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Journalist Marlene Sanders, seen here on Dec. 1, 2005, died Tuesday at the age of 84.

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Pioneering Journalist Marlene Sanders Remembered

2:09pm July 16, 2015

by Krishnadev Calamur

Sanders, who died Tuesday of cancer, was one of the first female reporters on television. On ABC and CBS, she covered politics, the assassination of Robert Kennedy and the Vietnam War. She was 84.

Ultramarathoner Hikes Appalachian Trail In Record Time

12:40pm July 16, 2015

Scott Jurek recently hiked the Appalachian Trail in record time. His journey through 14 states took 46 days, 8 hours and 7 minutes.

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After 25 Years, The Days In Illinois Can Have One Happy Hour Again

11:03am July 16, 2015

The state is reinstating drink specials, although so-called volume specials — like two-for-one, or all-you-can-drink — still won't be allowed.

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Stab It With A Dinglehopper! Seagull Goes After Eagle In Alaska

11:03am July 16, 2015

After the raptor snagged a fellow seagull, it had to fend off others of the species to keep its meal.

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'Go Set A Watchman' Is A Revelation On Race, Not A Disappointment

11:02am July 16, 2015

by Errin Whack

If Mockingbird gave us a South that could be read in terms of black and white, Watchman reveals the gray complexity that is the real Dixie.

Caitlyn Jenner accepts the Arthur Ashe Courage Award onstage during the 2015 ESPYs at Microsoft Theater on Wednesday in Los Angeles.

Caitlyn Jenner At ESPYs: Transgender People 'Deserve Your Respect'

10:30am July 16, 2015

by Dana Farrington

Jenner, who made her transition to becoming a woman public earlier this year, accepted the Arthur Ashe Courage Award at the sports ceremony Wednesday night.

Family means a lot on Cayo Santiago, an island and monkey research colony off the coast of Puerto Rico. The colony of rhesus macaques living on the island since the 1930s has allowed scientists to trace kinship ties and effects across an extended communit

Puerto Rico's Monkey Island Lures Scientists For Generations

8:37am July 16, 2015

by Anders Kelto

The isle of Cayo Santiago has been home to at least nine generations of rhesus monkeys since the colony's founding in 1938. Primatologists here seek clues to primate kinship, cognition and ecology.

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Florida Sea Turtles Stage Amazing Comeback

11:21pm July 15, 2015

by Amy Green

When scientists first started counting the nests of green sea turtles in one area in the 1980s, they found fewer than 40 nests. In their last check, they counted almost 12,000.

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Sen. Lindsey Graham: Nuclear Deal With Iran 'Has To Include Their Behavior'

11:01pm July 15, 2015

NPR's Robert Siegel speaks with Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham about the Iran nuclear agreement. He says a deal should have been contingent on Iran changing its behavior toward its neighbors.

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Undercover Video Targets Planned Parenthood

9:04pm July 15, 2015

by Jennifer Ludden

Activists say the video of a Planned Parenthood official is evidence the group is selling parts from aborted fetuses, which is illegal. Planned Parenthood says tissue is donated for medical research.