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The attacks on five-star hotels in Mumbai, India's commercial capital, have commentator Sandip Roy thinking about the symbolism.

He's been captivated by one photo of one of the alleged terrorists. He looks like any ordinary Indian, a young man in jeans and T-shirt, except he's holding an assault rifle.

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For years, many of the best foreign athletes have come to the United States to advance their careers. Commentator Frank Deford sees a reverse trend: elite athletes leaving the U.S. to play abroad.

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With wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the number of returning troops we honor grows every Veterans Day. Commentator Forrest Brandt served in Vietnam from 1968-69.

Brandt, who is now retired from the Army, wrote about the day he came home.

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Forty years after getting off welfare, commentator Mary Sojourner finds herself signing up for benefits again.

And she learns that the faltering economy has put a lot of neighbors in her small California desert town in the same situation.

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The nation's first rollout of WiMax has launched in Baltimore. Host Steve Inskeep talks to tech commentator Mario Armstrong about the fourth generation Internet service.

It's a wireless connection that is fast and allows a subscriber to roam across the city.

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June 12 is celebrated by many interracial couples and families as "Loving Day." It's the day in 1967 when the U.S.

Supreme Court overturned the laws banning interracial marriage. The day is named for the couple who brought the case to court, Richard and Mildred Loving.

Commentator John Ridley has a remembrance.

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More than three thousand women are expected to swim the half mile, bike the 12 miles and then run, jog or walk the final 3.1 miles.

Commentator Susie Cohen says she considered running a bore, cycling a chore, and swimming done best without collisions with fish or fellow swimmers.

Add increasing age and decreasing time, she pretty much convinced herself to never try a triathlon.

Commentator Leroy Sievers speaks regularly with Morning Edition about his experiences dealing with cancer.

But for the past six months, he's been recuperating from the effects of surgery to combat cancer in his spine.

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The Iraq war has reportedly claimed at least 4,000 U.S. lives. Commentator Thomas Phillips knows firsthand about that number.

The Veterans Affairs chaplain is notified whenever a member of the U.S. armed forces is killed. He wishes for the day when notifications naming the dead will stop appearing on his computer screen.