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Stephen Glass during a 2003 interview with CBS News' 60 Minutes.

National

Infamous Reporter Stephen Glass Vies For Bar Admission

1:28pm November 26, 2013

by Emily Green

The New York State Bar rejected Glass on moral character grounds nine years ago, and the California Supreme Court is likely to do the same. Still, some say the man who fabricated dozens of magazine stories has changed and should be given the chance to practice law.

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Minnesota Woman Embraces Her Full Name

1:28pm November 26, 2013

Dr. Happy Thanksgiving Reynolds says she was born to hippie parents, who hadn't picked out a name ahead of time. When their daughter arrived on Thanksgiving Day, they took it as a sign. Reynolds says her name has helped her get job interviews.

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Health & Safety

Health Exchanges Brace For A December Deluge

1:11pm November 25, 2013

by Julie Rovner

After a rocky start, the HealthCare.gov website is supposed to be able to handle 50,000 simultaneous users by the end of the month. That figure would represent about double the site's current capacity. An expected surge in demand will present a new test.

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Texas Couple Has 'Breaking Bad' Engagement

1:11pm November 25, 2013

The TV show tells the tale of a man who cooks meth to support his family. The happy couple posed in yellow lab suits in front of an old camper like one featured in the show. They held the ring on blue rocks resembling meth.

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Economy

Reviving Las Vegas With Less Sin, More City

7:38am November 25, 2013

by NPR Staff

Indeed, the gaming industry is not recession-proof. The financial collapse hit Las Vegas hard, and casino revenues dropped for 22 straight months. The city is now taking steps to claw its way back. In doing so, it may emerge as more than a one-economy town.

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National

Examining The 'Red Flags' In A Massachusetts Crime Lab Scandal

6:07pm November 23, 2013

by Deborah Becker

A former Massachusetts chemist is now behind bars because of sloppy drug testing that went on for years, compromising up to 190,000 criminal cases and costing the state millions of dollars. The scandal raises questions of accountability in forensic labs around the country.

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The Rev. T.J. Jemison escorts Mary Briscoe (left) and Sandra Ann Jones from jail in Baton Rouge, La., on April 4, 1960. The two had been in jail as a result of lunch counter sit-ins.

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Rev. T.J. Jemison Remembered As Civil Rights Movement Pioneer

7:21pm November 22, 2013

by Debbie Elliott

Louisiana is paying tribute Friday to the Rev. T.J. Jemison, a strong and steady voice against unequal treatment for blacks in the Jim Crow South. Jemison helped organize a bus boycott in Baton Rouge in 1953 and later advised Martin Luther King Jr. and others on how to orchestrate the Montgomery boycott.

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Glenda Rike's husband was in the room when President Kennedy received his last rites. She recounted his experience to her son, Larry, on a visit to StoryCorps.

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Witnessing History In A Dallas Emergency Room

5:29pm November 22, 2013

by NPR Staff

When he went to work on Nov. 22, 1963, ambulance driver Aubrey Rike had no idea that he would soon be offering a moment of support to Jacqueline Kennedy. "It was unbelievable that something like that happened, and he was part of it," says Rike's widow, Glenda.

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Hoops, He Did It Again: Player Has Second 100-Point Game

11:49am November 22, 2013

by Mark Memmott

Junior guard Jack Taylor of Grinnell College has followed up last year's record-breaking 138-point performance with another "century." He scored 109 points Sunday night in a victory over Crossroads College. He's the only player in NCAA history to have reached or exceeded 100 points twice.

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Shayna Terrell is the outreach coordinator at Simon Gratz Mastery Charter School in Philadelphia.

Charter Schools In Philadelphia: Educating Without A Blueprint

11:39am November 22, 2013

by Eric Westervelt

A few short years ago, Simon Gratz in North Philadelphia was among the state's most troubled, violent and academically underachieving high schools. Today, now a charter school, Gratz is very much on the rebound. But critics say Philadelphia can't charter its way out of its school crisis.

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