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Grand Jury Indicts Texas Gov. Rick Perry On Charges Of Abusing Power

11:25am August 16, 2014

by Robert Siegel

A grand jury in Austin, Texas, has indicted Gov. Rick Perry on charges of abusing his official powers. For more on the indictment, Robert Siegel talks with NPR's Wade Goodwyn.

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Tensions Reignite In Ferguson Between Police, Protesters

8:05am August 16, 2014

Michael Brown, a teen shot to death by a police officer last week, is to be buried on Saturday. NPR's Cheryl Corley is in Ferguson, Mo., where the shooting occurred and days of unrest followed.

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Massive Neighborhood Rehab Gives Detroiters A Much-Needed Boost

8:02pm August 15, 2014

by Tracy Samilton

To the world, Detroit's bankruptcy may appear one more painful and embarrassing episode in a wretched urban play. But inside the city and throughout southeastern Michigan, the financial mess has galvanized a tremendous amount of goodwill. For one example, Tracy Samilton of Michigan Public Radio points to the rehabilitation of Cody High School.

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Ferguson Officer's Motives In Police Shooting Remain Murky

8:02pm August 15, 2014

by Cheryl Corley

New information was released Friday about the shooting death of an unarmed black teenager in Ferguson, Mo., but the answers have prompted still more questions.

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Denver's Union Station, which was remodeled to include restaurants, stores and a hotel, reopened last month.

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Once-Dilapidated City Train Stations Enjoying A Renaissance

11:49am August 15, 2014

by Nathan Heffel

Cities like St. Paul, Minn., and Denver are revitalizing old union stations with brewpubs and cafes. It's part of an effort to spur downtown development and attract young adults and baby boomers.

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Panama Canal Symbolizes U.S. Geopolitical, Technological Power

7:36am August 15, 2014

Steve Inskeep talks to Harvard professor Noel Maurer about the Panama Canal which opened 100 years ago. One of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World, it connected the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.

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Kenyan health officials take the temperatures of passengers arriving at the Nairobi airport on Thursday. Kenya has no reported cases of Ebola, but it's a transportation hub and so is on alert.

A Virtual Outbreak Offers Hints Of Ebola's Future

8:07pm August 14, 2014

by Nell Greenfieldboyce

As the Ebola outbreak rages in West Africa, it is also unfolding — in a virtual sense — inside the computers of scientists trying to predict how far the outbreak will spread and when it will end.

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Workplace drug testing for marijuana may need updating in light of changing laws, a case before the Colorado Supreme Court suggests.

Colorado Case Puts Workplace Drug Policies To The Test

5:23pm August 14, 2014

by Yuki Noguchi

The urine test employers typically use to detect marijuana picks up cannabis smoked or swallowed days or weeks earlier. Should firms be allowed to fire workers who legally use marijuana at home?

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Farmer Seth Watkins (left) and agronomist Matt Liebman stand amid native prairie grasses near Des Moines, Iowa. The conservation strip is used to stop soil erosion.

Iowa's Corn Farmers Learn To Adapt To Weather Extremes

11:32am August 14, 2014

by John Ydstie

Studies warn that climate change will threaten corn production in coming decades. Meanwhile, farmers are experimenting with new planting methods in hopes of slowing soil erosion from torrential rains.

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Dan Selvig says wetter conditions helped convince his family to shift their plantings to corn.

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Shifting Climate Has North Dakota Farmers Swapping Wheat For Corn

11:29am August 14, 2014

by John Ydstie

Projections suggest that climate change will hurt agriculture in most parts of the world. But some areas of the U.S. could actually see a benefit as corn production moves farther north.

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