage just after 1 p.m. ET at Facebook's Menlo Park, Calif., headquarters to talk about a very poorly kept secret — the so-called Facebook phone.

But, Zuckerberg said at the start of his talk, "we're not building a phone and we're not building an operating system."

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10:03am

Tue April 2, 2013
The Two-Way

NRA task force: Train school personnel who want to be armed

Originally published on Tue April 2, 2013 9:56 am

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A task force launched by the National Rifle Association after the Dec. 14 school shooting in Newtown, Conn., has come back with a report that recommends the creation of programs that give additional weapons training to school resource officers as well as "selected and designated school personnel" who could then carry arms.

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9:29am

Mon April 1, 2013
The Two-Way

If something smells funny, remember what day it is

Originally published on Mon April 1, 2013 2:59 pm

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  • From 'Morning Edition': 'Hootie and the Time Travelers'

Google Nose was unveiled Monday morning. It's "the new scentsation in search." Just put your nose to the screen to sample "15M+ sentibytes." Google's also offering new options to its "I'm Feeling Lucky" button, including "I'm Feeling Wonderful" and "I'm Feeling Hungry."

Twitter is out with "Twttr," a version that only lets you use consonants.

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12:47pm

Thu March 28, 2013
The Two-Way

Obama: 'Shame on us if we've forgotten' Newtown victims

Originally published on Thu March 28, 2013 9:27 am

Standing in front of mothers whose children have died in shootings, President Obama said Thursday at the White House that if the nation fails to toughen its gun laws, "shame on us."

"Shame on us if we've forgotten" the 20 children and 6 educators killed three months ago at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut and all the others who have died in gun-related violence before and since then, Obama added.

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9:34am

Thu March 28, 2013
The Two-Way

'Arsenal' found at Newtown shooter's home; read the police reports

Originally published on Thu March 28, 2013 10:57 am

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Police found hundreds of rounds of ammunition, guns, three photos of "what appears to be a deceased human covered with plastic" and other evidence when they searched the Newtown, Conn., home of killer Adam Lanza, according to records released Thursday.

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9:10am

Tue March 19, 2013
The Two-Way

Lululemon vows to get to bottom of its see-through pants problem

Originally published on Tue March 19, 2013 10:51 am

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The buns ... er, puns ... seem endless:

Lululemon, the yoga and running clothier, concedes in a letter to its customers that some of the black "luon women's bottoms" it has been selling since early March aren't quite covering their "guests" the way they should.

As Lululemon puts it, there's been some "increased sheerness."

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10:37am

Tue March 12, 2013
Other News

Watch For The White Smoke: Cardinals Begin Conclave To Select Next Pope

Originally published on Tue March 12, 2013 12:25 pm

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Update at 2:43 p.m. ET. No Pope Today:

Black smoke just poured from the chimney above the Vatican. That means, as was expected, the cardinals did not choose a pope on the first vote of their conclave to name a successor to the now-retired Pope Benedict XVI. As the cardinals' ballots are burned, NPR's Sylvia Poggioli says, chemicals are added to a fire in a second stove to turn the smoke black if there's no pope elected and white if there is.

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10:01am

Thu February 14, 2013
Other News

'Blade Runner' Oscar Pistorius in custody and charged with murder of girlfriend

Originally published on Thu February 14, 2013 10:50 am

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Our most recent update was added at 1:45 p.m. ET.

South African Paralympic and Olympic athlete Oscar Pistorius "has been charged with the murder of his girlfriend," The Associated Press reports from Pretoria.

Reeva Steenkamp was shot and killed inside Pistorius' home early Thursday, police say.

The AP adds that:

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8:43am

Wed February 6, 2013
Other News

Postal Service says no more Saturday mail

Originally published on Wed February 6, 2013 12:57 pm

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(We updated the top of this post at 10:37 a.m. ET.)

Calling it "absolutely necessary" if the U.S. Postal Service is going to stop losing billions of dollars a year and reach anything close to financial stability, Postmaster Gen. Patrick Donahoe confirmed Wednesday morning that USPS is moving to eliminate Saturday delivery of first-class mail.

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11:50am

Mon February 4, 2013
Royal Recovery

Remains found beneath parking lot ID'd as King Richard III

Originally published on Mon February 4, 2013 3:10 pm

Remains found under what's now a parking lot in the English city of Leicester have been confirmed to be those of King Richard III, researchers at the University of Leicester announced Monday.

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4:37pm

Fri February 1, 2013
Super Bowl

3 ways to sound smart at a Super bowl party

Originally published on Sun February 3, 2013 9:02 pm

If you're invited to a Super Bowl party and aren't quite up to speed about Sunday's big game, join the club. This blogger's a Buffalo Bills fan and tries to kind of tune out around this time of the season because, after all, it brings back some painful memories.

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10:07am

Mon January 28, 2013
The Two-Way

VIDEO: Look Out! Car Suddenly Emerges From Foam On Highway

Originally published on Tue January 29, 2013 9:46 am

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