During the legislative session, there’s been a host of bills on criminal justice. Many of these measures are controversial and have sparked heated debates. As part of our Capitol Conversation series, Bente Birkeland talks to capitol reporters about reforms to the justice system.

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May 18, 2013 | NPR · A nearly 90-pound meteoroid produced a one-second flash visible with the naked eye. Since NASA started tracking lunar strikes in 2005, it has counted more than 300 of them.
 

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May 18, 2013 | NPR · The breach of protocol comes after Russia expelled an American diplomat they said was a spy. Analysts said the potential outing is an escalation.
 

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May 18, 2013 | NPR · The world’s top health problems are more common in men than women. But recent global funding has been skewed toward women’s issues. Some health economists say more effort should go toward stopping men’s risky behaviors, like smoking and drinking.
 

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May 18, 2013 | NPR · We’ve invited the heavy metal rocker to answer three questions about Mike, a chicken in the 1940s who lost his head and still went on to achieve fame and fortune.
 

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May 18, 2013 | NPR · The show has become a social event for a large and varied crowd of African-Americans and others on Twitter, for reasons mysterious, complex and worth exploring.
 

May 18, 2013 | NPR · Colin Broderick’s new memoir, That’s That, chronicles his childhood in Northern Ireland during the modern-day “Troubles.” Broderick says growing up in what was essentially a war zone seemed normal to him at the time.
 

Music

May 18, 2013 | NPR · Host Scott Simon speaks with New York Times classical music critic Anthony Tommasini about conductor James Levine’s return to the Metropolitan Opera after a series of health problems kept him away for two years.
 

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May 18, 2013 | NPR · The Serbian guitarist fell in love with American blues music as a kid — well before she could understand the words.
 

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May 18, 2013 | NPR · After extended jaunts in TV and on the road, McDonald’s first new album in seven years marks a return to her roots in musical theater.
 

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