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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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Prolific Pop Lyricist Gerry Goffin Dies At 75

by Jacki Lyden

Along with his musical partner and onetime wife, Carole King, Gerry Goffin wrote such Top 40 hits as "Will You Love Me Tomorrow" and "Up on the Roof."

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New York City To Pay Millions To End Central Park Jogger Case

Officials in New York City reportedly have agreed to pay $40 million to five men who were convicted in the 1989 Central Park jogger case, but who were later exonerated.

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Ecuadoran Province Churns Out Top-Notch Soccer Players

by John Otis

Ecuador produces some excellent soccer players, but they predominantly come from the same area. The sparsely populated Pacific coast province of Esmeraldas. What makes it Ecuador's soccer hotbed?

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Science

6 Decades Of Research Examines Prisoners Of War

by Shankar Vedantam

The release of U.S. Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl prompted a firestorm of debate. We step away from that debate to look at what's been learned about the psychological effects of being captured in wartime

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Yo App Raises $1 Million

There's a new iPhone app called Yo. It allows you to chat with a friend, but the only word you can use is yo. That's literally all Yo does.

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CIA Toyed With Osama Bin Laden Action Figure

The Washington Post reports that in 2005 a project with the code name Devil Eyes produced action dolls of Osama bin Laden. The project didn't happen, but one doll lives on — at the CIA.

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Politics & Government

GOP: McCarthy Voted Majority Leader; Scalise Chosen As Whip

by Ailsa Chang

House Republicans have elected Kevin McCarthy of California to succeed Eric Cantor as majority leader. Steve Scalise of Louisiana won the fight to replace McCarthy as majority whip.

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Political Solution Needed In Iraq, Obama Says

by Tamara Keith

President Obama is sending up to 300 military advisers to Iraq to gather intelligence on the insurgency. He was adamant there will be no American combat operations on the ground in Iraq.

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High Court Ruling Supports Employees In Retaliation Cases

by Nina Totenberg

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that public employees cannot be fired in retaliation for testifying truthfully on matters of public corruption or public concern.

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Hikers Trapped In Dense Rhododendron Forest

It took five hours to rescue the couple from the Irish mountainside. One of the rescuers to the BBC it was "like an impenetrable jungle."

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96 Years Later, Va. Woman Gets Honorary Diploma

In 1918, schools were shut down in Norfolk because of the deadly Spanish flu pandemic. When they re-opened, then 15-year-old Lela Burden was holding down two jobs and didn't return.

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World News

United Nations Launches Review Of Peacekeeping Efforts

U.N. peacekeepers are in some of the world's most violent places. Linda Wertheimer talks to Herve Ladsous, U.N. under-secretary-general for Peacekeeping Operations about the changing mission.

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