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In LA, Women Build A Mosque Where They Can Call To Prayer

1:20pm January 31, 2015

A women-led mosque held its first jumma'a, or Friday prayer service, in Los Angeles this week. The group is hoping to strengthen the Muslim community in America by empowering the faith's women.

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In Qatar, Released Taliban Member Raises U.S. Concerns

9:16pm January 30, 2015

by Bill Chappell

There are new suspicions that one of the men released from a U.S. prison in Guantanamo Bay in exchange for Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl last year might be trying to contact Taliban fighters.

The founder and chairman of Shake Shack, Danny Meyer, visits the floor of the New York Stock Exchange.

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Shake Shack Sizzles With IPO As McDonald's Fizzles

8:40pm January 30, 2015

by Yuki Noguchi

Shares of the burger chain shot up Friday, its first trading day. Shake Shack and other fast-casual joints are taking a bite out of McDonald's, which can't recast itself to fit the current trend.

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Tyfanni Edwards and Dominique Bell, both 19, have part time jobs and also attend Berkeley City College part time.

The True Costs Of Community College

7:55pm January 30, 2015

by Tylyn Hardamon

President Obama has proposed making tuition at community colleges free. But Youth Radio reporter Tylyn Hardamon found that paying for school is just one of many challenges facing today's students.

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Why A Black Man's Murder Often Goes Unpunished In Los Angeles

7:51pm January 30, 2015

by NPR Staff

From witnesses to reluctant gang members, Jill Leovy says, "everybody's terrified." Her book, Ghettoside, uses the story of one murder to explore the city's low arrest rate when black men are killed.

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Waze's police reporting tool is one of several features in the app. Users can also share reports of traffic and construction in real time.

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Officers Ask Map App To Remove Police Tracking

7:48pm January 30, 2015

by Sam Sanders

In the aftermath of the shooting death of two NYPD officers, law enforcement officials are asking the popular navigation app Waze to remove a feature that allows users to see officers' locations.

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Tankers are berthed beside the Fawley oil refinery on Jan. 7, in Southampton, England. With low oil prices, some traders are buying oil and storing it in tankers, hoping the price will rise soon so they can sell it at a profit.

Where Is All That Excess Oil Going?

7:43pm January 30, 2015

by Jackie Northam

Oil prices are low because there's too much on the market. That extra oil has to be stored somewhere. A lot of it is sitting on ships at sea, with traders hoping the price will go up soon.

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Senators Work To Open Up Travel For Americans To Cuba

7:39pm January 30, 2015

by Michele Kelemen

Several members of Congress — recently back from Cuba — are taking steps to further ease a decades old embargo on the communist island. But even as they announced new legislation to open up travel for Americans, Cuba's president is talking tough about what it will take to ultimately normalize ties.

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President Obama has said he will veto the Keystone XL pipeline project, which passed in the Senate on Wednesday. Historically, political scientists say, 90 percent of veto threats are issued behind the scenes, but Obama has issued nine veto threats so far

4 Reasons Why It's Veto Season At The White House

7:37pm January 30, 2015

by Mara Liasson

In his first six years in office, President Obama issued just two vetoes, the fewest of any president going all the way back to James Garfield. But that's about to change.

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To Protect His Son, Father Pushes School To Bar Unimmunized Kids

6:54pm January 30, 2015

Melissa Block talks to Carl Krawitt, whose son Rhett is in remission from leukemia but still cannot be vaccinated for measles. Rhett attends school in Marin County Calif., where nearly seven percent of students are not vaccinated. Mr. Krawitt has asked the local superintendent of schools to "require immunization as a condition of attendance."

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