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Colorado's Marijuana Money Going Up In Smoke

12:49pm February 15, 2015

by Ben Markus

Through heavy taxes, Colorado has collected tens of millions in the first year of marijuana legalization. But much of it must be refunded, thanks to a quirk in the state's constitution.

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To put their probes into the Arctic Ice, researchers hitched a ride on a South Korean icebreaker.

Navy Funds A Small Robot Army To Study The Arctic

12:49pm February 15, 2015

by Geoff Brumfiel

The U.S. Navy has completed the largest robotic survey of the Arctic ever attempted. Warming waters are absorbing more sunlight and melting more ice there each summer, the gizmos and gliders suggest.

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Some See Extreme 'Anti-Theism' As Motive In N.C. Killings

12:49pm February 15, 2015

by Tom Gjelten

The suspect in the shooting deaths of three Muslim students in North Carolina is a self-described anti-theist, what some some experts see as a new extremism developing among some atheists.

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Election worker Bradley Kryst loads voting machines onto a truck at the Clark County election warehouse on Nov. 3, in North Las Vegas. As voting machine technology changes, state elections officials are trying to keep up.

Around The U.S., Voting Technology Is All Over The Place

12:47pm February 15, 2015

by Pam Fessler

Voting machines purchased after the 2000 elections are coming to the end of their useful lives. States are looking to buy new equipment but there's little money and technology is changing rapidly.

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Brian Williams Case Raises Fundamental Questions About An Anchor's Role

12:14pm February 15, 2015

by David Folkenflik

Two former network news chiefs reflect on the crisis facing NBC over the scandal involving suspended anchor Brian Willliams and question the fundamental role anchors play.

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Roger Hanson began rebuilding the ice sculpture the day after his original 60-foot work collapsed. He's determined to restore the sculpture in time for a series of light shows planned around it.

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Wisconsin Sculptor Rebuilds After 60-Foot Ice Sculpture Collapses

12:09pm February 15, 2015

by Natalie Jablonski

On the shores of Lake Superior, a man built an unusual ice sculpture using a unique robotic sprayer system. But after warm weather caused its collapse, the sculptor is determined to rebuild.

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Tobacco smokers are more likely than nonsmokers to die from infection, kidney disease and, maybe, breast cancer.

Smoking's Death Toll May Be Higher Than Anyone Knew

12:01pm February 15, 2015

by Richard Harris

Tobacco's link to lung cancer, stroke and heart attack is well-known. But smokers are also more likely to die from kidney failure, infections and breast cancer, a revised tally suggests.

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A woman walks with two dogs as snow falls on Boston Common in Boston, on Saturday.

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Another Winter Storm Slams The Northeast

9:04am February 15, 2015

by Scott Neuman

The system was bringing hurricane-force winds and near-white-out conditions to parts of the region, with northern Massachusetts and the Boston area particularly hard hit.

Obama Says He Doesn't Need Permission To Strike ISIS — So Why Is He Asking?

6:32pm February 14, 2015

NPR's Arun Rath talks to political correspondent Mara Liasson about the politics of President Obama's request for further authorization of the use of military force against the self-declared Islamic State.

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A duplex where a 19-year-old man was found dead is shown in Timberlea, Nova Scotia, on Friday. Royal Canadian Mounted Police say they foiled a plot to commit a mass shooting.

Canadian Police Say They've Foiled Would-Be Valentine's Day Massacre

1:49pm February 14, 2015

by Scott Neuman

One suspect reportedly killed himself when his home was surrounded by authorities. A 23-year-old woman from Illinois was among three people arrested in connection with the alleged plot.