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Police Say Man Used Ill-Gotten Gains To Buy Engagement Ring

6:19am January 05, 2018

Police in Ohio say the suspect spent $4,500 on a ring less than an hour after the robbery and gave it to his fiancee the next day. He denies the robbery but admits surveillance photos look like him.

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Pedestrians cross the street in Harlem during a snow storm. As a major winter storm moves up the Northeast corridor, New York City is under a winter storm warning.

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Blizzard Conditions Hit New England As Massive Winter Storm Travels North

9:23pm January 04, 2018

by Camila Domonoske

As the "bomb cyclone" intensifies, visibility has dropped to nearly zero in some sections of the snow band. Serious flooding and hurricane-force winds have been observed in coastal Massachusetts.

Leslie Klein, director of the athlete career and education program the U.S. Olympic Committee.

Training For The Olympics Is Hard Enough. Try Doing That While Earning A Degree

7:15pm January 04, 2018

Olympic athletes struggle to balance the demands of their sports with college.

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Fort Collins, Colo., Will Create Broadband Utility, 'Committed' To Net Neutrality

7:02pm January 04, 2018

by Bill Chappell

The city will provide broadband as a utility, building out its own infrastructure. An expensive ad campaign failed to sway either voters or the City Council on the issue.

Since 1970, visitors to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City could pay what they wished — or what they were able.

The Met Is Set To Snap Nearly 5 Decades Of Pay-As-You-Wish Tradition

6:41pm January 04, 2018

by Colin Dwyer

Since 1970, New York City's Metropolitan Museum of Art has not mandated an admission fee. Come March, that will change for out-of-state visitors — but critics haven't accepted the decision quietly.

Justice Department Abandons Obama-Era Marijuana Guidelines

6:31pm January 04, 2018

by Carrie Johnson

The Justice Department is rescinding an Obama-era policy that essentially removed marijuana from the list of federal drug enforcement priorities as more states legalized it. But officials did not detail what the practical implications might be for marijuana users in states where use is lawful.

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Virginia Picks Winner Of Tied State House Election

6:31pm January 04, 2018

by Sarah McCammon

A rare tie-breaking drawing in Richmond on Thursday gave Republicans the seat they needed to narrowly maintain their majority in the Virginia House of Delegates. It marked the end to an unusually high-stakes and high-profile statehouse race.

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Tips From Antarctica For How To Stay Warm During The Bomb Cyclone

6:31pm January 04, 2018

The bomb cyclone has hit the eastern U.S. and already caused many flight cancelations and power outages, with more expected. From Antarctica, where temps can drop to minus 100, Palmer Station Manager Keri Nelson details how people can persevere in extreme weather.

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Winter Storm Stresses Energy Infrastructures Along The East Coast

6:31pm January 04, 2018

by Jeff Brady

A powerful winter storm is dropping up to a foot-and-a-half of snow in some parts of the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic. Strong winds and cold temperatures are stressing the region's energy infrastructure.

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Colorado Gov. On How Federal Marijuana Decision Could Affect State

5:36pm January 04, 2018

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Democratic Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper about Attorney General Jeff Sessions' decision to rescind the Obama-era policy on marijuana.

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