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As Ferguson Protests Wind Down, Residents Want Outrage Channeled

7:15am August 27, 2014

by David Schaper

Protests over the shooting death of Michael Brown are getting smaller. Some in Ferguson are trying to morph the protests into an effort to push specific policy changes in the city's police department.

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Meat is displayed in a case at a grocery store in Miami in July. Pork and beef prices are up more than 11 percent since last summer.

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High Prices Aren't Scaring Consumers Away From The Meat Counter

8:41pm August 26, 2014

by Amy Mayer

Several factors — from a virus sweeping through hog barns to a drought in the Plains states — have driven up the price of pork and beef. But consumers keep buying it.

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VA Deputy Secretary On Wait Times: 'We Owe The American People An Apology'

8:07pm August 26, 2014

Melissa Block talks with Sloan Gibson, the deputy secretary of the Veterans Affairs Department, about the results of a recent probe into wait times at VA facilities.

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VA's Inspector General Finds Faked Data At Hospitals Across U.S.

8:07pm August 26, 2014

by Quil Lawrence

President Obama addressed the annual convention of the American Legion in North Carolina with a raft of new proposals for vets.

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Wine Country Quake Leaves Behind Bottles In Shards

7:53pm August 25, 2014

by Richard Gonzales

The wine industry in California's Napa Valley is taking stock of the damage from this weekend's magnitude 6.0 earthquake.

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Between A Town And Its Bears, A Star-Crossed Relationship

7:53pm August 25, 2014

by Natasha Haverty

Most people in the town of Old Forge, N.Y., want to refrain from feeding black bears. The trouble is, without the bears coming around as often as they do, the town stands to lose a lot of its tourism.

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In Ferguson, Court Fines And Fees Fuel Anger

7:53pm August 25, 2014

by Joseph Shapiro

The protests in Ferguson are a response to the shooting death of Michael Brown, but the heavy use of court fines and fees helps explain why there's so much anger directed at local police.

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Students use Turnitin's software to check their papers for plagiarism before submitting to their teacher.

Turnitin And The Debate Over Anti-Plagiarism Software

7:53pm August 25, 2014

by Cory Turner

One company and its algorithms are changing the way America's schools handle classroom ethics.

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Outside Group Mirrors Successful Strategies Of Political Parties

1:31pm August 25, 2014

by Peter Overby

A U.S. Senate seat is up for grabs in Iowa, and the GOP has opened 11 field offices statewide. But there's also a new team working the state, the Virginia-based group Americans for Prosperity.

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Debunking Common Myths About The Common Core

12:11pm August 25, 2014

Many people don't realize it's a set of standards, not a curriculum. NPR's Eric Westervelt talks with education reporter Cory Turner about other misconceptions about the Common Core standards.

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