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Cubs Fan Continues Wait For World Series Win

7:08am September 10, 2013

Doris Davis has been a Chicago Cubs fan since 1926, according to the News-Sun. In the days before TV, she listened on the radio while moving players around a diamond she made from a checkerboard. And she's still waiting for that championship. As the season nears its end, the Cubs are 22 games out of first place.

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Masked Crusaders Save Cat From Burning House

7:08am September 10, 2013

John Buckland and Troy Marcum of Milton, W. Va., are heroes. By the way, they were dressed like superheroes. WCHS-TV reports the two men were mentoring children at an American Legion Post wearing Batman and Captain America costumes when they saw smoke and rushed to the house.

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Trail Life USA, The 'Other' Boy Scouts Of America

12:49pm September 09, 2013

by Kathy Lohr

A new faith-based boys group is taking shape, just three months after the Boy Scouts of America decided to change its membership policy to allow gay youth to join. The group, Trail Life USA, calls itself a Christian alternative to the Boy Scouts, and says it will focus on adventure, character and leadership.

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Rep. Cole Weighs In On Syria Resolution

7:25am September 09, 2013

The White House is pursuing a major effort to persuade members of Congress to support a military strike in Syria. Estimates show the number of House members publicly against a strike near an outright majority. Renee Montagne talks to Republican Rep. Tom Cole of Oklahoma who is opposed to military action.

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Politics & Government

Congress Returns Facing Work Besides Syria Resolution

7:25am September 09, 2013

When Congress left on its August break five weeks ago, members knew they had a string of fiscal deadlines coming up upon their return — from the budget bill funding the government to a debt ceiling increase. The Syria debate has overshadowed all of that.

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Sailor Proposes To Girlfriend Among Flash Mob Dancers

7:25am September 09, 2013

Michael Turner wanted to propose to Jamie Story before he was deployed so he invited her to dinner in Virginia Beach, Va. According to the Virginian-Pilot, that's when the flash mob appeared. Turner arranged for 50 dancers to do synchronized steps on the street as he proposed. She said, "Yes."

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Feral hogs were once just a rural problem in Texas, but now they threaten to turn city parks into sties.

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Hired Hog Trapper Has Three Years To Clean Out Dallas

6:26pm September 08, 2013

by NPR Staff

Feral hogs have been a growing problem in Texas for years now. The 300-pound animals contaminate the water and ruin the parks, so Dallas is bringing in Osvaldo Rojas to keep the city pig-free.

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Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak took to a Chicago rooftop on Thursday to attract the city's gay and lesbian community to spend their wedding dollars in Minnesota.

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Minneapolis Courts Chicago's Same-Sex Couples

6:34pm September 07, 2013

by Cheryl Corley

Same-sex marriage is legal in Minnesota, but not in Illinois. That has Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak on a mission to attract gays and lesbians to spend their wedding dollars in his city.

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EcoATM kiosks dispense cash in exchange for used cellphones, MP3 players and tablets.

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Baltimore Officials Want To Unplug Phones-For-Cash Kiosks

5:10pm September 07, 2013

by Kenneth Burns

The machines allow people to turn their old cellphones and other electronic devices into instant cash. But these ecoATMs could be banned in Baltimore, where at least one lawmaker believes the machines are a magnet for electronics thieves.

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Cow Tipping: The Myth That Just Won't Stand Up

1:01pm September 07, 2013

Though it may be considered an adolescent rite of passage in some places, journalist Jake Swearingen insists it can't be done. Swearingen talks to host Scott Simon about the science of cow tipping, and why it's mathematically impossible.

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