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Tens of thousands of Spaniards staged angry protests this week against new cutbacks that represent the biggest single dose of austerity in Spain's democratic history. Public employees will suffer pay cuts as part of a nearly $80 billion package of cuts and tax hikes. New austerity measures are the conditions attached to a European bailout for Spanish banks.

Anti-government forces in Syria known as the Free Syrian Army have gained ground against the regime of President Bashar Assad. Steve Inskeep talks to Amr Al Azm about the rebels. Azm is a professor of history at Shawnee State University. He's also a Syrian activist and a member of the opposition advising on strategy.

Renee Montagne talks to Ben Markus about the shooting in Aurora, Colo. At least 12 people are dead after a gunman opened fire at a movie theater in the Denver suburb.

Colson Whitehead's novel Zone One is a post-apocalyptic tale of a Manhattan crippled by a plague and overrun with zombies. He explains that he created the novel, in part, to pay homage to the grimy 1970s New York of his childhood.

In a speech from Fort Myers, Fla., President Obama said Friday was "a day for prayer and reflection." At least 12 people were killed after a gunman walked into a movie theater in Aurora, Colo., and opened fire.

Mitt Romney is under attack over taxes, Bain and outsourcing. But he's still tied with President Obama in nearly every poll. Plus, we weigh in on potential veeps, Ron Paul and Sarah Palin await their convention invites, Harry Reid complains, and Anthony Weiner mulls a comeback. Really.

"Perception," a new TV show on TNT, stars Eric McCormack as an eccentric neuroscience professor who helps the FBI solve crimes between teaching classes. Series co-creator and executive producer Ken Biller describes the show, and explains how the writers work to get the science right.

Antarctica has 90 percent of the world's ice--and it's melting. Ice sheet guru Bob Bindschadler talks about climate change in Antarctica, and rising sea levels across the globe. Plus, biologist Diana Wall talks about hidden life in the barren Dry Valleys, and microbe hunter John Priscu talks about "bugs in the ice."

The Boston Globe is reporting new details about Mitt Romney's lingering ties to his private equity firm, Bain Capital, after he left Boston to run the Winter Olympics. The Globe cites interviews and public records in saying that Romney was "not merely an absentee owner" between 1999 and 2002.

She said the bloodshed she witnessed in Toronto had taught her to cherish every moment in life.