NPR Coverage Of The Second Presidential Debate

We air the second presidential debate between President Barack Obama and his Republican challenger, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, in its entirety. The debate comes to us live from Hofstra University in Hempstead, N.Y. and is moderated by Candy Crowley, chief political correspondent for CNN and anchor of CNN's State of the Union. Later, NPR Senior Washington Editor Ron Elving, political analysts E.J. Dionne and Matt Continetti and several NPR policy reporters will provide analysis. Traveling campaign reporters and national political correspondents will weigh in from New York.


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Debate Chat: Presidential Town Hall At Hofstra University

The second of three Presidential debates will take place Tuesday night at 9 p.m. from Hofstra University in Hempstead, N.Y. Join NPR bloggers and political editors tonight for a live chat starting at 8:30 p.m.

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Pointed Words, Pointed Fingers As Obama And Romney Have Fiery Debate

There were lively exchanges as the two men faced off on Long Island. Obama flashed some anger. Romney aggressively pushed back.

Arts & Culture

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Art Beat With Lauren Landau, October 7

You can explore one calligrapher's modern take on Korean handwriting, or see two shows that require a little help from the audience.

Food

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Fairfax Schools Pull All-Beef Burgers From Menu, Citing Complaints

Students in a Virginia school system are now eating hamburgers with additives in them, after officials heeded their complaints about the appearance and taste of all-beef burgers it had been serving. The burgers that are now being served include a reported 26 ingredients.

Politics

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No End In Sight: Shutdown Showdown Enters Week Two

Hundreds of thousands of Defense Department civilian employees will go back to work on Monday, but many government operations remain suspended.

Technology

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Wanted: A New Generation Of High-Tech Aviation Workers

Millions of U.S. factory jobs have been lost in the past decade. Now, in North Carolina, high school students are being encouraged to think about taking manufacturing jobs. But this isn't the furniture-making or textile labor of generations past — it's a new kind of highly technical work in aviation.