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A budtender prepares an edible sale for a customer at LivWell Broadway in Denver.

For Pot Tourists, The Trip Is More Likely To End In The ER

5:59pm February 24, 2016

by Angus Chen

Tourists who indulge in legal marijuana in Colorado are more likely to end up in the emergency room with cannabis-related problems than are state residents, a study finds. Talk about a bad trip.

Polygamous Church Leaders Indicted Over Allegations Of Food Stamp Fraud

5:56pm February 24, 2016

by Nathan Rott

Federal authorities have accused 11 members of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in what could be a crippling blow to the group.

FLDS Church Leaders Indicted In Food Stamps Fraud

5:43pm February 24, 2016

by Terry Gildea

Eleven leaders of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints have been indicted on conspiracy charges related to government nutrition assistance programs and money laundering.

Can Baltimore Provide Addiction Treatment On Demand?

5:43pm February 24, 2016

Andrea Towson, who has used heroin off and on for 30 years, is eager to get treatment. "I just want to wake up and eat breakfast and be normal, no matter what that might be," she says.

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Then-American Library Association President Carla Hayden holds a pamphlet promoting early literacy as she talks to reporters in 2004.

Obama Nominates Carla Hayden To Lead Library Of Congress

5:30pm February 24, 2016

by Elizabeth Blair

Hayden is a former president of the American Library Association and is currently CEO of the Enoch Pratt Free Library in Baltimore.

The National Park Service says this year's wildflower bloom is the best one Death Valley has seen in years.

Death Valley's Harsh Desert Blanketed With Wildflower 'Super Bloom'

5:29pm February 24, 2016

by Merrit Kennedy

Death Valley, Calif., one of the hottest places in the world, is in bloom with more than twenty species of desert wildflowers. It's the biggest bloom the park has seen in a decade.

Labor Secretary Thomas Perez On The Movement To Raise Minimum Wages

5:29pm February 24, 2016

NPR's Audie Cornish speaks with U.S. Secretary of Labor Thomas Perez about the movement to increase minimum wages at the local level.

Alabama Lawmakers Fight Minimum Wage Increase In Birmingham

5:29pm February 24, 2016

by Kyle Gassiott

In Alabama, the city of Birmingham voted to increase its minimum wage to $10.10. Lawmakers in the state legislature said "not so fast." Now there's a battle underway as the Republican-controlled legislature tries to stop the state's largest city from increasing its hourly wages.

A New York judge has ruled that items like Panera's Bacon Turkey Bravo Sandwich on Tomato Basil bread, which contains 2,850 milligrams of sodium, require a warning label.

Judge Rules NYC Can Require Sodium Warnings On Restaurant Menus

5:12pm February 24, 2016

by Allison Aubrey

A state judge ruled Wednesday that New York City health officials can enforce a requirement for chain restaurants to inform consumers which menu items have more than 2,300 milligrams of sodium.

Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson: Donald Trump's 'Words Are Frightening'

5:01pm February 24, 2016

NPR's Robert Siegel talks with Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson about the state of GOP politics in his state as they head into the primaries on Super Tuesday.

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