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A Growing Number Of Veterans Struggles To Quit Powerful Painkillers

3:31pm July 16, 2014

by Quil Lawrence

Service members are prescribed narcotic painkillers three times as often as civilians. For some vets, dependence on those pills becomes a bigger problem than their original ailment.

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A Peacock Murder Mystery: (Pea)Fowl Play In California

12:29pm July 16, 2014

by Gloria Hillard

The boisterous birds are a familiar sight in an upscale community near LA, but in recent years they've become a source of conflict. Now, someone is killing them — 20 in the past six months alone.

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With A Deadline Days Away, Iran Nuclear Deal Might Get An Extension

7:23pm July 15, 2014

by Peter Kenyon

Secretary of State John Kerry is returning to Washington, D.C., after meeting the Iranian foreign minister about nuclear negotiations. The deadline for a deal limiting Iran's nuclear program is Sunday, but it might be extended.

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For Immigrant Children Crossing Border, Fears Meet Court Backlog

6:24pm July 14, 2014

Audie Cornish talks with Michelle Abarca, a supervising attorney with the Americans for Immigrant Justice, on how the surge in unaccompanied children has impacted her organization.

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Many servicemen and women are prescribed a mountain of pills for PTSD, pain and other conditions. But some don't want to be on those meds, so they stop taking them — against doctors' orders.

Veterans Kick The Prescription Pill Habit, Against Doctors' Orders

6:28am July 13, 2014

by Quil Lawrence

There's overmedicating and self-medicating, but some vets are "de-medicating." Prescribed multiple drugs to deal with PTSD and pain, they've stopped taking them — without authorization.

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Kerry Struggles To Resolve Election Crisis In Afghanistan

12:12pm July 12, 2014

Secretary of State John Kerry is in Kabul to try to resolve an election dispute threatening to derail the country's democratic process. NPR's Tamara Keith talks to Kabul correspondent Sean Carberry.

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Outside New York City Hall, a policeman watches a protest against racial disparities in marijuana arrests. The majority of those arrested are black or Latino, even though those groups are not more likely to smoke pot.

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Brooklyn DA Shifts Stance On Pot, But That Won't Impact NYPD

12:12pm July 12, 2014

by Joel Rose

District Attorney Kenneth Thompson says he will stop prosecuting some people arrested for low-level marijuana possession. But that won't stop the New York Police Department from making arrests.

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In Aftermath Of Brazil's World Cup Defeat, A Poem To Numb The Pain

8:21pm July 11, 2014

by Kevin Roose

Germany thrashed Brazil 7-1 this week. Author Kevin Roose says Ernest Thayer's classic poem on failure, "Casey at the Bat," might cheer the Brazilian soccer team up.

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Fate Of The New N.C. Voter ID Law Now Rests In A Judge's Hands

8:21pm July 11, 2014

by Jeff Tiberii

North Carolina's voter ID law has come under fire in the courts. A judge will soon decide whether parts of the law should be implemented or delayed.

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House GOP Plows Forward With Plans To Sue Obama

8:21pm July 11, 2014

by Scott Horsley

While House Republicans move ahead with their lawsuit alleging executive branch overreach, Obama is using the challenge to score political points of his own.

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