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Patrick and Brian Burke, co-founders of You Can Play.

Sports

By Helping Gay Athletes, Group Hopes To Refocus On Talent

1:50pm April 14, 2014

by Becky Sullivan

This week, Derrick Gordon became the first openly gay player in NCAA Division 1 basketball. You Can Play, the organization that helped him through the process, wants to be irrelevant eventually.

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Long before he was president, Lyndon Johnson taught in Cotulla, Texas. He is pictured here with students in 1928.

National

LBJ Carried Poor Texas Town With Him In Civil Rights Fight

1:34am April 12, 2014

by Melissa Block

Lyndon Johnson taught in the South Texas town of Cotulla in 1928. Even as president, he always remembered the grinding poverty of his students.

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The Heartbleed bug has exposed up to two-thirds of the Internet to a security vulnerability.

National

What To Do Now That The Heartbleed Bug Exposed The Internet

11:27am April 10, 2014

by Elise Hu

As companies scramble to patch a bug that exposed much of the Internet for two years, you can protect yourself by practicing some good Web hygiene.

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Live tilapia raised by Blue Ridge Aquaculture are loaded into a truck bound for New York.

The Future Of Clean, Green Fish Farming Could Be Indoor Factories

8:17am April 10, 2014

by Dan Charles

Aquaculture in the U.S. has lagged because of opposition from environmentalists and people living on the coast. But entrepreneurs say they've found a way to produce fish on land with little pollution.

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Francis Csedrik remembers details of being bonked hard on the head when he was 4, and having to go to the emergency room.

The Forgotten Childhood: Why Early Memories Fade

6:13am April 09, 2014

by Jon Hamilton

Childhood amnesia descends gradually — and later than you might think, researchers say. Many 7-year-olds have robust memories of experiences from when they were 3 or even younger.

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A school nurse prepares a vaccine against whooping cough before giving it to students at Mark Twain Middle School in Los Angeles.

How Public Health Advocates Are Trying To Reach Nonvaccinators

11:54am April 08, 2014

by NPR Staff

With new measles outbreaks in Southern California, New York and British Columbia, vaccinating — and not vaccinating — is still an area of great concern.

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With Enrollee Goal Met, Obamacare Still Faces Political Trial

1:03pm April 05, 2014

by Scott Horsley

The Affordable Care Act's poll numbers may rise now that seven million more Americans have a stake in its survival. Yet even a small number of people can still make trouble for the law.

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Cubs center fielder Tony Campana falls into Wrigley's ivy-covered wall after making a catch in 2011.

Sports

Chicago Celebrates A Century Of Baseball At Wrigley Field

8:22am April 04, 2014

by David Schaper

It's been the home of the Cubs since 1916, and in all that time, the team has never won a World Series. So why do fans keep showing up? Locals say Wrigley's hallowed status isn't just about baseball.

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A flag flies half-staff in Killeen, Texas.

Another Tragedy For A City All Too Familiar With Extreme Gun Violence

8:15pm April 03, 2014

by Melissa Block

In Killeen, Texas, another mass shooting had some asking, "Again?" The flags flew at half staff as the community began to pick up the pieces.

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"Would you want someone eating your food and drinking your drinks?"

Stop, Thief! When Colleagues Steal From The Office Fridge

9:54pm April 02, 2014

by Yuki Noguchi

Colleagues steal Greek yogurt and half-eaten oranges, and bosses help themselves to their employees' frozen dinner. Yes, fridge theft is apparently rampant in offices all over the world.

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