Mark Memmott

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Mark Memmott joined NPR News in the spring of 2009 to launch a new blog, "The Two-Way," with co-blogger Frank James.

"The Two-Way" is the place where NPR.org gives readers breaking news and analysis — and where it engages users in conversations ("two-ways") about the most compelling stories being reported by NPR News and other news media.

Memmott came to NPR from USA Today, where for over 20 years he worked as a reporter and editor on subjects ranging from politics and, foreign affairs to economics and the media.

In recent years he helped launch and then led three different news blogs at USATODAY.com, including the website's 2008 presidential campaign blog, On Politics.

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1:34pm

Thu May 26, 2011
The Two-Way

Pakistan Agrees To Let CIA Search Bin Laden's Compound

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"Pakistan has agreed to allow the CIA to send a forensics team to examine the compound where Osama bin Laden was killed," The Washington Post just reported, citing "U.S. officials" as its sources.

According to the Post, the team will be looking for materials that the al-Qaida leader and his follows might have hidden at the site.

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1:19pm

Thu May 26, 2011
The Two-Way

Grim Reading: The Mladic Indictment

The news is that "one of the world's most wanted war crimes suspects, Ratko Mladic, was apprehended early Thursday in Serbia after 16 years on the lam."

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4:16pm

Tue May 24, 2011
The Two-Way

'It's Definitely Easier To Engineer For An Earthquake' Than Tornadoes

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Can homes, schools, hospitals and office buildings be built to be tornado-proof?

After the death and destruction we've seen in recent weeks in Joplin, Mo., Tuscaloosa, Ala., and other parts of the nation where tornadoes have struck, that is likely on many minds.

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2:42pm

Tue May 24, 2011
The Two-Way

Joplin And Nearby Areas Warned Of 'Intense Tornado Outbreak' Today

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Already struggling to recover from Sunday's devastating tornado that killed more than 100 people, residents of Joplin, Mo., have more severe weather to worry about later today.

From the National Weather Service's Storm Prediction Center:

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1:46pm

Tue May 24, 2011
The Two-Way

Prosecutor: Mubarak To Be Tried For Protesters' Deaths

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"Egypt's ex-President Hosni Mubarak will stand trial on charges of conspiring in the deadly shootings of protesters during the uprising that ousted him," The Associated Press reports.

The wire service adds that the prosecutor-general's decision is "a major step in a country still rattled by protests and demands for justice."

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