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NYC Race Focuses On Income Gap, But How Much Can A Mayor Do?

7:42pm November 04, 2013

by Joel Rose

Democrat Bill de Blasio is poised to become the next mayor of New York, in part because he made income inequality the central issue of his campaign. His "tale of two cities" narrative has resonated with voters. But there's debate about what he could do as mayor to narrow the income gap.

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Veteran Pennsylvania Congressman Can't Escape GOP Civil War

5:28pm November 04, 2013

by Don Gonyea

Bill Shuster, a seven-term Republican congressman from rural, central Pennsylvania, has long been considered a social and fiscal conservative. But his vote to end the government shutdown and close alliance with Speaker John Boehner has put him on the list of GOP incumbents facing Tea Party-backed primary challenges next year.

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SAC Capital Agrees To Plead Guilty To Insider Trading

5:28pm November 04, 2013

The hedge fund giant also agreed to pay a $1.8 billion fine to settle charges. Prosecutors say that insider trading at the company was substantial, pervasive and on a scale without known precedent in the hedge fund industry.

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With Rise Of Painkiller Abuse, A Closer Look At Heroin

11:26am November 04, 2013

by NPR Staff

The rate of heroin use is up, and federal data show that nearly 80 percent of people using it had previously abused prescription painkillers. The drugs have similar effects, and curbing painkiller abuse may help stymie the draw to heroin.

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Newark Considers What Life Will Be Like After Cory Booker

11:22am November 04, 2013

by Sarah Gonzalez

As mayor, Booker brought lots of attention and investment to the New Jersey city. But now that he's a U.S. senator, will the trend continue? Booker helped change Newark's perception, but the city still faces persistent crime. Mayoral candidates are taking that issue — and their ideas for solving it — to voters.

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Little oil lamps mark Diwali celebrations in Allahabad, India, far away from American homes.

Far From Diwali's Lights, The Warm Glow Of Home

9:42am November 04, 2013

by Lakshmi Singh

South Asian communities around the world are celebrating good over evil, knowledge over ignorance, light over darkness. Sunday is Diwali, the Hindu Festival of Lights. The holiday isn't well-known in the U.S., though, so families rely on themselves to keep the tradition alive.

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New York University's Langone Medical Center in New York City is considered in-network for relatively few of the health plans offered in the state marketplace.

So You Found An Exchange Plan. But Can You Find A Provider?

6:51am November 03, 2013

by Fred Mogul

Many health plans being offered on the New York state insurance marketplace do not include some of New York City's biggest hospitals in their networks. And across the state, many doctors say they are not yet participating in exchange plans at all.

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An "Obamacare Enrollment Team" application, left, and an official application from HealthCare.gov.

Adding To Insurance Confusion, Outside Groups Try To Cash In

6:51am November 03, 2013

by Lynn Hatter

With the federal insurance exchanges still a mess, some uninsured people are turning to local groups to figure out how and where to purchase insurance. In Florida, a lack of coordination among different agencies is leaving room for dubious outfits to enter the scene.

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A Controversial Week For The NSA

11:36am November 02, 2013

by Larry Abramson

Several new developments put the NSA surveillance program into the spotlight this week. The U.S. had to explain why it eavesdrops on foreign leaders; The Washington Post reported that the NSA can tap directly into overseas servers of Google and Yahoo; and lawmakers have introduced legislation to rein in the program that allows NSA to gather phone data on Americans.

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An East L.A. Football Rivalry, Unchanged For 79 Years

6:49pm November 01, 2013

by Shereen Marisol Meraji

An East Los Angeles rivalry has become the largest high school football game west of the Mississippi. The football teams of Garfield High School and Roosevelt High School will meet on the gridiron Friday night for the 79th year. The game is expected to draw 20,000 fans.

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