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A resilient tunnel plug inflates during a test. The new technology was created to try to keep New York City subways from flooding.

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To Flood-Proof Subways, N.Y. Looks At Everything From Plugs To Sheets

10:43am October 08, 2015

by Joel Rose

New York City's transit authority wants to protect Lower Manhattan subway stations from storm flooding. It's racing to get technology tested and in place in time for the next big one.

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Volkswagen Group of America President and CEO Michael Horn testifies before the House Committee on Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations on the Volkswagen emissions cheating scandal Thursday.

'It Was Installed For This Purpose," VW's U.S. CEO Tells Congress About Defeat Device

10:40am October 08, 2015

by Bill Chappell

Volkswagen has "withdrawn the application for certification of our model year 2016 vehicles," CEO Michael Horn says, adding that the company is still working with U.S. agencies.

Now in tenth grade, Mulando is already planning how to negotiate her tuition for 11th grade. She's also trying to figure out how to get to medical school.

Can't Afford School? Girls Learn To Negotiate The Harvard Way: #15Girls

9:51am October 08, 2015

by Gregory Warner and Laura Starecheski

Madalitso Mulando needed help. She didn't have the money to pay for her 10th-grade tuition. Then she learned the art of negotiation from the gurus at Harvard Business School.

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McCarthy Poised To Clinch GOP's Nomination For Speaker, But It's Just Step 1

9:43am October 08, 2015

by Susan Davis

House Republicans will cast secret ballots Thursday to nominate the next speaker. Kevin McCarthy is favored, but he will face a bigger hurdle when the entire House votes later this month.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew in his office at the U.S. Department of the Treasury in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 7, 2015.

Treasury Secretary Keeps Up Pressure To Raise Debt Limit

8:48am October 08, 2015

In an interview with NPR's Steve Inskeep, Treasury Secretary Jack Lew spoke about the debt ceiling, raising wages and the new potential faces of the $10 bill.

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GOP Conference Set To Decide Party's Nominee For House Speaker

8:15am October 08, 2015

by Susan Davis

On Thursday, the House Republican Conference will choose a nominee out of three candidates to replace John Boehner as speaker. And then later this month, the entire House will vote for speaker.

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Disappointment Over Politics Spurs Some Millennials To Get Involved

8:15am October 08, 2015

by Asma Khalid

In politics, the assumption is that millennials are apathetic. But for some in that generation, there's optimism that convinces them that they could change the system they despise.

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Justice Department Called On To Investigate Alabama Voter ID Issue

8:15am October 08, 2015

by Andrew Yeager

Alabama closed 31 part-time driver's license offices last week due to budget cuts. That leaves many rural residents without a place to obtain driver's licenses — licenses that double as voter IDs.

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New House Bill Could Cut Some Mandatory Life Sentences To 25 Years

7:46am October 08, 2015

by Carrie Johnson

Billed as a "companion" to major Senate sentencing legislation released last week, the top Republican and Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee say the proposal comes after months of negotiations.

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Fiat Chrysler And United Auto Workers Reach New Tentative Agreement

1:27am October 08, 2015

by Marie Andrusewicz

The UAW announced the agreement just after Wednesday's strike deadline of 11:59 p.m. Fiat Chrysler is the first of Detroit's big three automakers to reach a tentative contract with the UAW.