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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
1:40 pm
Mon August 6, 2012

Gibson guitar settles criminal case over exotic wood imports

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Gibson guitars on sale in New York City.
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Originally published on Mon August 6, 2012 5:06 pm

"After years maintaining innocence," as Nashville Public Radio says, Gibson Guitar Corp. has agreed to pay a $300,000 penalty, donate $50,000 to a conservation fund and give up its claims to ebony and rosewood worth nearly $262,000 to avoid being criminally prosecuted for importing exotic woods.

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Developing: Shooting at Sikh Temple
1:45 pm
Sun August 5, 2012

Developing: Shooting at Sikh Temple In Wisconsin

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A woman waits outside the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin in Oak Creek, Wis, where a gunman opened fire and killed six people. The gunman was killed by police.
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Police personnel drive around the temple after the shooting.
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Bystanders wait outside the scene of the shooting.
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A police k-9 unit, left, and a robot, center, are outside the Sikh Temple.
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A man sits on a rock as police investigate.
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Anxiously waiting for word: Family and friends of those who were inside the Sikh temple gathered nearby as they waited for news about their loved ones.
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Originally published on Mon August 6, 2012 7:47 am

A shooting at a Sikh Temple in a suburb of Milwaukee today has left at least seven people dead, including the gunman, police say.

The crime is being treated as a "domestic terrorist-type incident," authorities say.

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The Two-Way
10:08 am
Fri July 20, 2012

Real-life horror: many killed, dozens wounded at Colorado movie theater

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Two women mourn near the Century 16 theater in Aurora, Colo., where a gunman opened fire during the opening of the new Batman movie, The Dark Knight Rises.
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A police officer outside the Century 16 movie theater in Aurora, Colo., early today after the shooting rampage.
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The photo of James Holmes released by the University of Colorado Denver.
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Originally published on Sat July 21, 2012 12:17 am

  • Witness talks to 'The Today Show'
  • Steve Inskeep speaks with witness Chayyiel Jackson

A midnight screening of the new Batman movie The Dark Knight Rises turned into a horribly real scene of death and destruction in Aurora, Colo., early Friday when a gunman opened fire on the audience killing 12.

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Drought
9:42 am
Tue July 17, 2012

Drought in U.S. now worst since 1956; food prices to spike, economy to suffer

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On Monday, a weed was growing through the dry earth at Marion Kujawa's pond, which he normally uses to water the cattle on his farm in Ashley, Ill.
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The redder the area, the worst the drought.
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Originally published on Tue July 17, 2012 4:16 pm

With about 55 percent of the continental U.S. suffering from "moderate to extreme drought" conditions the nation is withering under conditions that haven't been this bad since 1956, according to a new report from National Climatic Data Center.

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The Two-Way
11:39 am
Tue July 3, 2012

Andy Griffith dies, was TV's Sheriff Taylor and Matlock

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Andy Griffith in 1960, when he started playing Sheriff Andy Taylor on TV.
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Originally published on Tue July 3, 2012 1:06 pm

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