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For A New View On The West Virginia Spill, Follow The Elk River

6:35pm March 13, 2014

by Noah Adams

In early January, West Virginia's Elk River was contaminated by a chemical spill near Charleston. NPR's Noah Adams returns to the Elk nearly two months later to follow the course of the river.

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Drilling companies have new interest in southern Florida's Big Cypress preserve. The prospect of large-scale operations and possibly fracking worries environmentalists and residents.

Oil Industry Gets An Earful As It Eyes Florida's Everglades

6:35pm March 13, 2014

by Greg Allen

A Texas company seeking permission for an injection well in the heart of the Everglades is finding stiff opposition from environmental groups and some locals.

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For Sandy Hook Killer's Father, Tragedy Outweighs Love For His Son

5:46pm March 13, 2014

Peter Lanza opened up to writer Andrew Solomon about Adam's life and how he tried to help him. Solomon says, "[Peter] would've liked to save the world and himself from the horror of what happened."

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Without World War I, the woman's suffrage movement might have been slower to gain traction.

Without World War I, A Slower U.S. Rise, No 'God Bless America'

4:45pm March 13, 2014

by NPR Staff

If the Great War had never happened, America might look vastly different. Among other things, woman's suffrage and the civil rights movement might have suffered.

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Vladimir Lenin in 1900. In our counterfactual history, his career as the producer of the musical Pins and Needles is only a few years away.

A World Without World War I, Featuring Health-Nut Hitler

4:43pm March 13, 2014

by NPR Staff

One hundred years after the Great War, we're looking back at the history that wasn't. If Archduke Franz Ferdinand hadn't been killed in 1914, how would the world be different?

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Over 20,000 people live in the Wind River Indian Reservation in Wyoming. Many of them have to travel over five hours to attend a federal court hearing.

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Justice Can Be Hard To Find With Courts Far From Tribal Lands

10:29am March 13, 2014

by Irina Zhorov

Those living on the Wind River Indian Reservation must travel five hours to attend federal court hearings. Residents and attorneys say this unfairly prevents community members from attending trials.

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The Affordable Care Act could encourage people to start new businesses by solving an age-old problem: job lock.

Health Care Law Helps Entrepreneurs Quit Their Day Jobs

6:37am March 13, 2014

by John Ydstie

Employer-provided health care can deter people from leaving their jobs to start their own businesses. Analysts say Obamacare could alleviate so-called entrepreneur lock.

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Becky Fink, a MNsure navigator, helps Mic-Ryan Freeman, 22, fill out a paper application for health insurance in February at Nucleus Clinic in Coon Rapids, Minn.

How A Series Of Mistakes Hobbled Minnesota's Health Exchange

8:14pm March 12, 2014

by Elizabeth Stawicki

The difficulty states have had getting their marketplaces working has been one of the biggest setbacks for Obamacare. Miscommunication, technology failures and management errors all hit in Minnesota.

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Changing Demographics A Factor In Rhode Island's Gubernatorial Race

12:06pm March 12, 2014

by Hansi Lo Wang

In Rhode Island, the Democratic gubernatorial primaries are disputed by an Italian-American state treasurer, Providence's first Latino mayor and the grandson of former U.S. Sen. Claiborne Pell.

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Feinstein: CIA Tampered With Senate Panel's Work

7:32am March 12, 2014

by Carrie Johnson

Senator Dianne Feinstein has accused the CIA of interfering with efforts by Congress to oversee the agency. Feinstein said the CIA had removed documents from computers used by her committee's staff.

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