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Maine Courts Young Natives To Live And Work In Their Home State

4:52pm August 03, 2017

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Ed McKersie about the Live and Work in Maine program, a campaign to get more young people come back to Maine help fill jobs in the state.

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The goals of the planetary protection officer are to protect the Earth and to protect other planets from being contaminated by substances from Earth during exploration.

Do You Have What It Takes To Be NASA's Next Planetary Protection Officer?

4:52pm August 03, 2017

by Merrit Kennedy

The job posting has elicited headlines about how the space agency is seeking a person to defend Earth from aliens. But it's really more about microorganisms than little green men.

Judge Lewis Gregory, head of the city court in Greenwood, Ind., began allowing drug court participants to begin taking Vivitrol after meeting with an Alkermes sales representative.

To Grow Market Share, A Drugmaker Pitches Its Product To Judges

4:51pm August 03, 2017

by Jake Harper

The pharmaceutical company Alkermes is trying to increase the number of people taking Vivitrol for their opioid addiction by marketing the drug to judges, who have the power to influence treatment.

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Montana Runs Out Of Funds To Fight Dangerous Fires

4:40pm August 03, 2017

by Eric Whitney

Fire season in Montana has reached a dangerous new level. Blazes are growing and now threatening larger towns as the state is running out of money to fight them.

White House Reverses Effort To Delay Obama Ozone Regulations

4:40pm August 03, 2017

by Brian Naylor

The Trump administration has reversed its effort to delay implementation of an Environmental Protection Agency regulation lowering acceptable ozone emissions, a major component of smog. The reversal comes after 16 states filed a lawsuit saying the delay was unlawful.

2 Midwest Towns Locked In Trademark Battle Over Pierogi Festival Name

4:40pm August 03, 2017

A Pierogi war has broken out between two communities. A suburban Chicago chamber of commerce wants the Edwardsville Pierogi Festival in Pennsylvania to drop its name like a hot potato, threatening a trademark infringement lawsuit. Lawyers for the Whiting Pierogi Fest in Whiting, Ind., recently sent a letter to the Edwardsville Hometown Committee demanding it stop using the trademarked name or pay royalties for its use.

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After Closing Liquor Stores, Nebraska Town Pushes For Renewal

4:39pm August 03, 2017

by Jim Kent

It's been three months since state officials closed four liquor stores in Whiteclay, Neb. As the small town's primary source of income, that has affects both good and bad. The state-backed Whiteclay Task Force is plotting the town's future as dilapidated buildings are being razed and replaced with green space. Even the regulars who drank openly day and night and passed out on the sidewalks and in the alleys are gone.

Joaquin "Jocko" Fajardo makes a spicy Mexican version of chop suey, a classic American Chinese dish. He tells us how his great-aunt learned to make the dish from the Asian employees at her Mexican restaurant in Los Angeles.

Chop Suey: A Classic Chinese-American Dish Takes On A Mexican Flair

4:12pm August 03, 2017

by Rhitu Chatterjee

Jocko Fajardo grew up in Arizona eating Mexican food. But his go-to comfort dish is a Chinese-American classic with a little Mexican thrown in. He tells us how the dish came to his family.

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NAACP Warns Black Travelers To Use 'Extreme Caution' When Visiting Missouri

3:58pm August 03, 2017

by Camila Domonoske

For the first time, the national civil rights organization has issued a travel warning for a state. The NAACP cites "racist incidents" and legislation it says "legalizes individual discrimination."

Trump's 'Drug-Infested Den' Remark In Transcript Angers New Hampshire

3:43pm August 03, 2017

by Scott Neuman

The state's governor and U.S. senators were among those who took umbrage at President Trump's comment in a transcript of a phone conversation Trump had with Mexico's president in January.