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How Parents Talk To Children About Consent

5:40pm April 11, 2013

Many parents agonize over the dreaded sex talk. Recent rape cases in Steubenville, Ohio, India and Nova Scotia have garnered international attention and spurred conversations about how parents should talk to their children about sexual assault and the meaning of consent.

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Health & Safety

Is There A Doctor Aboard? Medical Emergencies In The Clouds

2:35pm April 11, 2013

Since 2006, Dr. Celine Gounder has responded to on-board medical emergencies five times. Three of them were true emergencies for which the available resources aboard the airplane were inadequate. Gounder explains the unique challenges of providing medical care in the air.

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El Paso Schools Cheating Scandal: Who's Accountable?

2:29pm April 11, 2013

by Claudio Sanchez

The former superintendent of the Texas school district was sentenced to three years in prison for rigging standardized test scores. Other employees could still face charges for helping him carry out his scheme. Now, local and state education officials are blaming each other for letting it go on so long.

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At 24, Silas Hansen left his birth name, Lindsay, behind.

Arts

The Prickly Process Of Changing Your Name

2:00pm April 11, 2013

by NPR Staff

Names are possessions that we carry with us all our lives. But we seldom think about what goes into choosing the right one. At 24, Silas Hansen decided to change his birth name — Lindsay — as he told his family and friends that he's transgender.

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Sports

Tiger Woods Favored To Win Masters

10:59am April 11, 2013

Golf's first major tournament of the season that begins Thursday in Augusta, Georgia. If Tiger Woods wins, he would receive his fifth green jacket.

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Stroke Patient To Get Wish, Will Meet Bob Seger

10:59am April 11, 2013

Seven years ago, Evie Branan suffered a stroke that left her in a semi-coma. In May of 2011, she tumbled out of bed, bumped her head and woke up. Her first words: "I want to go to a Bob Seger concert."

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$100,000 Worth Of Burger Patties Stolen In New Jersey

10:59am April 11, 2013

Police say the patties were being stored in a New Jersey shipping yard. Surveillance footage shows a 40-foot refrigerated container holding 3,000 burgers being towed away by a tractor trailer late Monday night.

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Sue Reams campaigned to change California's three-strikes law and help set free her son, Shane.

National

A Mother's Fight Against 3 Strikes Law 'A Way of Life'

7:19pm April 10, 2013

by Ina Jaffe

Shane Reams owes his freedom from prison in no small part to his mother's 17-year campaign to change California's tough three strikes sentencing law. Sue Reams' work is not done, she says, not when people are still in prison "for stupid things" like stealing baby food.

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Court: Exxon Mobil Guilty In N.H. Contamination Suit

6:09pm April 10, 2013

by Sam Evans Brown

Exxon Mobil has been ordered to pay more than $200 million to clean up groundwater contaminated with the gasoline additive known as MTBE. New Hampshire won the lawsuit in state court. Exxon argues the federal government approved MTBE to reduce air pollution and should be blamed for the consequences.

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Religion

'Til Faith Do Us Part': The Mixed Blessings Of Interfaith Marriage

2:19pm April 10, 2013

In the 1950s, 20 percent of marriages in the U.S. were interfaith unions. By the first decade of the 21st century, the rate increased to 45 percent. While the decision is common, it comes with a unique set of challenges. In Til Faith Do Us Part, Naomi Schaefer Riley explains the risks and benefits.

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