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Nick Goepper competed in the ski slopestyle qualification for the European Winter X Games last March.

X Games Show The Olympics What The Kids Want

1:17pm January 29, 2014

by Robert Smith

The X Games have changed the lineup and atmosphere of the Winter Olympics with the introduction of snowboarding, half-pipe and now slopestyle. But when a youth-lifestyle, punk-rock sport makes it to the Olympics, some things inevitably change.

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Panel Considers Bin Laden Bodyguard's Stay At Guantanamo

12:49pm January 29, 2014

Steve Inskeep talks to Carol Rosenberg of the Miami Herald about the parole hearing of an alleged bodyguard for Osama bin Laden. Abdul Malik Wahab al Rahabi, 34, was one of the first detainees at the Guantanamo Bay prison camp in Cuba.

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As Vermont expands addiction treatment services, it is also coming to grips with one of the most difficult and emotional aspects of the problem: pregnant women addicted to opiates.

In Vermont, A Network Of Help For Opiate-Addicted Mothers

10:44am January 29, 2014

by Steve Zind

Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin attracted national attention this month when he devoted his entire annual State of the State speech to heroin addiction in Vermont. As the state expands addiction treatment services, it's also trying to come to grips with one of the most difficult and emotional aspects of the problem: pregnant women addicted to opiates.

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Former Defense Secretary Robert Gates says he didn't want to wait until Obama's term was up before releasing his memoir because the issues were too urgent.

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Gates Memoir Tests Civilian-Military Rules Of Engagement

12:52pm January 27, 2014

by Tom Bowman

In Duty, former Defense Secretary Robert Gates writes that the Obama team was always "suspicious" of the military and never trusted senior leaders. The memoir is a case study in a long-standing cultural divide between the White House and the military.

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The Healthy, Not The Young, May Determine Health Law's Fate

12:37pm January 27, 2014

by Julie Rovner

Much has been made of the need for young, healthy people to sign up if the Affordable Care Act is going to work. But it may be that the key word here is not young, but healthy. Insurance companies get paid more for older people, regardless of their health.

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West Virginians Confused About Water Safety, Despite State's All Clear

7:53pm January 25, 2014

West Virginia is still assessing the impact of a major chemical spill on Jan. 9 into the Elk River, which left 300,000 people without safe drinking water for days. Guest host Kelly McEvers speaks with Ken Ward Jr., a reporter for the Charleston Gazette, about the spill, and public reaction to conflicting messages from health officials.

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An Unconventional Contender Emerges As GOP Ponders 2016 Convention

7:29pm January 24, 2014

by Don Gonyea

Las Vegas may seem to be an unlikely place for Republicans to gather to nominate their next presidential candidate. That's exactly why city leaders are getting such a head start on their pitch to do just that.

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String Of Oil Train Crashes Prompts Push For Safety Rules

7:29pm January 24, 2014

by David Schaper

The National Transportation Safety Board is calling for the swift enactment of tough new standards on trains carrying crude oil. With the huge increase in oil shipped by rail across North America, safety officials warn another major disaster could be looming.

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The security breaches at Target and Neiman Marcus have raised questions over how quickly companies are required to disclose that customer information was hacked.

Retailers Can Wait To Tell You Your Card Data Have Been Compromised

5:32pm January 24, 2014

by Laura Sydell

The data breaches at Target and Neiman Marcus raised questions over how quickly companies are required to disclose that customer information was hacked. The rules around when a retailer is required to tell you that your data got into the hands of fraudsters vary state by state.

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Camila Fierro and her girlfriend, Erica Brien.

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Raised In The U.S. And Coming Out To Immigrant Parents

5:32pm January 24, 2014

by JASMINE GARSD

Latin American immigrants have different attitudes toward homosexuality than do their U.S.-born children, according to a poll conducted by NPR, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Harvard School of Public Health.

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