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Paris Officials Begin Removing Love Locks From Iconic Bridges

1:38pm June 04, 2015

by Eleanor Beardsley

City authorities in Paris are removing engraved padlocks left by lovers on some bridges over the Seine river. On Monday, 700,000 locks were taken off just one bridge. Officials say the romantic gesture has become so popular it now threatens the structure safety of the bridges.

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Fisherman By Day, Human Smuggler By Night

8:30am June 04, 2015

by Leila Fadel

An Egyptian fisherman describes his low-level but profitable roll in the migrant smuggling business. He helps place desperate Syrians on boats to Europe.

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Prices for wholesale eggs doubled in May, while prices for shell eggs in grocery stores have also risen.

Avian Flu Outbreak Has U.S. Bakers Begging For Europe's Eggs

4:59pm June 03, 2015

by Peggy Lowe

The U.S. Department of Agriculture said it will allow pasteurized egg imports from the Netherlands to alleviate dwindling supplies and higher prices from the ongoing outbreak on U.S. poultry farms.

Amid Scandal, FIFA President To Resign Just Days After Being Reelected

2:15pm June 03, 2015

by Eleanor Beardsley

Head of the world soccer federation Sepp Blatter will step down after a replacement is found. U.S. authorities indicted a group of FIFA officials on corruption charges but Blatter wasn't among them.

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Report Challenges Environmental Friendliness Of U.S. Pellet Industry

12:14pm June 03, 2015

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with Washington Post reporter Joby Warrick about how the burning of wood pellets instead of coal has led to increased deforestation in the U.S.

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FIFA President Sepp Blatter Resigns Amid Corruption Scandal

6:35pm June 02, 2015

by Tom Goldman

The embattled FIFA president announced he would resign Tuesday, days after the U.S. Justice Department indicted 14 people on corruption charges connected to the international soccer organization.

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Carlo Ratti of MIT designed this "supermarket of the future" exhibit. If you move a hand close to a product, a digital display lights up, providing information on origin, nutritional value and carbon footprint.

At World's Fair In Italy, The Future Of Food Is On The Table

5:57pm June 02, 2015

by Sylvia Poggioli

Vertical farms, food trucks, tropical forests and the supermarket of the future are on display at Expo 2015 in Milan. Exhibits from 145 countries focus on how to feed the planet sustainably.

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Former NSA contract worker Edward Snowden appears via live video link.

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Video: Edward Snowden Takes Questions From London Audience

4:09pm June 02, 2015

by Bill Chappell

Nearly two years after his information about U.S. spying caused an international uproar, former NSA contract worker Edward Snowden spoke to an audience in London on Tuesday via live video feed.

Two men sit inside the chapel at Halden prison in far southeast Norway in this picture taken in 2010. Prisoners here spend 12 hours a day in their cells, compared to many U.S. prisons where inmates spend all but one hour in their cell.

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In Norway, A Prison Built On Second Chances

2:10pm June 02, 2015

by Jeffrey Kofman

The inmates have private cells and dine with the guards. Norway spends three times as much as the U.S. per prisoner. Norwegians say it pays off, with less than half the U.S. recidivism rate.

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A re-enactor in Soviet costume from the 1930s peers out of a vintage subway car as part of the anniversary celebrations.

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Glory Of Moscow's 80-Year-Old Subway Tainted By Stalin Connections

10:00am June 02, 2015

by Corey Flintoff

The system was considered a triumph by the Soviets, but was built by the same ruthless means that helped cause a famine, which killed millions in the 1930s.

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