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Vagus nerve stimulation may tame autoimmune diseases

5:00am February 03, 2025

by Jon Hamilton

The next big advance in treating diseases like rheumatoid arthritis could be tiny pulses of electricity delivered to the vagus nerve.

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Draft Of 'Like A Rolling Stone' Sells At Auction

Bob Dylan wrote the song on the stationery of an old hotel in Washington, D.C. in 1965. An Anonymous bidder won it for $2 million.

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Ex-Credit Suisse Banker Pleads Guilty To Conspiracy

David Higgs has been handed $950,000 in fines and penalties by a New York court for his part in hiding sub-prime mortgage bond losses back in 2012.

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National

Supreme Court Rules On Aereo, Cellphone Searches

by Nina Totenberg

The court ruled against the technology company Aereo's practice of streaming broadcast TV. It also decided a case involving police searches of individuals' cellphones.

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World News

British Air Mixes Up Granada With Grenada

Edward Gamson used frequent flyer miles on a first class ticket to Granada, Spain. Instead, he found himself on a plane to Grenada in the Caribbean.

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Obama Lookalike Gets Around Town

Professional look alike Louis Ortiz is in Washington, D.C. for a documentary festival. According to The Washington Post, he was even able to poke his head into some White House meetings.

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Revived Mariel Port Attracts Investment From Brazil

by Lourdes Garcia-Navarro

Brazil is pouring nearly a billion dollars into Cuba's Mariel port. Brazil, via Cuba, will practically have its own port near U.S. shores — so it's a major geostrategic move.

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Report: Jerry Sandusky Case Was Unnecessarily Delayed

by Jeff Brady

Sandusky, a retired Penn State assistant football coach, was convicted in 2012 of molesting 10 boys. Pennsylvania's attorney general says Sandusky could have been brought to justice sooner.

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World News

Change Is Coming But What Does That Mean For Communist Cuba?

Renee Montagne talks to David Greene about his recent trip to Cuba, where the government and people are experimenting with looser economic and social restrictions.

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World News

How Much Does Iran Dominate Iraq's Government?

The Iraq crisis could draw the U.S. and Iran into an uneasy alliance. To sort out the regional dynamics, Steve Inskeep talks to Shadi Hamid, a fellow at the Saban Center at the Brookings Institution

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No Joy For Stephen King Fans Who Confuse Book Titles

Joyland is the title of King's new book. Joyland is also the title of Emily Schultz's debut coming of age novel, published in 2006. Some readers confused the titles when they ordered from Amazon.

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World News

1 Editor Cleared, 1 Found Guilty In U.K. Phone-Hacking Trial

by David Folkenflik

Former News of the World editor Andrew Coulson was found guilty Tuesday, but fellow editor Rebekah Brooks was acquitted after a trial centering on illegal activity in the Murdoch newspaper empire.

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Politics & Government

Calif. Lawmakers To Debate Controversial Gun-Control Bill

by Kirk Siegler

Democrats have proposed several bills in response to last month's deadly attack near the University of California-Santa Barbara. One dubbed the"gun violence restraining order gets a hearing Tuesday.

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