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DOJ Sues Bank Of America Over Mortgage-Backed Securities

7:25pm August 06, 2013

by Chris Arnold

The Justice Department has filed a civil lawsuit against Bank of America, alleging that the company lied to investors about the relative riskiness of the mortgage loans backing the residential mortgage-backed securities, made false statements after intentionally not performing proper due diligence and filled the securitization with a disproportionate amount of risky mortgages.

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Louis Marcell and Adam Jones prepare to search for old logs, known as sinker wood, on the bottom of Ashley River near Charleston, S.C. They use sonar and a book of old train lines to find the timber, some of which has been preserved in the mud since the 1

Dredging South Carolina's Rivers For Long-Forgotten Timber

12:56pm August 06, 2013

by Sam Harnett

Dense forests of old-growth pines and cypress once blanketed South Carolina. As farming spread, nearly all the state's virgin trees were logged, but some sank into rivers en route to the sawmills. Now, some entrepreneurs are raising the preserved trees from the muck — and selling them for big money.

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Maj. Nidal Hasan faces 13 charges of murder and 32 of attempted murder for the November 2009 shootings at Fort Hood, Texas.

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Court-Martial To Begin Tuesday In Fort Hood Shooting Rampage

10:59am August 06, 2013

by Doreen McCallister

Former Army psychiatrist Maj. Nidal Hasan is charged with opening fire in a troop processing center at Fort Hood, Texas, and killing 13 people and wounding more than 30 others in 2009.

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With Budgets Tight, Small Towns Go Without Courthouses

6:06am August 06, 2013

by Emily Green

Across the country, courthouses are closing in response to financial woes. California is in the process of shuttering almost 80 courts, many in remote locations. Litigants must now travel long distances to handle small claims, criminal cases and other legal matters.

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Intercepted Al-Qaida Communication Prompts Warnings

6:06am August 06, 2013

The State Department on Tuesday advised all U.S. citizens to leave Yemen because of "extremely high" danger there. This comes as 19 U.S. embassies and consulates remain closed across much of the Middle East and Africa because of a security threat. Al-Qaida chatter picked up by intelligence sources suggested a major attack was in the works.

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Running Program Uses Goal-Setting To Help Homeless

6:24pm August 05, 2013

by Greg Collard

There are many programs to help the homeless: Shelters, soup kitchens and job assistance programs. Officials in Charlotte, N.C., are trying something else: Running programs.

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Tuba City, Ariz., corrections supervisor Robbin Preston in front of the new jail on the Navajo Nation. The recidivism rate was so high, Preston couldn't keep track of it.

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From Cops To Lawyers, Indian Country Copes With High Crime

6:24pm August 05, 2013

by Laurel Morales

The Navajo Nation is one of the most violent reservations in the country. The U.S. attorney's office tries to take on the most violent crimes, but it often lacks enough evidence to prosecute. And because of antiquated tribal codes, the maximum Navajo court sentence is one year.

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Concept art of the suit the Special Operations Command is trying to build.

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Special Ops Envisions 'Iron Man'-Like Suit To Protect Troops

6:24pm August 05, 2013

by Tom Bowman

The Special Operations Command, which runs the Green Berets and Navy SEALs, is teaming up with scientists and engineers to build a suit with more protection, a wearable antenna and computers that monitor wounds. They hope to have working prototypes within a few years.

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Donations Help Detroit Bury Unclaimed Bodies

10:42am August 05, 2013

by Quinn Klinefelter

Scarce funding had forced Detroit's government to delay burying unclaimed bodies for a year or more. But the death of one homeless man has spurred donations from across the country to help bury him and other unclaimed bodies in the Wayne County morgue.

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A researcher at Johns Hopkins University says there are serious setbacks for children without summer educational opportunities, known as the "summer slide."

Missed Summer Learning Spells Out Long-Term Struggles

7:52pm August 04, 2013

by NPR Staff

While children attending academically enriching summer camps can improve their education over the summer, kids without the same opportunities might stagnate. Little slips can compound over time, research shows, widening the achievement gap later in life.

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