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What Ray Rice's 2-Game Suspension For Assault Says About The NFL

10:50am July 29, 2014

Linda Wertheimer talks with Bloomberg View sportswriter Kavitha Davidson about the NFL's suspension of the Baltimore Ravens running back for assaulting his then-fiancee, now wife.

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Crews Are Containing Western Wildfires, But More Bad Weather's Ahead

7:35am July 29, 2014

by Nathan Rott

Firefighters are making good progress on a number of destructive wildfires burning in the West. In Washington, fire crews are hoping to contain the largest fire in that state's history within the next week.

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N.H. Promises To Let D.C. Residents Buy Booze There

7:35am July 29, 2014

A clerk in Concord recently refused to sell liquor to a resident of the nation's capital because state law says licenses from other states can be used to buy booze, and Washington isn't a state.

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LA Judge Rules Sale Of Clippers Can Move Ahead

8:55pm July 28, 2014

A Los Angeles judge has issued a preliminary ruling against embattled LA Clippers owner Donald Sterling.

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After 5 Weeks Of Haggling, Congress Inks Bipartisan VA Bill

7:40pm July 28, 2014

by Quil Lawrence

Congress has reached a bipartisan deal to reform the Department of Veterans Affairs, after nearly two months of tense negotiations.

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In Colo., An Effort To Ease Court Confusion Over Same-Sex Marriage

7:40pm July 28, 2014

by Megan Verlee

The Colorado attorney general has asked the state's Supreme Court to stop same-sex marriages.

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The Week In Politics: Progress On Upgrading VA Health System

1:52pm July 28, 2014

by Ron Elving

Congress has a number of big pieces of legislation to deal with before leaving on its annual summer recess. The Highway Trust Fund, border security and the VA are all on the to-do list.

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Calif. Gets A Lesson In Succession: 4 Governors In 4 Days

1:52pm July 28, 2014

The assembly speaker takes over for the senate president pro tem, who takes over for the lieutenant governor, because they all have other obligations during Gov. Jerry Brown's trade trip to Mexico.

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At East Bay School for Boys, sometimes the sparks of inspiration result in, well, actual sparks.

Lessons In Manhood: A Boys' School Turns Work Into Wonders

7:22pm July 27, 2014

by Eric Westervelt

At the East Bay School for Boys, teachers try to channel students' frenetic energy into resilience and creativity. They call shop class "work," and emphasize softer skills like empathy.

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Bel Kaufman Took Us 'Up The Down Staircase'

1:32pm July 26, 2014

by Scott Simon

Bel Kaufman was a public school teacher who revealed what the New York public schools were really like. She died Friday, in Manhattan, at the age of 103. NPR's Scott Simon has this remembrance.

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