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End Of Life Care Can Be Different For Veterans

6:20pm January 28, 2015

by Quil Lawrence

Many veterans who served in World War II and the Korean War are now finding themselves needing end-of-life care. These vets are served by hospice care facilities across the country. But caring for vets isn't always the same as caring for others: as veterans approach the end of life, old traumas can resurface or appear for the first time.

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At 100, Dartmouth Grad Still Writing His Class Notes

6:20pm January 28, 2015

Edward Gerson is a 100-year-old alumnus of Dartmouth's class of 1935. He's turned his class notes into a column.

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Yes, Your Toilet Paper Squares And Rolls Are Shrinking

6:20pm January 28, 2015

Robert Siegel talks to Steven Chercover, a research analyst who studies the paper and forest industries, about the trend of shrinking toilet paper rolls.

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Super Bowl Coaches More Alike Than You Might Think

6:20pm January 28, 2015

Bob Ryan former, long-time columnist for the Boston Globe joins Robert Siegel to talk about the two very different men, Bill Belichick and Pete Carroll.

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A Saint With A Mixed History: Junipero Serra's Canonization Raises Eyebrows

6:08pm January 28, 2015

by Jasmine Garsd

Pope Francis announced he will elevate the influential missionary to sainthood when he visits Washington, D.C. But Native American groups say Father Serra was far from saintly.

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Supreme Court Tells Oklahoma To Put Off Executions, Citing Drug Dispute

4:41pm January 28, 2015

by Bill Chappell

The execution of three inmates has been put on hold, as the Supreme Court intervenes in a case that involves the controversy over the drugs used to put people to death.

A hospital bed is draped with a flag after a veteran died in the hospice ward at St. Albans VA in Queens, N.Y.

VA Steps Up Programs As More Veterans Enter Hospice Care

4:32pm January 28, 2015

by Quil Lawrence

As the generation that served in World War II and Korea grows older, the demand on the Department of Veterans Affairs for end-of-life care is growing with them. Now, the VA is trying new ways to help.

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Coleen Schaefer (left) and Doni Sprague display a tiger pelt that was confiscated and is being stored at the National Wildlife Property Repository on the outskirts of Denver. Some 1.5 million items are being held at the facility. The Trans-Pacific Partner

Tiger Skins And Rhino Horns: Can A Trade Deal Halt The Trafficking?

3:36pm January 28, 2015

by Jackie Northam

A proposed U.S.-Asia trade pact calls for incorporating the issue wildlife trafficking. The goal is to slow the poaching of endangered animals such as elephants, tigers and rhinos.

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The Secret Service released this photo of a "quad copter" that crashed on the White House grounds Monday. The agency says the copter's operator reported crashing it this morning.

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Operator Of Drone That Crashed At White House Works At Intelligence Agency

3:10pm January 28, 2015

by Krishnadev Calamur

The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency said one of its employees was operating the quad copter that crashed Monday on the grounds of the executive mansion. The worker was off duty at the time.

The London 2012 Olympic Stadium at sunset at the Olympic Park in London. The Smithsonian Institution is working to establish its first international museum outpost in London as that city redevelops its Olympic park.

Smithsonian In Talks Over London Outpost — Its First Overseas

2:56pm January 28, 2015

by Krishnadev Calamur

If negotiations are successful, the Smithsonian would join other attractions at the site of London's Olympic Park.