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Despite Hybrid Losses, Car Companies Invest In Tech

4:13pm January 07, 2016

by Sonari Glinton

The car industry just had it's best year ever. Trucks were clearly the stars, and hybrids took a hit. That's not all bad news for hybrids. Even as the companies are making a boatload on trucks, they're investing tens of billions in new technology. NPR reports on how tomorrow's hybrid is brought to you by today's pick-up truck.

Advocates Push Public Health Campaign To Combat Gun Violence

4:13pm January 07, 2016

What if we treated gun violence as a public health issue the way there were campaigns against drunk driving? Or safer sex practices during the HIV/AIDS pandemic? NPR's Kelly McEvers talks with Daniel Webster, director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Policy and Research about what this would look like, and the political and personal challenges to doing research on gun violence.

Foreign Investors Fear Global Consequences Of Chinese Economic Uncertainty

4:13pm January 07, 2016

NPR's Kelly McEvers speaks with Jamie Metzl, senior fellow with the Atlantic Council, about what is going on with China's economy. Chinese and foreign investors feel uncertain about it, so many are trying to get their assets out of the country.

Boom Town Presses Pause Amid Dramatic Drop In Oil Prices

4:13pm January 07, 2016

by David Kestenbaum

Two years ago, in January 2013, oil was about $100 dollars a barrel. At that time, towns near new oil fields expanded rapidly, filling up with workers and overflowing revenue. But how are those towns doing now that oil is worth about half what it was then? The Planet Money team checks in with oil workers and residents in Williston, N.D.

How To Help Kids In Poverty Adjust To The Stability Of School After Break

1:27pm January 07, 2016

by Meg Anderson

Returning to school after a few weeks away is a tough transition for many kids, but it's even harder for children living in stressful homes.

Jared Treadway, 26, a sales associate at Northwest Armory in Portland, shows a customer an AR-15 rifle Tuesday in the store's showroom.

At Portland, Ore., Gun Store, Strong Opinions And Stronger Sales

12:28pm January 07, 2016

by Rob Manning

Owner Karl Durkheimer says President Obama's gun policies, including this week's executive orders, motivate many of his customers' purchases.

The crane used to rescue 17 miners stuck in an elevator underground at the Cargill Salt Mine in Lansing, N.Y., is seen here, in a photo provided by the Ithaca Fire Department.

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Rescue Crews Free All 17 Miners Trapped In New York Salt Mine

12:13pm January 07, 2016

by Bill Chappell

Workers used a crane to reach the miners, who had been riding in an elevator that malfunctioned late Wednesday about 900 feet underground in Lansing, north of Ithaca.

A macaque took this self-portrait in 2011 with a camera owned by photographer David Slater. PETA says the monkey owns the copyright; Slater says he does. The U.S. Copyright Office says no one can, and a federal judge has now said it would be up to Congres

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Monkey Can't Own Copyright To His Selfie, Federal Judge Says

11:49am January 07, 2016

by Camila Domonoske

A district judge in San Francisco said that Congress and the president can choose to "extend the protection of law to animals as well as humans" — but that for now, no, monkeys can't own copyrights.

Do These Jeans Make Me Look Unethical?

8:34am January 07, 2016

by Nurith Aizenman

In theory we do not want to buy products made by child labor or polluting factories. But in practice, we don't want to know about a company's practices.

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Politics, Safety Concerns Behind More Gun Purchases, Show Operator Says

7:24am January 07, 2016

David Greene talks to Bob Templeton, the founder of Crossroads of the West Gunshows, about President Obama's executive actions on guns and what it could mean for his business.

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