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UNC Chancellor: Report Reveals 'Shocking Lack' Of Checks And Balances

6:35pm October 23, 2014

Audie Cornish talks with the chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Carol Folt, about Wednesday's report on the school's varsity athletes taking phony classes.

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U.S., Canada Use Different Approaches To Defend Against Terrorism

6:35pm October 23, 2014

Robert Siegel speaks with Karen Greenberg, director of the Center on National Security at Fordham Law School. She describes the different ways that Canada, Australia and the United Kingdom have responded to acts of random terrorist violence, both real and alleged.

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The homeless and others in need enjoy lunch at the Los Angeles Mission on Nov. 23, 2011, in celebration of Thanksgiving. Legislation to ban organizations from serving food to homeless people in public places has been proposed in Los Angeles.

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More Cities Are Making It Illegal To Hand Out Food To The Homeless

5:54pm October 23, 2014

by Eliza Barclay

Lots of groups and individuals try to help the homeless in their communities by offering them food. But a report finds that cities are increasingly passing measures to restrict these efforts.

University of North Carolina system President Tom Ross and UNC Chapel Hill Chancellor Carol L. Folt talk during a special joint meeting of the UNC Board of Governors and the UNC Chapel Hill Board of Trustees on Wednesday.

Report Says UNC Grade-Boosting Scandal Involved Fake Classes

4:51pm October 23, 2014

by Sam Sanders

An independent investigation found that the school's African and Afro-American Studies Department used the "paper classes" to inflate grades for more than 3,000 students, nearly half of them athletes.

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A New Understanding Of Arson Spurs A Retrial In A Fatal Texas Fire

4:24pm October 23, 2014

by Michael May

Much of the evidence used against Ed Graf, in prison since 1986 for setting a fire that killed his stepsons, is now considered junk science. His is one of many old arson cases Texas is re-examining.

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Macy Gould shared this photo from Lexington, Ky., where the gas prices are under $3.

You're Enjoying Low Gas Prices, But Is It Really A Good Sign?

2:40pm October 23, 2014

by Marilyn Geewax

All around the country, drivers are seeing signs that gas prices are depressed. Those drops helped hold down the latest consumer price index. But economists worry about too much of a good thing.

Bentley, the dog belonging to Ebola patient Nina Pham, is seen playing with health care workers wearing hazmat suits. Bentley has tested negative for the virus.

Family Says Nurse Amber Vinson Is Free Of Ebola

2:10pm October 23, 2014

by Scott Neuman

Amber Vinson, 29, the second of two nurses diagnosed with the disease after treating an Ebola patient at a Dallas hospital, reportedly had no sign of the virus as of late Tuesday.

A new Pew study finds that of all online environments, only online gaming is viewed as "starkly" more welcoming for men.

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Pew: Gaming Is Least Welcoming Online Space For Women

11:16am October 23, 2014

by Elise Hu

The Pew Research Center's first study on online harassment shows it happens to most Internet users. But gender disparities are starkest in online gaming.

The police could be monitoring your cellphone.

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Who's Catching Your Cellphone Conversations?

10:55am October 23, 2014

by L. Carol Ritchie

The police do it. The FBI does it. Could be, foreign governments do it. With the right equipment, people can hijack your cellphone calls and texts and listen in.

A publicity still from the movie Working Girl, which prominently featured the beloved power suit.

The Look Of Power: How Women Have Dressed For Success

10:31am October 23, 2014

by Karen Grigsby Bates

Just as women were entering the corporate workplace in big numbers, the shapeless power suit emerged. Over time, the "power look" changed. How do women project power in the modern office?

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